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Chapter 14. Domestic Violence andOther Family Health Issues
intimate partner - answer current and former spouses, couples who live together, and
current and former boyfriends and girlfriends.
emotional abuse - answer threatening a partner or his or her loved ones or possessions
or harming a partner's sense of self- worth.
sexual abuse - answer forcing a partner to take part in a sex act when she or he doesn't
consent (most commonly rape).
Physical abuse - answer a person hurts or tries to hurt a partner by using physical force.
emotional abuse, sexual abuse, and physical abuse - answerwhat are the three types of
intimate partner violence?
intimate partner violence - answerwhat does IPV stand for?
five - answerWomen are ________ times more likely to be abused by a partner than a
man is.
women - answerAlmost 75% of all attacks by intimate partners are against _______.
homicide - answerPregnant women and mothers of infants are very vulnerable to
violence and _______.
15-44 - answerLeading cause of death for women ages _______
more - answerWomen are _______ likely to report serious physical injuries.
firearms - answerWomen are killed by ________(53%) more than all other means
combined.
-Increase in women's financial power, so women can leave abusive relationship
-Postponing marriage and parenthood (which decreases the likelihood of violence
because partners are older, more mature and have more skills in resolving conflict) -
answerwhat are 2 reasons for the drop in marital homicide?
batterer - answerThere is no typical _________
, -Younger partners
-Poorer
-Unemployed
-Cohabiting or separated
-Alcohol abuse and/or other drugs
-Observed violence being used to resolve conflict - answerwhat are some
characteristics that make it more likely that a household will experience domestic
violence?
IPV - answerWomen are much more likely to experience ________ than men
regardless of any other variable (social class, race).
men - answer_______ are more likely to use a weapon in an attack on their significant
other and more likely to use a deadly weapon
Familycide - answermurder one's spouse or ex-spouse, children, perhaps other
relatives, and then commit suicide.
men - answerwho is more likely to commit familycide?
2% - answerFamilycides represent only about _____ of all homicides a year.
white middle-aged men who ia a breadwinner, who is on the verge of a catastophic
economic loss or has been laid off; has never shown any signs of depression, anxiety,
or hostility and behaves normally - answerwhat race and social class is more likely to
commit familycide?
American Indian; Alaskan Native - answerIPV occurs across all racial and ethnic
groups, although ________and ________women report the highest rates overall
54% over a lifetime - answerwhat percent of american Indian and Alaskan native
women report IPV?
lower - answerIPV is common across all class statuses, but it is most commonly
reported in _______socioeconomic classes.
May engage in emotional abuse (threats, put-downs, limiting a woman's movement). -
answerwhat happens when men have fewer economic resources than their wives?
Marital rape - answeris an abusive act in which a man forces his wife to have unwanted
sexual intercourse.
25% - answerAn estimated ______ of women nationwide have been raped by their
spouses, yet they don't often report it (hard to prove, and rarely prosecuted).
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