Psychologists around the world have made contributions in research, clinical assessment,
and intervention and prevention of domestic violence. Although each country has unique�…

Understanding the extent to which the general public justifies intimate partner violence (IPV)
is necessarily to explain perpetration, victimization, and response to this behavior. This�…

This paper suggests a conceptual framework for understanding the processes of help‐
seeking among survivors of intimate partner violence (IPV). A cognitive theory from general�…

Notes that mental, physical, or sexual abuse in close personal relationships commonly
results in trauma that is very different from the trauma of accidents, illness, or war. This book�…

At the beginning of the twentieth century, HG Wells predicted that statistical thinking would
be as necessary for citizenship in a technological world as the ability to read and write. But�…

NAOMI ABRAHAMS is Chair of the Department of Sociology at Mount Hood Community
College in Portland, Oregon. She received her Ph. D. in Sociology from the University of�…

There is an urgent need to identify the factors that impede battered women's flight from
violent relationships. This article is organized into two articles: Part 1 centers on external�…

The preponderance of a growing literature suggests that emotion inhibition is associated
with poorer health. However, although inhibition and health are clearly related, the�…

Background This study presents the lifetime, 12-month, and 1-month prevalence estimates
of nine psychiatric and alcohol disorders in Ukraine assessed as part of the World Health�…

The widely read and highly praised bestseller It Could Happen to Anyone offers a unique
amalgamation of the practical clinical experience of Alyce LaViolette and the extensive�…