Category: Domestic Violence
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February 2nd, 2012 |
Families need to be together. After all, the family as a group exists to provide support, nurturance, food, shelter, resources, and a stable future to each member. While most families have their ups and downs, even stressed, impoverished, chaotic families want to live with one another. When is it in the family’s best interest for members to separate from one another? Can leaving the family home for a short while ever bring healing to the relationships in the long run?
Family separations occur in American culture in formal and informal ways. Formally, families can legally be ordered to separate... Read More
January 26th, 2012 |
The number of women who serve in the military and engage in combat is at an all-time high. The serious negative psychological consequences of being exposed to combat situations are well documented in male and female veterans. Those who return from war zones are at increased risk for many mental health problems, including posttraumatic stress, depression, substance abuse, anxiety, and intimate partner aggression. Although there have been many studies that have shown links between combat service and aggression... Read More
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January 11th, 2012 |
Working Alliance (WA) describes the relationship between a client and therapist and the underlying bond formed during the therapeutic process. The majority of researchers believe that a strong WA is essential to a positive treatment outcome. Ethnic and racial differences between clients and therapists can impair the working alliance and therefore influence the outcome as well. “Members of racial/ethnic minority groups may experience greater challenges in establishing a trusting therapeutic relationship due to perceived... Read More
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January 10th, 2012 |
Aggressive and violent behavior is the result of strong negative emotions. However, individuals who experience avoidant negative emotions, such as fear and anxiety, tend to be less aggressive. “The current research focuses on one trait that is linked to both negative affect and behavioral avoidance—individual differences in disgust sensitivity—that should be associated with lower levels of aggression,” said Richard S. Pond, Jr. of the Department of Psychology at the University of Kentucky and lead author of a recent study... Read More
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January 9th, 2012 |
Multisystemic Therapy (MST) is a home-based method of therapy that is designed to meet the needs of disadvantaged clients, in particular, youth from poor socioeconomic backgrounds with drug or alcohol problems, domestic violence issues and HIV, among others. “MST interventions integrate empirically supported clinical techniques (e.g., family therapy, behavior therapy, cognitive-behavior therapy) into a broad-based social ecological framework, that addresses... Read More
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January 4th, 2012 |
Over 15 million children live in homes in which intimate partner violence (IPV) occurs. “A sizable proportion of these children experience significant mental-health problems, but many appear to experience only mild distress, especially those drawn from community samples,” said Renee McDonald of the Department of Psychology at Southern Methodist University. “Parent– child communications about interparent conflict may represent another important... Read More
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December 29th, 2011 |
“Estimates from the U.S. Department of Justice indicate between 21% and 38% of households with partner violence had children under the age of 12 years living in the home and, among urban households, 60% of children witnessed the violence,” said Gerald Gonzales of the Department of Counseling Psychology & Human Services at the University of Oregon, and lead author of a recent study examining resiliency in men who experienced abuse in their childhoods.... Read More
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December 12th, 2011 |
Young children who witness intimate partner violence (IPV) are at an increased risk for psychological difficulties, including emotional regulation. “Emotional security theory suggests that witnessing violence is distressing and dysregulating for children, and repeated exposure to inter-parental conflict undermines their sense of security in the family,” said Hanna C. Gustafsson of the Center for Developmental Science at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and lead author of a new study examining the effects... Read More
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September 3rd, 2011 |
The most common forms of intimate partner violence (IPV) are sexual violence, sexual coercion, psychological abuse and physical abuse and each causes significant psychological problems. “Many victims of intimate partner violence (IPV) experience negative mental health outcomes including anxiety problems, substance abuse, depression, and suicidal ideation,” said Amber Norwood and Christopher Murphy of the University of Maryland. “Most notable are high... Read More
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August 25th, 2011 |
Post-traumatic stress is a common issue facing victims of intimate partner violence (IPV) and is more prevalent in victims who flee to shelters than those who do not. “Approximately one in four women reports a history of intimate partner violence,” said researchers from the University of Akron, Butler Hospital, Warren Alpert Medical School at Brown University and the Cleveland Veteran’s Administration Hospital. “Consistently, recent research suggests that PTSD... Read More
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August 25th, 2011 |
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“Experiential avoidance (EA) is the attempt to avoid painful private events, such as negative emotional states,” said researchers from Minneapolis VA Medical Center and Duke University Medical Center. “Though EA is a common coping strategy, there is evidence that attempts to avoid uncomfortable emotions are often unsuccessful, with paradoxical effects.” Some research suggests that intimate partner violence (IPV) actually increases as a result of conflict avoidance. The researchers... Read More
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August 23rd, 2011 |
According to a new study, the rates of intimate partner violence (IPV) among college students increase significantly with alcohol consumption. Todd M. Moore, Sara R. Elkins, James K. McNulty, Aaron J. Kivisto,and Vanessa A. Handsel, all of the University of Tennessee, compared the rates of IPV on drinking and non-drinking days in a sample of 184 college students. The participants... Read More
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August 16th, 2011 |
There are many treatment options designed to help alleviate symptoms of trauma in children, but very few focus on rebuilding the important relationship between traumatized children and their caregivers. “Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT), originally developed for families of children with disruptive behavior disorders, has shown potential to fill this gap... Read More
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August 3rd, 2011 |
Expectant women experience a shift in self-perception from being not a mother, to becoming a mother. Alytia A. Levondosky, Ph.D., and G. Anne Bogat, Ph.D., both of the Department of Psychology at Michigan State University, together with Alissa C. Huth-Bocks, Ph.D., Department of Psychology at Eastern Michigan State University, conducted a study to determine what effect domestic violence... Read More
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