The relationship between heart rate reactivity, emotionally aggressive behavior, and general violence in batterers
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Psychological responses during marital conflict, aggressive behavior and violence in battering couples (n= 61) were examined and interrelationships analyzed. Husbands were divided into type 1 and type 2 categories on the basis of heart rate reactivity, accelerating or decelerating, during violence. Heart beat of Type 1 men fell below a 'base line' and they were more violent towards their wife, friends and relatives. They also had sadistic tendencies. Divorce rate among type 1 batters was 27.5% while marriages of type 2 batters survived after a follow up period of two years.
Publication Name: Journal of Family Psychology
Subject: Psychology and mental health
ISSN: 0893-3200
Year: 1995
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Levels of family assessment II: impact of maternal psychopathology on family functioning
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A study of 182 mothers identified as suffering from mental illness helps assess the correlation between the illness, family-functioning and child development. The study does not assess maternal psychopathology in isolation but in the context of the whole family. This gives a better picture of the contextual risk. Families included in the study started when the children were 1 to 21/2 years old and had a follow-up when the children were 21/2 to 4 years old.
Publication Name: Journal of Family Psychology
Subject: Psychology and mental health
ISSN: 0893-3200
Year: 1998
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Responses to partner violence: moving away from deficit models
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Research indicates that it is important to consider both maladaptive and adaptive responses in studies of partner violence. Most deficit-based response models focus too narrowly on behavioral deficiencies and cognitive distortions. The passive and active responses and cognitive reactions of 136 abused women were studied, with the greater violence levels found to produce the most active behavioral responses and most disapproving cognitive reactions.
Publication Name: Journal of Family Psychology
Subject: Psychology and mental health
ISSN: 0893-3200
Year: 1997
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