The abusive personality : violence and control in intimate relationships / Donald G. Dutton.
Material type: TextPublication details: New York ; London : Guilford, c2007.Edition: 2nd edDescription: ix, 262 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN:- 9781593857172 (pbk.) :
- 1593857179 (pbk.) :
- 616.8582 DUT
- RC569.5.F3 D87 2007
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Previous ed.: 1998.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1.Introduction -- 2.Early explanations -- 3.Learning of abusiveness -- 4.The psychology of the cycle of violence -- 5.The structure of the abusive personality: the data -- 6.The primitive origins of rage -- 7.An anger born of fear: attachment rage -- 8.The sociopsychoneurobiology of attachment -- 9.The early antecedents studies -- 10.Longitudinal development and female abusive personalities -- 11.The treatment of assaultiveness.
This volume provides an innovative framework for understanding and treating intimate partner violence. Drawing on a variety of theoretical and empirical perspectives, it traces the development of the male abusive personality from early childhood to adulthood.