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Myth 2: Family violence is confined to the lower class.In fact, violence occurs in all social classes. Police records, victim se ...

Chapter 12 Violence in Families There are many different behaviors used by one person in a relationship to control the other. Ma ...

Conflict in Families responsibility to protect children and intervene when the aberration of physical discipline—physical abuse— ...

Chapter 12 may believe the husbandshouldcontrol the wife and children. In addition, if a man with traditional gender attitudes i ...

Conflict in Families Even women who successfully leave the abusive relationship are likely to return to the relationship many ti ...

Chapter 12 SIDEBAR12.5 There Are No Ears (The following is a letter from a battered woman who attended a presentation on batteri ...

Conflict in Families Child abuse can be caused by any combination of the following factors: When these factors combine with fami ...

Chapter 12 Strategies for Victims of Domestic Violence An important first step to solving the problems of family violence is to ...

Conflict in Families The Bible can teach us something about conflict. Beginning with Adam and Eve (Genesis 3), we see classic ex ...

Chapter 12 same time, Christians can help change a society which in many ways supports violence as a means to resolve conflicts. ...

In your experience, what most often leads to conflict in the family? Offer both a constructive and a destructive resolution to ...

Video resource list on family violence: http://www.mincava.umn.edu/documents/films/filmvid/filmvid.html (accessed June 23, 2009) ...

Jesus said, “Moses provided for divorce as a concession to your hardheartedness, but it is not part of God’s original plan.” —Ma ...

Chapter 13 God, in His infinite wisdom, knew the hurt and devastation divorce would cause and wanted to shield His children from ...

Divorce and Remarriage (Children and Families in Crisis, 2004). Some critics claim this collapse of the traditional family is a ...

Chapter 13 Answers to Marital Dysfunction Quiz The Marital Dysfunction Quiz points to common myths about why marriages fail. Whi ...

Divorce and Remarriage Additional factors related to a young age of marriage are a lack of a college education and the addition ...

Chapter 13 While all of these behaviors appear in good marriages, the balance between positive and negative interactions is a cr ...

Figure 13.2 shows three models illustrating certain factors involved in divorce. Causes of Divorce: Three Models. Many men meet ...

Chapter 13 Olson’s Five Types of Marriage and Top Ten Dimensions. David Olson and his colleagues have been studying marriage sin ...