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Horowitz, Sandra V. – 1981
Several psychological theories are viable when examining the victims of intimate violence, specifically battered women. Although cognitive consistency models view individuals as striving toward balanced cognitive states, battered women can exist with the cognitive inconsistency of being harmed by men who love them. The theory of cognitive arousal…
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Battered Women, Behavioral Science Research, Cognitive Processes
