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CONTINUING ABUSE [1 record]

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Record 1 1995-02-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sociology of the Family
  • Social Problems
CONT

[Lenore] Walker, a clinical and forensic psychologist, ... formulated the concept of the battered-woman syndrome in the 1970s, discrediting the notion that abused women stay in violent relationships because they are masochistic. Instead ... such continued abuse can produce a pattern of psychological effects, including high anxiety, low self esteem and "learned helplessness" that can lead a woman to feel in such imminent danger that she kills her abuser.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sociologie de la famille
  • Problèmes sociaux
DEF

Violence qui ne voit pas de fin ou qui risque de continuer.

CONT

Pour se protéger contre la poursuite de la violence à son endroit et à celui de ses enfants, une femme peut avoir besoin de visites sous surveillance.

Spanish

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