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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459061303321

Titolo

Family violence and nursing practice [[electronic resource] /] / Janice Humphreys, Jacquelyn C. Campbell, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, NY, : Springer, 2010

ISBN

1-78268-169-8

1-282-84964-6

9786612849640

0-8261-1829-1

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (480 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

HumphreysJanice

CampbellJacquelyn

Disciplina

362.82/92

Soggetti

Family violence

Nursing

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

FAMILY VIOLENCE AND  NURSING PRACTICE; Contents; Contributors; Preface; Theories of Aggression and  Family Violence; INTRODUCTION; CONCEPT ANALYSIS; Aggression; Violence; THEORETICAL FRAMEWORKS EXPLAINING VIOLENCE; Domain-Specific Theories; The Biological Perspective; neurotransmitters, enzymes, and associated genes.; sex hormones.; brain areas and lesions.; role of alcohol and drugs.; limitations of the biological perspective.; The Psychological Perspective; frustration-aggression theory.; cognitive theories.; The Sociocultural Perspective; structural violence theory.

intrafamilial resource theory.cultural consistency theory.; Integrated Theories; Social Cognitive Theory; general aggression model.; ecological theory.; adolescent-limited versus life-course persistent model.; Special considerations; Cultural Positioning; Meaning of Violence Cross-Culturally; Social Organization; Gender Inequality; Summary; REFERENCES; Family Violence: Long-Term  Health Consequences of Trauma; Introduction; Family Violence as Trauma and Health Consequences; Effects of IPV and Other Forms of Family



Violence for Women; The Stress Response; Autonomic and Neuroendocrine Systems

Immune SystemNeuronal Response; Framework of Allostasis; Psychoneuroimmunology; Risky Early Family Environment; Psychobiological Resilience; Neuroendocrine and Immune Changes in  Women Exposed to Violence; Alterations in Neuroendocrine Activity in Women Experiencing IPV; Altered Inflammatory/Immune Activity; Risky Early Family Environments; Epigenetic Changes in Abused Children and Risk for  Psychiatric Symptoms; summary; REFERENCES; Theories of Intimate Partner Violence; Definitions and Scope; Definition of Terms; Scope of the Problem; Abuse of Female Partners and Homicide

Homicide of the AbuserHistorical Perspective; Violence Against Women Historically and Internationally; The Effects of Capitalism and Protestantism; Legalization of Violence Against Women; Contemporary Forms of Violence Against Women Internationally; THEORETICAL FRAMEWORKS; Theories of Causation; Theories/Models of Gender-Based Inequities,  Systems of Oppression and Power; Masculinity or Male Socialization as a Synthesizing Framework; Patriarchy and Socialization for Masculinity; socialization for masculinity.; Feminist Theory and Feminist Intersectionality; Power and Control/The Duluth Model

Critical TheorySocial Cultural Models; Ecological Frameworks; Typologies of Batterers and of  Intimate Partner Violence; THEORIES OF WOMEN'S RESPONSES  TO INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE; Historical Perspectives; Psychological Perspectives; low self-esteem.; mental health problems.; learned helplessness.; traumatic bonding.; cycle theory of violence.; contemporary theories.; critical social theories.; marginalization.; feminist intersectionality.; resiliency.; survivor models.; PROCESSES OF EXPERIENCING, LEAVING, AND  RECOVERING FROM ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIPS; Summary; References

Theories and Research  on Child Maltreatment

Sommario/riassunto

Nurses too often encounter battered women, abused children, and other victims of family violence in hospital and emergency room settings. Nurses therefore have a unique and important role to play in the prevention, identification, and mitigation of violence. This newly revised second edition is a landmark resource that provides comprehensive, nursing-focused coverage of intimate partner violence (IPV), child abuse, and more. This textbook provides a detailed overview of all types of family and other violence, including IPV, same-sex IPV, abuse during pregnancy, intimate partner homicide, stalk