TY - BOOK AU - Dutton,Donald G. TI - The abusive personality: violence and control in intimate relationships SN - 9781593857172 (pbk.) : AV - RC569.5.F3 D87 2007 U1 - 616.8582 DUT PY - 2007/// CY - New York, London PB - Guilford KW - Abusive men KW - Psychology KW - Object relations (Psychoanalysis) KW - Attachment behavior KW - Intimacy (Psychology) KW - Health and Wellbeing KW - ukslc KW - Psychotherapy KW - thema KW - Social work KW - Domestic violence KW - Behavioural theory (Behaviourism) N1 - 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 N2 - 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 ER -