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Abuse is the improper usage or treatment of an entity, often to unfairly or improperly gain benefit.[1] Abuse can come in many forms, such as: physical or verbal maltreatment, injury, assault, violation, rape, unjust practices; crimes, or other types of aggression.


Characteristics and styles of abuse

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Some important characteristics and styles of abuse are:[2]

Telltale signs of abuse

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Telltale signs may include:[3]

  1. isolation
  2. irrational jealousy
  3. subtle presence of physical violence
  4. discounting, minimising, and trivialising
  5. criticising
  6. withholding
  7. blaming.

Psychological characteristics of abusers

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In their review of data from the Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health and Development Study (a longitudinal birth cohort study; n = 941) Moffitt et al.[4] report that while men exhibit more aggression overall, gender is not a reliable predictor of interpersonal aggression, including psychological aggression. The study found that whether male or female, aggressive people share a cluster of traits, including high rates of suspicion and jealousy; sudden and drastic mood swings; poor self-control; and higher than average rates of approval of violence and aggression (in American society, females are, on average, approved[clarification needed] of violence against males). Moffitt et al. also argue that antisocial men exhibit two distinct types of interpersonal aggression (one against strangers, the other against intimate female partners), while antisocial women are rarely aggressive against anyone other than intimate male partners.

Male and female perpetrators of emotional and physical abuse exhibit high rates of personality disorders.[5][6][7] Rates of personality disorder in the general population are roughly 15%–20%, while roughly 80% of abusive men in court-ordered treatment programmes have personality disorders.[8] There are no similar statistics on female perpetrators of family violence due to bias[citation needed] in the data gathering procedure. The only statistics available are the reports on child maltreatment,[9] which show that mothers use physical discipline on children more often than fathers, while severe injury and sexual abuse are more often perpetrated by men.[10]

Abusers may aim to avoid household chores or exercise total control of family finances. Abusers can be very manipulative, often recruiting friends, law officers and court officials, even the victim's family to their side, while shifting blame to the victim.[11][12]

Effects of abuse on victims

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Main articles: Complex post-traumatic stress disorder and Psychological trauma
See also: Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

English et al.[13] report that children whose families are characterised by interpersonal violence, including psychological aggression and verbal aggression, may exhibit a range of serious disorders, including chronic depression, anxiety, posttraumatic stress disorder, dissociation and anger. Additionally, English et al. report that the impact of emotional abuse "did not differ significantly" from that of physical abuse. Johnson et al.[14] report that, in a survey of female patients (n = 825), 24% suffered emotional abuse, and this group experienced higher rates of gynaecological problems. In their study of men emotionally abused by a wife/partner (n = 116), Hines and Malley-Morrison[15] report that victims exhibit high rates of post traumatic stress disorder and alcoholism.

Namie's study[16] of workplace bullying found that 31% of women and 21% of men who reported workplace bullying exhibited three key symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (hypervigilance, intrusive imagery, and avoidance behaviours). A 1998 study of male college students (n = 70) by Simonelli & Ingram[17] found that men who were emotionally abused by their female partners exhibited higher rates of chronic depression than the general population.

A study of college students (n = 80) by Goldsmith and Freyd[18] report that many who have experienced emotional abuse do not characterise the mistreatment as abusive. Additionally, Goldsmith and Freyd show that these people also tend to exhibit higher than average rates of alexithymia (difficulty identifying and processing their own emotions).

Jacobson et al.[19] found that women report markedly higher rates of fear during marital conflicts. However, a rejoinder[20] argued that Jacobson's results were invalid due to men and women's drastically differing interpretations of questionnaires. Coker et al.[21] found that the effects of mental abuse were similar whether the victim was male or female. Pimlott-Kubiak and Cortina[22] found that severity and duration of abuse were the only accurate predictors of aftereffects of abuse; sex of perpetrator or victim were not reliable predictors.

Analysis of a large survey (n = 25,876) by LaRoche[23] found that women abused by men were slightly more likely to seek psychological help than were men abused by women (63% vs. 62%).

In a 2007 study, Laurent, et al.,[24] report that psychological aggression in young couples (n = 47) is associated with decreased satisfaction for both partners: "psychological aggression may serve as an impediment to couples development because it reflects less mature coercive tactics and an inability to balance self/other needs effectively." A 2008 study by Walsh and Shulman[25] reports that psychological aggression by females is more likely to be associated with relationship dissatisfaction for both partners, while withdrawal by men is more likely to be associated with relationship dissatisfaction for both partners.

Power and control in abusive relationships

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In abusive relationships, violence is posited to arise out of a need for power and control of one partner over the other. An abuser will use various tactics of abuse (e.g., physical, verbal, emotional, sexual or financial) to establish and maintain control over the partner.

Abusers' efforts to dominate their partners have been attributed to low self-esteem or feelings of inadequacy, unresolved childhood conflicts, the stress of poverty, hostility and resentment toward women (misogyny), hostility and resentment toward men (misandry), personality disorders, genetic tendencies and sociocultural influences, among other possible causative factors. Most authorities seem to agree that abusive personalities result from a combination of several factors, to varying degrees.

A causalist view of domestic violence is that it is a strategy to gain or maintain power and control over the victim. This view is in alignment with Bancroft's "cost-benefit" theory that abuse rewards the perpetrator in ways other than, or in addition to, simply exercising power over his or her target(s). He cites evidence in support of his argument that, in most cases, abusers are quite capable of exercising control over themselves, but choose not to do so for various reasons.[26]

An alternative view is that abuse arises from powerlessness and externalising/projecting this and attempting to exercise control of the victim. It is an attempt to 'gain or maintain power and control over the victim' but even in achieving this it cannot resolve the powerlessness driving it. Such behaviours have addictive aspects leading to a cycle of abuse or violence. Mutual cycles develop when each party attempts to resolve their own powerlessness in attempting to assert control.

Questions of power and control are integral to the widely utilised Duluth Domestic Abuse Intervention Project. They developed a "Power and Control Wheel" to illustrate this: it has power and control at the center, surrounded by spokes (techniques used), the titles of which include: coercion and threats, intimidation, emotional abuse, isolation, minimising, denying and blaming, using children, economic abuse, and male privilege.[27] The model attempts to address abuse by challenging the misuse of power by the perpetrator.

The power wheel model is not intended to assign personal responsibility, enhance respect for mutual purpose or assist victims and perpetrators in resolving their differences. Rather, it is an informational tool designed to help individuals understand the dynamics of power operating in abusive situations and identify various methods of abuse.

Critics of this model argue that it ignores research linking domestic violence to substance abuse and psychological problems.[28] Some modern research into the patterns in domestic violence has found that women are more likely to be physically abusive towards their partner in relationships in which only one partner is violent,[29][30] which draws the effectiveness of using concepts like male privilege to treat domestic violence into question; however, it may still be valid in studying severe abuse cases, which are mostly male perpetrated.[30] However, modern research into predictors of injury from domestic violence finds that the strongest predictor of injury by domestic violence is participation in reciprocal domestic violence, and that this pattern of domestic violence is more often initiated by the female in the relationship.[29]

Victim blaming

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Main article: Victim blaming

Victim blaming is holding the victims of a crime, an accident, or any type of abusive maltreatment to be entirely or partially responsible for the unfortunate incident that has occurred in their lives.

Cycles of abuse

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Main article: Cycle of abuse

Intergenerational transmission of abuse

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Main article: Cycle of violence

Notable abuse cases

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See also

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Notes

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References

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  1. ^ Abuse – Defined at Merriam-Webster Dictionary. Merriam-Webster, Incorporated. 2013 [Word first used in 15th century]. Retrieved 28 December 2013. abuse [may be defined as the following]...to treat (a person or animal) in a harsh or harmful way...[or] to use or treat (something) in a way that causes damage [or] to use (something) wrongly
  2. ^ "Abuse Types". Abusefacts.com. Archived from the original on 23 August 2006. Retrieved 24 January 2010.
  3. ^ "Are you in an abusive relationship? Here are 7 subtle warning signs". Collegenews.com. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 24 January 2010.
  4. ^ Moffitt, T.E.; Caspi, A.; Rutter, M.; Silva, P.A. (2001). Sex differences in antisocial behavior: Conduct Disorder, Delinquency, and Violence in the Dunedin Longitudinal Study. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ Dutton D, Bodnarchuk M. Through a psychological lens: Personality disorder and spouse assault. In Loseke D, Gelles R, Cavanaugh M (eds.). Current Controversies on Family Violence, Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications 2005.
  6. ^ Carney MM, Buttell FP (July 2004). "A multidimensional evaluation of a treatment program for female batterers: A pilot study" (PDF). Research on Social Work Practice. 14 (4). Sage Publications: 249–258. doi:10.1177/1049731503262223.
  7. ^ Henning K, Feder L. (April 2004). "A comparison of men and women arrested for domestic violence: Who presents the greater risk?". Journal of Family Violence. 19 (2). Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers: 69–80. doi:10.1023/B:JOFV.0000019838.01126.7c. Retrieved 7 December 2013. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |subscription= ignored (|url-access= suggested) (help)
  8. ^ Dutton, D.G. (Summer 1994). "Patriarchy and wife assault: The ecological fallacy" (PDF). Violence and Victims. 9 (2). Springer Publishing Company: 167–82. PMID 7696196. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
  9. ^ "CDC – Injury – Child Maltreatment Home Page". Cdc.gov. 1 September 2009. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
  10. ^ "Child abuse and neglect by parents and other caregivers" (PDF). World Report on Violence and Health. World Health Organisation. August 2002. p. 67. Retrieved 25 January 2010.
  11. ^ Bancroft, L (2002). Why does he do that? Inside the minds of angry and controlling men. G. P. Putnam's Sons. ISBN 0-399-14844-2.
  12. ^ Moore, Thomas Geoffrey; Marie-France Hirigoyen; Helen Marx (2004). Stalking the Soul: Emotional Abuse and the Erosion of Identity. New York: Turtle Point Press. pp. 196. ISBN 1-885586-99-X.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  13. ^ English DJ, Graham JC, Newton RR, Lewis TL, Thompson R, Kotch JB, Weisbart C (May 2009) [2008]. "At-risk and maltreated children exposed to intimate partner aggression/violence: what the conflict looks like and its relationship to child outcomes" (PDF/HTML). Child Maltreatment. 14 (2): 157–71. doi:10.1177/1077559508326287. PMID 18984806. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |subscription= ignored (|url-access= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  14. ^ K Johnson, R John, A Humera, S Kukreja, M Found, S W Lindow (July 2007). "The prevalence of emotional abuse in gynaecology patients and its association with gynaecological symptoms". European journal of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive biology. 133 (1): 95–99. doi:10.1016/j.ejogrb.2006.04.035. PMID 16757091.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  15. ^ Hines, D. A., & Malley-Morrison, K. (August 2001). Effects of emotional abuse against men in intimate relationships. Paper presented at the Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA
  16. ^ Namie, G. (October 2000). U.S. Hostile Workplace Survey 2000. Paper presented at the New England Conference on Workplace Bullying, Suffolk University Law School, Boston.
  17. ^ Simonelli, C.J.; Ingram, K.M. (December 1998). "Psychological distress among men experiencing physical and emotional abuse in heterosexual dating relationships" (PDF/HTML). Journal of Interpersonal Violence. 13 (6): 667–681. doi:10.1177/088626098013006001. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |subscription= ignored (|url-access= suggested) (help)
  18. ^ Goldsmith, R.E.; Freyd, J. (2005). "Effects of emotional abuse in family and work environments" (PDF). Journal of Emotional Abuse. 5 (1). doi:10.1300/J135v5n01_04. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 April 2011.
  19. ^ Jacobson, N. S.; Gottman, J. M.; Waltz, J.; Rushe, R.; Babcock, J.; Holtzworth-Munroe, A. (1994). "Affect, verbal content, and psychophysiology in the arguments of couples with a violent husband". Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology. 62 (5): 982–988. doi:10.1037/0022-006X.62.5.982. PMID 7806730. Retrieved 7 December 2013. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |subscription= ignored (|url-access= suggested) (help)
  20. ^ Dutton, D. G. (2006). Rethinking domestic violence. Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press.
  21. ^ Coker, A. L.; Davis, K. E.; Arias, I.; Desai, S.; Sanderson, M.; Brandt, H. M.; Smith, PH (2002). "Physical and mental health effects of intimate partner violence for men and women". American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 23 (4): 260–268. doi:10.1016/S0749-3797(02)00514-7. PMID 12406480.
  22. ^ Pimlott-Kubiak, S.; Cortina, L. M. (2003). "Gender, victimization, and outcomes: Reconceptualizing risk". Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology. 71 (3): 528–539. doi:10.1037/0022-006X.71.3.528. PMID 12795576.
  23. ^ Laroche, D. (2005). "Aspects of the context and consequences of domestic violence. Situational couple violence and intimate terrorism in Canada in 1999." Quebec City: Government of Quebec.
  24. ^ Heidemarie K. Laurent, Hyoun K. Kima, Deborah M. Capaldi (December 2008) [2007]. "Interaction and relationship development in stable young couples: Effects of positive engagement, psychological aggression, and withdrawal". Journal of Adolescence. 31 (6): 815–835. doi:10.1016/j.adolescence.2007.11.001. PMC 2642009. PMID 18164053.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  25. ^ Welsh, Deborah P.; Shmuel Shulman (December 2008) [2008]. "Directly observed interaction within adolescent romantic relationships: What have we learned?". Journal of Adolescence. 31 (6): 877–891. doi:10.1016/j.adolescence.2008.10.001. PMC 2614117. PMID 18986697.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  26. ^ Bancroft, L (2002). Why does he do that? Inside the minds of angry and controlling men. Berkley Books. ISBN 0425191656.
  27. ^ "Power and Control Wheel" (PDF). Ncdsv.org. Retrieved 5 December 2013.
  28. ^ Twohey, Megan (2 January 2009). "How can domestic abuse be stopped?". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 16 April 2011.
  29. ^ a b Whitaker, D. J.; Haileyesus, T.; Swahn, M.; Saltzman, L. S. (2007). "Differences in Frequency of Violence and Reported Injury Between Relationships with Reciprocal and Nonreciprocal Intimate Partner Violence". American Journal of Public Health. 97 (5): 941–947. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2005.079020. PMC 1854883. PMID 17395835.
  30. ^ a b Straus, Murray A (23 May 2006). "Dominance and symmetry in partner violence by male and female university students in 32 nations" (PDF). Trends in Intimate Violence Intervention. New York University. Retrieved 30 April 2012. {{cite conference}}: Unknown parameter |booktitle= ignored (|book-title= suggested) (help)

Further reading

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  • Macpherson, Michael Colin The psychology of abuse (1985) Search for this book: (Amazon | wp gwp g)
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