SOC200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Alcoholism, Family Values, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC200
• Professor: Addie Nelson

Document Summary

Stress and violence: realities of family life: close relations are hard work, stress is normal and common, stress does not always lead to violence, violence is abnormal, violence should not be coped with, but rather shunned and escaped. Conflict tactics scale: measures verbal aggression and physical violence on a continuum. Instances of violence in the previous year: severity of the acts, examples of other items in the scale, are use of a weapon, need for medical treatment involvement of a child. Intimate partner violence (ipv: a term that includes both married and unmarried couples. It is difficult to estimate the extent of ipv due to varying definitions and hesitancy in reporting the abuse: gender influences the type and severity of ipv with men committing more physically and mentally harmful acts. Interactional styles: previous experience of violence, patriarchal attitudes, status inconsistency, alcoholism and drug abuse, lack of coping resources, social isolation, cultural attitudes, traditional family values.