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Showing 1 to 20 of 27 for “"Physical Assault"”.
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Levels of self-control, partner fusion, and marital egalitariansim in men as predictors of male-to-female partner violence
… violence was measured by using four subscales (physical assault scale, physical assault prevalence, physical injury scale, and physical assault prevalence) of the Revised Conflict Tactics Scale (CTS2). The data analysis consisted of descriptive analysis, correlational analysis, t-tests, and a …
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Battered women: self-defence and provocation
… of many women and may involve not only actual physical assault but also psychologically debilitating practices, all of which occur in a society which seems to be unable to realise the extent of the problem. 'Wife beating' has always been deemed to be a personal, family problem, to be solved by …
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The experiences of homeless people as victims of crime in urban and rural settings
… victimised since becoming homeless, reporting physical assault (35.1%), grievous bodily harm (10.8%), verbal abuse (5.4%) and theft (70.2%). Statistically significant differences (p < 0.05; r > -0.36) featured between urban and rural homeless people in terms of, among others, fear of …
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Lack of Forgiveness of Parents and Intimate Partner Violence
… relation was observed primarily for physical injury. Findings indicated that revenge seeking and benevolence were associated with the perpetration and victimization of physical injury, whereas ruminating about the event/circumstance perpetrated by a parent was predictive of physical …
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Aggressive behavior of female and male magellanic penguins (spheniscus magellanicus) nesting at San Francisco Zoo, San Francisco, California
… of strength and agility, and I (biting) was physical attack. MPs only performed AMs within 2-3 m of nest entrances. Males performed 83% of all AMs, females 17%. The eye-pointing threat signal accounted for 92% of all AMs, and the 3 non-attack AMs combined accounted for 99% of all AMs; only I% …
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An Exploratory Analysis of Conflict in African Immigrant and African American Marriages
… conflict tactics (negotiation: self and partner; physical assault: self and partner; injury: self and partner; psychological aggression: self and partner; and sexual coercion: self and partner) after controlling for attitude towards women. A Pearson bivariate correlation analysis was used to test …
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Wayward Women, Virtuous Violence: Feminine Violence in Restoration and Eighteenth-Century British Literature by Women
… drama and fiction. Scenes such as Lady Davers's physical assault on Pamela in Samuel Richardson's Pamela (1740) have understandably troubled recent scholars of gender and literature. But critics, for the most part, have been more inclined to discuss women as victims of violence than as agents of …
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Risk Factors For Adult Victimization Among Florida's Homeless Women
… risk factors that expose homeless women to physical assault, rape, and stalking. Utilizing a sample of 737 homeless women from the Florida cities of Orlando, Jacksonville, Tampa, and Miami, this study investigated the risk factors for experiencing adult personal victimization. The …
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A Meta-Analytic Review of the Relationship Between Interpersonal Trauma and Committed Romantic Relationships
… more) individual(s) onto another (e.g., sexual assault, abuse, physical assault, and war), throughout the course of the life span, that occur outside of the romantic dyad. It is hypothesized that traumas caused by another human or humans will have a greater impact on other interpersonal …
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Dating Violence Myth Acceptance and Victim Blame Among College Students: Does Gender Matter?
… punching a hole in the wall, shoving, and physical assault). Respondents completed measures of perceived severity of violence presented in the vignette, victim blame, and adherence to domestic violence myths. Gender had a significant effect on severity of violence depicted in the least …
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Childhood sexual abuse and HIV positive status among South African women : the role of revictimization
… being a consequence of ongoing sexual and/or physical assault in long-term intimate relationship. Participants reported not using condoms consistently. For these participants, an incapacity to insist on condom use by partners was understood in the context of ongoing sexual and physical …
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A Comparison of Perceptions of Students, Parents and School Personnel Regarding Bullying Behavior
… of school shootings. Bullying is a persistent, physical or psychological abuse of power. It takes many forms from physical assault and name calling to shunning, ridicule or exclusion. The victims are usually powerless to change conditions and often bullying is ignored or dismissed as a "rite of …
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Relationship Violence Among College Students: The Predictive Power Of Sociodemographic Characteristicsand Domestic Violence Beli
… violence causation endorsements as well as physical and sexual abuse, stalking, and verbal abuse definitions, and (3) relationship violence perpetration, including negotiation, psychological aggression, physical assault, sexual coercion, and injury. Separate analyses are conducted for male …
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A Prospective Study of the Relationship between Peritraumatic Distress and Attentional Avoidance of Trauma-Relevant Threat in the Prediction of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
… bias and peritraumatic distress were assessed in physical assault and motor vehicle accident survivors within six hours of hospitalization, and PTSD symptom assessment was then conducted at 1- and 3-months post- trauma exposure. Primary analyses examined the role of attentional bias and …
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Family Histories of Mental Illness and Violence in State Patients
… with bipolar disorder had been convicted of physical assault (p=0.035). 17.6% of violent schizophrenia patients had a family history of violence and mental illness, compared to 18.2% of violent patients with mood psychoses which is not statistically significant. Conclusion: It was found that …
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The influence of consumer misbehaviour on the perceived brand image of Jordanian Higher Education Institutions
… includedverbal and psychological abuse, physical assault, sexual harassment, property damage,tribal brawls, discrimination and racism. Moreover, consumer misbehaviours werefound to have a negative influence on the international brand image of Jordanian HigherEducation (JHE), which …
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The liability in delict of judges for wrongs committed in the course of judicial proceedings : an historical analysis of the relative immunity of the South African judiciary
… example defamation, insult or, less commonly, physical assault. Since judicial liability is not an invention of the modem constitutional state, but has deep and ancient roots, the investigation is inevitably and essentially an historical one. The thesis traces the development of such liability …
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The Impact of Cognitive Processing Therapy On Quality of Life and Healthcare Use in Veterans with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Due to Military Sexual Trauma
… is a psychological trauma that resulted from a physical assault of a sexual nature, battery of a sexual nature, or sexual harassment (U.S. Code (1720D of Title 38)). Research indicates that MST is associated with increased likelihood of developing Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Veterans …
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The biomechanics of bruising
… an individual claims to have been subject to a physical assault, observation of physical injuries such as abrasions, avulsions and bruising can prove to be vital pieces of evidence. Bruising is the most common of these injuries, yet there is a lack of understanding of the parameters required for …
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The impact of the PACE treatment program on five physically abusive military men: a case study approach
… one out of every six couples experienced a physical assault during 1985. At this rate, 8.7 million couples experienced at least one assault during the year. Shelter and assistance for the abused wife have been viewed as important and forthcoming. However, spouse abuse will not stop until …
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