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Contextualizing Women Domestic Violence Survivors' Economic and Emotional Dependencies
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Chronister, Krista M. – American Psychologist, 2007
Comments on the article by Robert Bornstein, "The Complex Relationship Between Dependency and Domestic Violence,". Bornstein's attention to both types of dependency and women's experiences of domestic violence. I believe that his discussion of these complex relationships and social policy recommendations may be enhanced with a more integrated and…
Descriptors: Family Violence, Females, Social Influences, Interpersonal Relationship
On Integrating Variables and Separating Facts in the Complex Relationship between Dependency and Domestic Violence
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Bornstein, Robert F. – American Psychologist, 2007
Presents a reply by Robert Bornstein to comments from Chronister and regarding his article, "The complex relationship between dependency and domestic violence: Converging psychological factors and social forces." In addition to raising some important issues regarding the link between dependency and domestic violence, the comments by Chronister and…
Descriptors: Family Violence, Correlation, Gender Differences, Victims of Crime
Trauma, Change, and Psychological Health in the 21st Century
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Miller, Thomas W. – American Psychologist, 2007
The impact of stressful life events on health has been the object of inquiry for decades. Health care professionals have studied how stressful life events may precipitate or contribute to the onset of illness. Traumatic events and experiences can profoundly affect physical and psychological well-being, which in turn may predispose an individual to…
Descriptors: Stress Variables, Psychologists, Psychology, Coping