Four facets of leaving an abusive relationship are reviewed: (a) factors related to initially
leaving an abusive partner; (b) the process of leaving an abusive relationship; (c) the …

Important theoretical and treatment implications may be revealed when men who batter
their intimate partners are categorized according to type. Data on 165 batterers were cluster …

Research that shows approximately equal rates of dating and domestic violence by men and
women has been used to challenge the priority given to services for abused women. This …

Battered women receiving either shelter (n= 30) or nonshelter services (n= 30) from a domestic
violence agency were interviewed regarding psychological abuse and its afternath. Four …

A controversy exists regarding the nature of violence committed by women against their
intimate partners. When battered women are violent it is not known if the violence should be …

At a community-based domestic violence program, 218 men with a history of partner abuse
were randomly assigned to either feminist-cognitive-behavioral or process-psychodynamic …

The findings of this study contribute to the discussion about the best method for predicting
the recurrence of severe domestic violence. The findings are from a secondary data analysis …

This study assesses the relationship between adolescents' dating violence victimization and
their psychological well-being. The participants were 190high school students, ages 13 to …

Although attitudes and beliefs about wife beating have been regarded as important for
understanding the factors that cause and perpetuate woman abuse, researchers have not had …

Background National surveys show that each year in the United States approximately 2
million women are battered by their husbands. Only a small percentage of these women are …