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Pryer, Alison – IAP - Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2010
"Embodied Wisdom: Meditations on Memoir and Education" by Alison Pryer, Ph.D. explores the interconnectedness of body, mind and spirit within diverse educational contexts. Evocative, sensual prose carries the reader on a journey through the personal and the remembered in a layered series of autobiographical essays, each one affording deeper…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Sexual Abuse, Popular Culture, Females
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Orzeck, Tricia L.; Rokach, Ami; Chin, Jacqueline – Journal of Loss and Trauma, 2010
The present study aimed to understand what constitutes a traumatic relationship experience for adults in abusive intimate relationships and what effects, losses, and coping strategies were the most salient for these participants. A total of 101 individuals (42 males, 59 females) who reported experiencing an abusive or traumatic relationship…
Descriptors: Intimacy, Coping, Content Analysis, Violence
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Yelsma, Paul – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 1996
Examines and compares affective orientations of 79 perpetrators, 57 victims, and 70 functional spouses. Perpetrators were significantly more alexithymic than functional spouses but not significantly different from victims. Deficit of positive affect versus the presence of negative affect was a significant indicator of physical abuse reported…
Descriptors: Adults, Affective Behavior, Aggression, Communication Problems