Despite numerous studies that report the preponderance of domestic violence is perpetrated
by men against women, other empirical studies suggest that rates of domestic violence by …

For more than 20 years, there have been periodic reports in the research literature about the
co-occurrence of spouse abuse and physical child abuse. This review compiles and …

We review the research on gender by focusing on three domains of family life—marriage,
work (both wage and family work), and parenthood. Regarding marriage, we consider …

Different notions among researchers about the nature of intimate partner violence have long
been the subjects of popular and academic debate. Research findings are contradictory and …

Moving beyond the narrow clinical perspective sometimes applied to viewing the emotional
and developmental risks to battered children, The Batterer as Parent: Addressing the Impact …

Violence against women has received increasing public attention over the past 20 years.
The once taboo subjects of rape and wife battering are now discussed openly on talk shows …

This study describes the initial development of a scale of measurement of psychological
maltreatment of women by their male partners. The initial version of the scale was …

Societal responses to child maltreatment and to woman battering have developed in
separate and sometimes conflicting ways. It is only in recent years that greater attention has …

Could it be that women who are abused by their male partners do not become passive"
victims" but" survivors" who actively seek help? The authors of" Battered Women as …

Researchers have identified the need to develop instruments to measure domestic violence
that include both physical and psychological abuse. Drawing from feminist theory, the …