Assessment Related To Domestic And Family Violence
Assessment Related To Domestic And Family Violence
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Family Violence Review Questions and Correct Answers
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Assessment Related To Domestic And Family Violence
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Assessment Related To Domestic And Family Violence
What is family violence? -It is difficult to define -Any act or omission by persons who are cohabitating that results in serious injury to other members of the family
What are the subgroups of family violence? -child abuse -sexual abuse -intimate abuse -edler abuse
Psychiatric model of family vio...
Family Violence Review Questions and
Correct Answers
What is family violence? ✅-It is difficult to define
-Any act or omission by persons who are cohabitating that results in serious injury to
other members of the family
What are the subgroups of family violence? ✅-child abuse
-sexual abuse
-intimate abuse
-edler abuse
Psychiatric model of family violence ✅-tries to understand family violence by analyzing
the offender's personality traits and mental status.
Psychopathology Theory of Family Violence ✅-Based on the concept that certain
individuals suffer from mental illness, personality disorders, and other dysfunctions that
cause them to engage in aggressive acts within the family
Substance Abuse Theory of Family Violence ✅-Accepts the proposition that drugs or
alcohol cause or contribute to family violence
Social-Psychological Model ✅-Analyzes external environmental factors that affect the
family unit
Factors such as: stress, family structure, the intergenerational transmission of violence,
and family interactions are all considered as primary causes of family violence.
Social Learning Theory ✅-Assumes that the type of behavior most frequently
reinforced by others is the one most often exhibited by the individual
Exchange Theory ✅-Based on the premise that persons act according to a system of
rewards or punishments
Frustration-Aggression Theory ✅-Based on the premise that human beings display
aggression toward objects that impede their achievement of certain goals
Ecological Theory ✅-Based on an analysis of the organism and the environment, the
interacting systems in which family development occurs, and the environment in which
the family resides
, Sociobiology/ Evolutionary Theory ✅-Based on the concept that parents display
aggressive acts toward children who are not their own or do not have the potential to
reproduce
Sociocultural Model ✅-Focuses on the roles of men and women in our society as well
as on the cultural attitudes toward women and the acceptance of violence as a cause of
family violence
Patriarchy Theory ✅Views society as dominated by males, with women in subordinate
positions, treated by men as possessions and things
Intergenerational Transmission of Violence Theory ✅-Scholars have attempted to
determine whether violent tendencies can be inherited from the family of origin as a
result of observing it or being a victim of it.
-Other scholars have attempted to explain criminal behavior by reference to this cycle.
Acute Stress Disorder ✅Disorder caused by acute stress that is experienced in the
immediate aftermath of a traumatic event
PTSD ✅Defined as the development of characteristic symptoms following a
psychologically distressing event that is outside the range of usual human experience
Family Defined ✅-Group of people who cohabit
-Marriage is not a requirement
-Stress does not cause violence, it is one of the responses that is caused from stress
Power ✅-the ability to impose one's will on another and make life decisions
-Partners who share power in the decision-making process have the lowest level of both
conflict and violence
Two types of techniques in assessing partner abuse ✅-self-reporting and interviews
Feeling of Helplessness ✅-Using fear, guilt, and isolation, the abuser will promote a
feeling of helplessness within the abused partner that further ties the victim to the
abuser.
-The abused partner believes that there is no way to break the cycle and feels trapped.
Battered Women Syndrome ✅A phrase used to describe women suffering self-
destructive coping responses to violence, learned helplessness deficits, and traumatic
effects of victimization induced by violence
Stockholm Syndrome ✅Occurs when persons who are held as hostages, captives or
prisoners of war begin to identify with the captors
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