As many as 20 to 25 percent of American adults�€" or one in every four people�€" have
been victimized by, witnesses of, or perpetrators of family violence in their lifetimes. Family�…

OBJECTIVES: To estimate the prevalence of domestic violence among women presenting to
primary health care facilities in Lebanon; to identify presenting symptoms and responses to�…

S andra Bartky, in her essay" Foucault, Femininity, and the Moderniza-tion of Patriarchal
Power," argues that women have been subjected to a modernization of power that conforms�…

Data from 32 in-depth interviews with abused women in outreach groups demonstrated that
respondents first sought assistance from informal helpers by telling the stories of their violent�…

This book provides a complete guide to self-regulatory couple therapy (SRCT), an
innovative clinical approach that maximizes the couple's capacity for self-directed change�…

DOMESTIC violence is increasingly recognized as a major public health problem, affecting
individuals of all ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds. Domestic violence has been�…

This study assessed the relationship of experiences as a target and an instigator of
aggression to ethnicity, gender, age, and scores on the Buss‐Perry Aggression�…

We systematically reviewed studies of the prevalence of domestic violence. Selected
overseas community studies were compared with all Australian prevalence studies found to�…

This study examined partner abuse and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as risk factors
for suicidal behavior among women, and whether or not PTSD mediated the partner abuse�…

OBJECTIVES. Prenatal patients were studied to examine the proportion of women who had
been violence victims, women's patterns of substance use (cigarettes, alcohol, and illegal�…