In this article, the author highlights her choice of the 10 most important recent findings from the intimate partner violence research literature, which include (a) the creation of the Conflict Tactics Scale; (b) the finding that violent acts are most often perpetrated by intimates; (c) a series of findings that indicate that women also engage in intimate partner violence; (d) the finding that intimate partner violence typically evolves out of relationship dissatisfaction; (e) the finding that there are different subtypes of domestically violent men; (f) physiological measures that have added to our knowledge of intimate partner violence; (g) the evolving intergenerational transmission of violence theory; (h) the finding that verbal abuse, neglect, and psychological abuse need to be studied alongside physical violence; (i) research on leaving abusive relationships that may inform policy about sheltering battered women; and (j) the finding that alcohol plays an important role in the production of intimate partner violence. In the conclusion, the author describes a dyadic cycle of violence that may characterize some abusive couples. She also argues for a multimodal theory that links findings obtained from individual, relationship, intergenerational,gender-specific, and cultural perspectives.
GREATEST HIT NUMBER 1:HE GAVE US A TOOL TO LOOK BEHIND CLOSED DOORS
GREATEST HIT NUMBER 2:THE BOOGEY MAN IS MOST LIKELY TO BE SOMEONE YOU KNOW
GREATEST HIT NUMBER 3:LAY MYTHS ABOUT VIOLENCE ARE NOT ALWAYS CONFIRMED
GREATEST HIT NUMBER 4:DISSATISFIED RELATIONSHIPS ARE BREEDING GROUNDS FOR VIOLENCE
GREATEST HIT NUMBER 5:NOT ALL BATTERERS ARE BAD TO THE BONE
GREATEST HIT NUMBER 6:HEART RATE OFFERS CLUES TO INTERNAL PROCESSES DURING CONFLICT
GREATEST HIT NUMBER 7:THE INTERGENERATIONAL TRANSMISSION OF VIOLENCE THEORY MORPHS
GREATEST HIT NUMBER 8:STICKS AND STONES MAY BREAK MY BONES,BUT WORDS REALLY HURT ME
GREATEST HIT NUMBER 9:LEAVING ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIPS IS ROUGH STUFF
GREATEST HIT NUMBER 10:“HEY, BARTENDER”
THE FINALE:ALL TOGETHER NOW?
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