The abusive personality : violence and control in intimate relationships /

This influential book provides an innovative framework for understanding and treating intimate partner violence. Integrating a variety of theoretical and empirical perspectives, Donald G. Dutton demonstrates that male abusiveness is more than just a learned pattern of behavior--it is the outgrowth o...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Dutton, Donald G., 1943-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Guilford Press, ©2007.
Edition:2nd ed.
Subjects:
Abusive men > Psychology.
Object relations (Psychoanalysis)
Attachment behavior.
Intimacy (Psychology)
Personality disorders.
Marital violence.
Spousal abuse.
Spouse Abuse
Personality Disorders
Men > psychology
Interpersonal Relations
Object Attachment
Hommes violents > Psychologie.
Relation d'objet (Psychanalyse)
Attachement.
Intimité.
Violence entre conjoints.
Troubles de la personnalité.
PSYCHOLOGY > Mental Illness.
Spousal abuse
Personality disorders
Marital violence
Abusive men > Psychology
Attachment behavior
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Early explanations
  • Learning of abusiveness
  • The psychology of the cycle of violence
  • The structure of the abusive personality: the data
  • The primitive origins of rage
  • An anger born of fear: attachment rage
  • The sociopsychoneurobiology of attachment
  • The early antecedents studies
  • Longitudinal development and female abusive personalities
  • The treatment of assaultiveness.

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