Asymmetrical Role-Taking: Comparing Battered and Nonbattered Women

Social Work

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 59-73

  Forte, James A ^a   Franks, David D ^b   Forte, Janett A ^c   Rigsby, Daniel ^d  

^a CHRISTOPHER NEWPORT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Substance Abuse Unit   (United States)

^d Charter Westbrook Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Domestic violence; Powerlessness; Role taking; Symbolic interactionism; Women

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; BATTERED WOMAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; EMOTION; EMPATHY; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LEARNED HELPLESSNESS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REVIEW; ROLE PLAYING; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; BATTERED WOMEN; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; EMOTIONS; EMPATHY; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HELPLESSNESS, LEARNED; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ROLE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

EID: 0029685204     PISSN: 00378046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sw/41.1.59     Document Type: Article

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