Shame in male spouse abusers and its treatment in group therapy

Intimate Violence: Contemporary Treatment Innovations

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 47-74

  Wallace, Robert ^a   Nosko, Anna ^a  

^a Family Service Association of Toronto   (Canada)

Author keywords

abusiveness; affect theory; anger; attachment theory; Partner abuse; shame

Indexed keywords

EID: 84917039861     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1300J146v07n01_04     Document Type: Chapter

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