PSYC 331 Study Guide - Conflict Tactics Scale, Antisocial Personality Disorder, Domestic Violence
Document Summary
Straus conflict tactics scale: measure of the type of actions used to solve family conflicts- asks respondents to estimate the number of times during their marriage that they and their partner dealt with conflict in violent and non-violent ways. Straus and gelles report assault rates by women against men that are generally higher than comparable rates for men assaulting women. The cycle of violence: tension building: characterized by escalating anger outburst on the part of the man but a recognition that his behaviour is wrong. He is jealous and possessive: uncontrollable discharge of tensions that have built up during phase one. Either an external event or the internal state of the man: upon exhaustion, contrition, confession, promises of reform, attempts to convince the victim that the abuse will not happen again. Borderline personality organization encompassing bpd, antisocial personality disorder, narcissim personality disorder and others. Kernberg describes their relationships as intense, unstable and intense anger.
