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Administration for Children and Families (DHHS), Washington, DC. – 1999
This report attempts to improve the capacity of teachers, counselors, and other professionals to serve families whose children are at risk due to substance abuse and maltreatment on the part of the caretakers. Any professional coming into contact with these children needs to be aware of the scope of the problem and understand what these children…
Descriptors: Alcohol Abuse, At Risk Persons, Child Abuse, Child Welfare
Fall, Kevin A.; Howard, Shareen; Ford, June E. – 1999
This workbook has been designed for counselors to help abusers of women recognize and deal with the issues underlying their behavior through battering intervention groups. Techniques presented in the manual have been tested in actual groups and refined for inclusion into the workbook. Case studies and exercises are provided to stimulate active…
Descriptors: Battered Women, Behavior Modification, Counseling Techniques, Crisis Intervention
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Brandt, Edward N., Jr. – Academic Medicine, 1997
Principles for development of health professions curricula in family violence, arising from a 1994 national conference of experts, are identified at three levels: (1) knowledge, skills, and practices to be taught to all health professionals; (2) advanced training for primary care practitioners for comprehensive care and for specialists for…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Curriculum Development, Dental Schools, Educational Objectives
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Dickstein, Leah J. – Academic Medicine, 1997
Argues that services and systems are needed to support medical students and faculty as they learn about domestic violence, particularly to help individuals deal with their own and others' personal attitudes, feelings, and reactions to patients who have suffered abuse. Complex issues to be considered in preparing medical students and faculty are…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Family Violence, Higher Education, Medical Education
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Astor, Ron Avi; Behre, William J. – Behavioral Disorders, 1997
A study compared moral reasoning patterns of 17 violent children (ages 10-13) with emotional and behavioral disorders and their aggressive parents to matched controls. When presented with family and peer violence scenarios, the violent children and parents referred more to rules prohibiting provocation rather than to rules prohibiting physical…
Descriptors: Aggression, Behavior Disorders, Children, Cognitive Processes
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Ritchie, Kathy L.; Holden, George W. – Early Education and Development, 1998
Explored ability of parenting stress to predict maternal behaviors among low-income women, about half of whom were residing in a battered women's shelter. Assessed parenting stress, maternal adjustment, marital relationship, and responses to typical child behaviors. Found that parenting stress predicts use of positive behaviors like affection and…
Descriptors: Battered Women, Child Rearing, Coping, Family Violence Shelters
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Loos, Mary Elizabeth; Alexander, Pamela C. – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 1997
Assesses the long-term effects of parental physical abuse, verbal abuse, and emotional neglect in a sample of 247 female and 154 male college students. Results suggest that parental physical abuse and verbal abuse predicted current anger and that emotional neglect predicted loneliness and social isolation. Paternal maltreatment predicted negative…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Neglect, College Students, Family Violence
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Worth, Denise M.; And Others – Journal of College Student Development, 1990
Examined relationship of courtship violence to sex-role identification, family background of marital violence, and other demographic variables in 109 college students. Primary findings confirmed link for those in abusive dating relationships with family background of marital violence. Found association between abusive experiences and fraternity or…
Descriptors: Battered Women, College Students, Dating (Social), Family Characteristics
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Kelly, Henry Ansgar – Journal of Legal Education, 1994
The origin of the term "rule of thumb" is investigated, especially as it relates to legal issues and, in particular, in doctrine concerning the beating of wives. The term's supposed origin as a standard for determining spouse abuse is questioned. (MSE)
Descriptors: Battered Women, Diachronic Linguistics, Family Violence, Higher Education
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O'Farrell, Timothy J.; Murphy, Christopher M. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1995
Assessed the prevalence and frequency of marital violence for 88 male alcoholics and their wives at entry to and 1 year after completing a behavioral marital therapy (BMT) program. Although violence and prevalence decreased significantly after treatment, the alcoholics' drinking outcome status was associated with the extent of violence after BMT.…
Descriptors: Alcoholism, Battered Women, Behavior Modification, Comparative Analysis
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Adams, Jane; And Others – Reclaiming Children and Youth: Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Problems, 1995
Reports the responses of families in Kansas who live with a seriously emotionally disturbed and violent child. Contains interview responses to specific questions posed to family members about how they counter the child's aggression, how they deal with acting out, how they de-escalate tension, how they rebuild the caring bonds, and how they manage.…
Descriptors: Aggression, Antisocial Behavior, Behavior Disorders, Children
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Saunders, Daniel G. – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 1995
Studied 111 police officers. Predicted that those inclined to arrest victims of domestic violence would have more negative stereotypes and attitudes toward victims and women. Results showed that those with an inclination to arrest victims believed domestic violence is justified situationally and that women stay in violent relationships for…
Descriptors: Battered Women, Family Problems, Family Violence, Females
Craig, Susan E. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1992
Abuse is an environmental factor influencing some children's emergent metacognitive processes and perceptions. Because abused children most often remain in regular classrooms, they rely on teachers' ability to apply interventions responsive to their needs. This is accomplished by combining knowledge of educational best practices with knowledge…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Educational Needs, Educational Practices, Elementary Secondary Education
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Straus, Murray A.; Kantor, Glenda Kaufman – Adolescence, 1994
Studied large national sample of U.S. adults, finding that almost one-half recalled having been corporally punished during adolescence. Data analysis revealed that children who experienced corporal punishment in adolescence had increased risk later in life of depressive symptoms, suicidal thoughts, alcohol abuse, physical abuse of children, and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Alcohol Abuse, At Risk Persons, Battered Women
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Knapp, Jane – PTA Today, 1993
Four aspects of violence in the lives of U.S. children are of great concern today: children are involved in violence at every level, there are no safe harbors for many children, family violence is frequent, and society accepts violence as part of its culture. (SM)
Descriptors: Child Health, Child Welfare, Elementary Secondary Education, Family Violence
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