Cognitive, Contextual, and Personality Factors in Wife Abuse
Edition: 1st edition
Publisher: Dissertation.com
Published: December 1999
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 236
ISBN-13: 9781581120660
Subjects: Coping with personal problems; The self, ego, identity, personality; Violence in society; Psychology; Social Science; Sociology; Men's Studies - General; Abuse; Personality; Abuse - General
First sentence: Despite the fact that American men were legally entitled to beat their wives as recently as the turn of the century (Gelles &amp; Cornell, 1990), the home has historically been regarded as a place of safety for women.