Anger and Domestic Violence

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According to Sue, Sue and Sue (1994) domestic violence can be defined as physical abuse committed by a spouse, a former spouse, boyfriend or girlfriend, or a cohabitant upon another person in the family. Reiss and Roth (1993) report that domestic violence occurs, on average, every 15 seconds in the United States alone, which translates to more than 2.5 million victims each year.

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"ANGER AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

Introduction
According to Sue, Sue and Sue (1994) domestic violence can be defined as physical abuse committed by a spouse, a former spouse, boyfriend or girlfriend, or a cohabitant upon another person in the family. Reiss and Roth (1993) report that domestic violence occurs, on average, every 15 seconds in the United States alone, which translates to more than 2.5 million victims each year. The authors further note that males are far more likely than females to be the perpetrators of domestic violence.

While there are many factors that play an etiologic and/or contributory role in acts of domestic violence, one of the most important of these is anger (Sue, Sue & Sue, 1994). The purpose of this paper is to examine the role of anger as it relates to domestic violence..."

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