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Direct linkWidiger, Thomas A.; Mullins-Sweatt, Stephanie N. – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2004
There are a number of reasons why wives are battered and beaten; however, no adequate explanation can safely ignore the fundamental contribution of the male batterer. "The relationship violence of severely violent men is related to stable individual characteristics of these men" (Holtzworth- Munroe & Meehan, 2003, n.p.). There are situational…
Descriptors: Males, Spouses, Family Violence, Personality Traits
Prentky, Robert A. – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2004
Etiologic and taxonomic research on rapists during the past decade suggests three dimensions that may be potentially useful for classification research on male batterers: (a) distinction between those whose anger is exclusively misogynistic and those whose anger is pervasive or undifferentiated with respect to target, (b) attitudes characterized…
Descriptors: Psychological Patterns, Stimuli, Personality Traits, Masculinity
