PSYC39H3 Chapter 8: Chapter 8

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Susan married her college bf at 21 at start w/ verbal abuse, escalated to physical abuse but she partially felt to blame - believed if she changed her behaviour he would be happy & stop abuse. Ideal family a place where someone feel loved, secure & safe but w/ some there is abuse, fear & lack of emotional bonds that can leads to violence. The violence can have short or long-term effects some abused children became abusers themselves (cycle passes from generation to generation) Not unusual that abuse victims blame themselves & often attempt to change their behaviour in order not to trigger abuse episodes but it usually continues & even escalates. Estimate of magnitude of family violence can vary depending on the sample, type & severity of violence and method of data collection. Family violence (fv) is any violence occurring b/w members of a family.

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