Marital Violence: An Integrated Systems Approach |
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| Authors: | Arthur G Mones Pamela E Panitz |
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| Institution: | St. John’s University, Center for Psychological Services and Clinical Studies, 8000 Utopia Parkway, Jamaica, New York |
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| Abstract: | A review of current issues and approaches to the problem of marital violence is presented. In order to understand volatile relationships, these attachments are discussed within the context of the normal progression of events in the formation and development of a marriage. A systems model that integrates current conceptual thinking is presented, The article concludes with a paradigm for therapeutic decision-making and strategies that flow from the integrated systems model. |
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| Keywords: | smoking cessation ethnic minorities cultural factors |
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