The abusive personality : violence and control in intimate relationships / Donald G. Dutton.
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TextPublisher: New York ; London : Guilford, c2007Edition: 2nd editionDescription: ix, 262 p. : illContent type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781593856182 (ebook)Subject(s): Abusive men -- Psychology | Object relations (Psychoanalysis) | Attachment behavior | Intimacy (Psychology) | Personality Disorders | Spouse Abuse | Interpersonal Relations | Men -- psychology | Society | Domestic violence | Behavioural theory (Behaviourism) | Social work | Social, group or collective psychology | Abnormal psychology | Psychiatry | Clinical psychology | Psychotherapy: couples & families | Sociology: family & relationshipsGenre/Form: Online access: Click to view (1 copy) Also available in printed form ISBN 9781593853716Summary: This volume provides an innovative framework for understanding and treating intimate partner violence. Drawing on a variety of theoretical and empirical perspectives, it traces the development of the male abusive personality from early childhood to adulthood. 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 of a particular personality configuration. He illuminates the development of the abusive personality from early childhood to adulthood and presents an evidence-based treatment approach designed to meet this population's unique needs. The second edition features two new chapters on the neurobiological roots of abusive behavior and the development of abusiveness in females.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
This volume provides an innovative framework for understanding and treating intimate partner violence. Drawing on a variety of theoretical and empirical perspectives, it traces the development of the male abusive personality from early childhood to adulthood. 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 of a particular personality configuration. He illuminates the development of the abusive personality from early childhood to adulthood and presents an evidence-based treatment approach designed to meet this population's unique needs. The second edition features two new chapters on the neurobiological roots of abusive behavior and the development of abusiveness in females.
Also available in printed form ISBN 9781593853716
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