CRM/LAW C100 Lecture 8: C100 Lecture 8
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20170427 lecture 8 micro-level theories of family violence. Application of micro-level theories to understand domestic violence. Discuss several studies that test these theories. Social group affiliations, such as ethnic identity, gender identity, political identity. Social roles in specific social settings, such as husband, wife, son, daughter, mother, Application to identity theory to intimate violence and intimacy. Bases of identity formation: father in the family setting. Multiple identities are formed and verified in interaction with others. Through such interactions/negative or positive feedbacks, we develop self-views of ourselves in social contexts. Those self-views are verified or disconfirmed by the input we receive from others. Strength of our self-views (self-confidence, self-esteem, etc. ) The response to this question depends on: identity to the overall sense of self - salience of a specific identity in a specific social context. Significance of the other providing the input. Increase, mediate, or decrease the aggravated feedback. Avoid the messenger and seek out those who confirm our identities.