Handbook on the Psychology of Violence.

Intro -- HANDBOOK ON THE PSYCHOLOGY OF VIOLENCE -- LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- CHAPTER 1. ASSESSMENT OF THE PROGRAM "TAKINGSTEPS TOWARDS PEACE": EFFECTON ADOLESCENTS'ATTITUDES TOWARDSVIOLENCE AND PROSOCIABILITY -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- Violence: Definition and Explanatory Factors -- Assessment of Programs for the Prevention of and Intervention in ViolentBehavior: Review of Research -- Objectives and Hypotheses of the Study -- METHOD -- Participants -- Design and Procedure -- Assessment Instruments -- VIOLENCE: The Attitudes toward Violent Behavior Questionnaire (Garaigordobil,2009a) -- RACISM: The Attitudes towards Immigration Questionnaire (Garaigordobil, 2009b) -- PROSOCIABILITY: The Prosocial Attitudes towards Values and BehaviorsQuestionnaire (Garaigordobil, 2009c) -- CAVI: Assessment of the Capacity to Analyze Causes of and Ways to Cope with ViolentBehavior Questionnaire (Garaigordobil, 2008b) -- CEP-A: Assessment of the Program Questionnaire, Adolescents' Version(Garaigordobil, 2008c) -- The Intervention Program -- RESULTS -- Effects of the Program on the Attitude towards Violent Behavior, and onSensitivity and Empathy towards Victims of Violence -- Effects of the Program in Attitudes towards Immigration -- Effects of the Program in the Attitude towards Prosocial Values andBehaviors: Justice, Forgiveness, Dialogue, and Remorse -- Effects of the Program in the Capacity to Analyze Causes of and Waysto Cope with Violent Behavior -- Effects of the Program on Dimensions of Socio-Emotional Developmentfrom the Adolescents' Perception CEP-A -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 2. INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE ANDSUBSTANCE ABUSE: CONTEXTUALIZINGSOCIOCULTURAL COMPLEXITIES -- ABSTRACT -- INCIDENCE AND PREVALENCE OFINTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE -- Historic and Contemporary Realities.

Intimate Partner Violence in Clinical Settings -- Prevalence of Intimate Partner Violence among Ethnic Groups -- Incidence and Prevalence of Substance Abuse -- Intimate Partner Violence and Substance Abuse -- IPV and Substance Abuse Co-occurrence among Ethnic Minorities -- Research Bases for an IPV to Substance Use Connection -- THE SPURIOUS EFFECTS MODEL -- Age and Marital Status -- Risk Factors for Alcohol Abuse and Dependence -- Risk Factors for Intimate Partner Violence -- THE INDIRECT EFFECTS MODEL -- THE PROXIMAL EFFECTS MODEL -- CULTURAL COMPLEXITIES: DEVELOPMENT OFAN ECOLOGICAL APPROACH -- Intrapersonal Level Factors -- Interpersonal Level Factors -- Macrostructural Level Factors -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 3. EXAMINING DATING VIOLENCEFROM THE RELATIONAL CONTEXT -- RELATIONAL CONTEXT VARIABLES -- Status -- Duration -- Intimacy -- Milestones -- Connections Between Relational Context Variables -- THEORETICAL MODELS OF RELATIONSHIP DEVELOPMENT -- Interpersonal Relationship Development -- Social Penetration Theory -- Knapp's Staircase Model -- Romantic Relationship Development -- Coleman's Transition to Marriage Model -- Relational Turbulence Model -- PROPOSED THREE-PHASE MODELOF ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIP DEVELOPMENT -- Honeymoon -- Status -- Duration -- Intimacy -- Milestones -- Violence -- Defining -- Status -- Duration -- Intimacy -- Milestones -- Violence -- Established -- Status -- Duration -- Intimacy -- Milestones -- Violence -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 4. OVER-RESEARCHED AND UNDER-THEORIZED:RE-IMAGINING THE CONCEPT OF GENDER FORINTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCETHEORY AND RESEARCH -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- THE EPISTEMOLOGY OF INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE/THE KNOWLEDGE BASE BEHIND IPV -- FEMINIST-INFORMED THEORY -- FAMILY CONFLICT PERSPECTIVES -- The Shift to Theorization - Johnson's Categories of Violence.

THEORIZING ABOUT GENDER:GENDER THEORY,MASCULINITY, AND IPV -- A THIRD OR FOURTH WAY? GENDER AS NARRATIVE STRATEGY -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 5. PSYCHOLOGY OF HATRED AND VIOLENCE:DEFINITION, EXPLANATORY THEORIES,COGNITIVE-EMOTIONAL FACTORS,AND PREVENTION STRATEGIES -- ABSTRACT -- 1. AGGRESSIVENESS AND VIOLENCE: DEFINITION -- 2. EXPLANATORY THEORIES OF AGGRESSIVENESS AND VIOLENCE -- 2.1. Theories of Aggressiveness and Individual Violence -- 2.1.1. Biological Theories of Aggressiveness: The Role of GeneticDeficiencies (Chromosomes), Hormonal Deficiencies (Testosterone),and Deficiencies in the Neurotransmitters (Serotonin) -- 2.1.2. Psychoanalytic Theory: Aggressive Drives Are Innate and Are a Partof Man's Psychic Structure -- 2.1.3. Learning Theories: Aggressive Behavior Is Learned through Classicaland Operant Conditioning, and Social Learning -- 2.1.4. The Theory of Frustration-Aggression: Aggression Is a BehavioralReaction Motivated by Frustration -- 2.1.5. Cognitivist Theories: Cognitive Dissonance and Attributions of Responsibility -- 2.1.6. Environmentalist or Contextual Theories: Cultural and Family Factors -- 2.2. Theoretical Explanations of Collective Violence -- 3. PSYCHOLOGY OF HATRED: COGNITIVE AND EMOTIONAL FACTORS -- 3.1. The Role of Cognitions or Thoughts in Hatred and Violence -- 3.2. Hatred Develops Progressively -- 3.3. Hatred Is an Emotion Whose Formation Is Complex -- 3.4. Feelings of Guilt, Empathy, and Violent Behavior -- 4. INTERVENTION STRATEGIES FOR THE PREVENTIONOF HATRED AND VIOLENCE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 6. PSYCHOLOGICAL VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMENBY INTIMATE PARTNERS: THE USE OF CHILDRENTO VICTIMIZE MOTHERS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- IPV DURING THE CHILDBEARING YEARS -- ABUSIVE PARTNERS' USE OF CHILDREN TO VICTIMIZE MOTHERS.

THE USE OF VERY YOUNG CHILDREN BY ABUSIVE INTIMATEPARTNERS TO VICTIMIZE MOTHERS: RESULTS FROM ALONGITUDINAL STUDY ON PREVALENCE AND EFFECTS ON MOTHERS -- Participants and Procedure -- Measures -- Demographics Questionnaire -- Use of Children to Victimize their Mothers -- Mothers' Personal Well-Being -- Maternal Depression -- Maternal Anxiety and Hostility -- Maternal Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) -- Mothers' Parental Well-Being -- Maternal Self-Esteem -- Maternal Parenting Stress -- RESULTS -- Missing Data -- Data Analysis -- Prevalence and Stability of the Use of very Young Children against theirMothers -- Psychological Violence during Pregnancy -- Effect on Mothers' Personal Well-Being -- Effect on Mothers' Parental Well-Being -- Psychological Violence during the First Year Postpartum -- Effect on Mothers' Personal Well-Being -- Effect on Mothers' Parental Well-Being -- CONCLUSION -- AUTHOR NOTE -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 7. ACROSS SECTIONAL STUDY OF INTIMATE PARTNERVIOLENCE IN EMERGING ADULTHOOD -- ABSTRACT -- THE CHALLENGES OF ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIPSIN EMERGING ADULTHOOD -- THE CURRENT STUDY -- METHOD -- Participants -- Measures -- RESULTS -- Descriptive Data and Gender Differences -- Hierarchical Logistic Regression -- DISCUSSION -- The Special Challenges of Intimate Relationships and IPV Perpetration -- Contrast of IPV with Stranger Violence -- Study Limitations and Advantages -- SUMMARY -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 8. SEXUAL HOMICIDE OFFENDERS AND THEIRCRIMINAL CAREERS:AN EXPLORATORYEMPIRICAL EXAMINATION -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- SEXUAL HOMICIDE OFFENDERS AND CRIMINAL CAREERS -- CURRENT FOCUS -- METHOD -- Participants and Procedures -- Measures -- Analytical Strategy -- Findings -- DISCUSSION -- REFERENCES.

CHAPTER 9. INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE AND CHILDMALTREATMENT:AN INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVEON CHILD AND FAMILY VIOLENCE -- ABSTRACT -- PREVALENCE -- RISK FACTORS FOR IPV -- Age -- Income -- Couples' Educational Differentials -- Employment -- Family Size -- Decision Making -- Region -- IPV AND CHILD MALTREATMENT -- Witnessing IPV (WPV) -- Child Maltreatment -- Harsh Discipline Practices -- CHILD OUTCOMES -- CHILD MALTREATMENT THEORY -- THEORETICAL ISSUES IN INTERNATIONALFAMILY VIOLENCE -- An Evolutionary Perspective -- ATTACHEMENT PERSPECTIVE -- ECONOMIC FACTORS THEORY -- FEMINIST PERSPECTIVE -- FAMILY VIOLENCE PERSPECTIVE -- SUMMARY -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 10. THE DEVELOPMENTAL RELATION BETWEEN MORALDISENGAGEMENT AND AGGREGATION WITHDEVIANT PEERS IN UNDERSTANDINGVIOLENT ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- THE IMPACT OF MORAL DISENGAGEMENT AND AGGREGATION WITHDEVIANT PEERS ON ADOLESCENT AGGRESSIVEAND VIOLENT BEHAVIOR -- THE RELATION BETWEEN MORAL DISENGAGEMENT ANDAGGREGATION WITH DEVIANT PEERS:A DEVELOPMENTAL MODEL -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 11. MALE VICTIMS IN HETEROSEXUAL INTIMATEPARTNER VIOLENCE:AFRAMEWORKEXPLAINING HELP-SEEKING RELUCTANCE -- ABSTRACT -- SIGNIFICANCE OF STUDYING MALE VICTIMS -- Men as Victims? -- Men's Help-Seeking -- FOCUS OF THE FRAMEWORK -- A CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK TO STUDY MALE VICTIMS -- Masculine Gender Socialization -- Help-Seeking Reluctance -- Connection to Sociodemographics -- FRAMEWORK APPLICATIONS -- IMPLICATIONS -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 12. THE ROLES OF COMMUNITY SOCIAL WORKERS INDEALING WITH VIOLENT ACTS OF TERRORISM:THREE MODES OF INTERVENTION -- ABSTRACT -- EXPOSURE TO TERRORISM -- MODES OF INTERVENTION -- THE COMMUNITY SOCIAL WORKER AS A HELP PROVIDER -- METHOD -- Participants -- Qualitative Measures -- Interviews -- Observations -- Documents -- Data Analysis -- FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION.

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