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Abusive Relationships, 2004.
A discussion and analysis the topic of the effects of an abusive relationship.
2,107 words (approx. 8.4 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 66.95
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Who is at risk for an abusive relationship? How can those in relationships avoid abuse? What are the effects of an abusive relationship? Why do people stay in abusive relationships? This paper discusses and answers these questions about the impact an abusive relationship. It explains that they are destructive, have patterns, and can repeat themselves throughout generations. There are many different types of abuse, from physical to psychological, and each one can lead to emotional distress, loss of self-esteem, and even death. It mentions that abusive relationships have a long history, and as more is understood about them and what causes them, more can be done to aid both the abused and their abusers.
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"Abusive relationships are extremely destructive to all the parties involved - as much to the abuser as to the abused. Abusive relationships have often been hidden and out of sight, however, as they become more prevalent in a more violent society, more study has been done on them, and more opportunities exist for the abused to get out of their abusive relationships and begin new lives. The pattern of abuse can stop, but it is a long and difficult process for everyone involved, and abusers are never "cured" of their disease, they simply learn how to master it. Abuse in relationships is like any other addiction, such as alcohol, gambling, or drugs, and it must be treated as a disease, rather than simply a societal issue. Abusers need help as much as their abused relatives do, and that is the first step in ending the abuse pattern."
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Abuse in Childhood and Abusing As An Adult, 2003.
A research proposal that explores the link between abuse in childhood and becoming an abuser.
2,300 words (approx. 9.2 pages), 12 sources, APA, $ 79.95
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This paper is a research proposal on the link between experiencing abuse as a child and becoming an abuser in later later. The paper includes a brief problem statement, a literature review in abstract form and methodology.
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Child Abuse and Substance Abuse, 2000.
An examination of the research, history and theories of impact of parental drug/alcohol abuse and child abuse, treatment and intervention.
1,800 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 11 sources, $ 63.95
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"The Impact of Parental Substance Abuse on Child Abuse
Introduction
KidsCampaign (1998), a national foster care organization, reported that of all the recent trends in child welfare, perhaps none has been more troubling than the increase in cases of child abuse and neglect resulting from parental abuse of alcohol and drugs. In this regard, the organization states that nearly 3.1 million American children are, each year, reported to child protective services as abused or neglected; and substance abuse was found to be a factor in a majority of these cases.
It is further reported by the organization that research conducted by the Child Welfare League of America and other organizations have found that substance abuse to be a factor in at least 75 percent of all placements in out-of-home care. It is..."
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Do Children Who Are Abused Grow Up To Be Abusers?, 2002.
Three part discussion on the likelihood that children who suffered abuse will grow up to be child abusers.
1,275 words (approx. 5.1 pages), 5 sources, $ 48.95
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The following discussion proposes to explore the question of the likelihood of children who are victims of abuse becoming abusers of their own children. Essentially the discussion will consist of three parts. Initially, a common sense answer, a potential hypothesis will be identified. Then abuse will be defined and identified. Subsequently, the link between childhood abuse and becoming an abuser will be explored. Finally, a brief conclusion will draw these disparate threads of argument together.
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Male Victims of Abuse, 2006.
This paper studies heterosexual males and abusive relationships.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 5 sources, $ 53.95
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This paper explores the behavior patterns of heterosexual males who have experienced abusive relationships. The dynamics of the abusive relationship and decisions made by the males to remain in the relationship are of significant interest, as understanding these relationships shall help in establishing empathy with male victims of abuse during the communications processes. The paper explains that this is achieved through a study of the literature on abuse.
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"Abuse and sexual partnerships have been studied in the behavioral sciences, both as a means of understanding why persons in abusive relationships remain willing to participate in a negative relationship and to attempt to find strategies to help provide solutions for the abuser and victim. Traditionally, the literature on abusive relationships has focused on heterosexual partnerships in which the male is the abuser or on homosexual partnerships in which one male abuses the other. Abusive heterosexual relationships in which the female is the abuser and the male is the victim is studied with less frequency, in large part because relationship dynamics of this nature are fewer in number than other forms of relationship abuse (Das Dasgupta, 2002)."
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Substance Abuse in Women, 2002.
A study into the effects of substance abuse on women in relationships.
2,771 words (approx. 11.1 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 82.95
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The research reported in this paper consists of a qualitative study of five adolescents (between the ages of 18 and 20 years) who, at the time of the study, had signed up to receive substance abuse treatment at a local clinic. The small sample of young women were interviewed in an effort to discover their views of personal relationships and how these relationships are related to abusing drugs or alcohol. The paper includes a personal perspective on the issue, as the writer recounts her experience with substance abuse within her own family.
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"Virtually every teen interviewed believed that she could not stop abusing drugs without developing a relationship with somebody (an adult, a counselor, a boyfriend, etc.) who really pushed for her to stop the abuse. Two of the girls felt that this relationship had to be with a boyfriend and that even if counselors and empathetic adults helped them, if their boyfriend wasn't like this, they would probably continue to use drugs."
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Abused Women, 2002.
An overview of the emotional dynamics involved in an abusive relationship.
2,819 words (approx. 11.3 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 83.95
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In a relationship where the woman is constantly abused, emotions often propel her toward staying with the abuser. This paper discusses the emotional dynamics involved in these types of relationships. It questions why abused women stay with their partners and even claim to love them. The paper uses Anna Quindlen's book "Black and Blue" and Roddy Doyle's "The Women Who Walked into Doors" to explore these issues.
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"A woman involved in an abusive relationship often grew up being abused. Therefore, she has learned how to cope with the abuse - even seeing the abuse as almost "normal" or an "acceptable" part of everyday life. In Anna Quindlen's book Black and Blue, the main character, Frannie Flynn Benedetto, states, "There are ways and ways of dying, and some of them leave you walking around. I'd learned that from watching my father, and my husband, too" (Quindlen, p. 13). Frannie Flynn Benedetto makes a comparison between the behavior of her father and her abusive husband. One may infer by her statement that while growing up with her father, she learned how to live and get along in an abusive family situation."
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Alcohol and Relationships, 2002.
This paper presents a detailed examination of alcohol abuse and its effect on father-son relationships.
1,185 words (approx. 4.7 pages), 3 sources, APA, $ 40.95
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The writer explores many aspects of how alcohol affects the relationship that fathers and sons have in various stages of their lives. The paper shows that if the father has an alcohol problem, the relationship is almost always negatively affected and the son can develop many negative traits, including the inability to succeed, the tendency to abuse others and the possibility of becoming an alcoholic himself. The paper shows the development of these negative traits in toddlers, school children and teens.
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"Science has concluded that children of alcoholics have a higher chance of becoming alcoholics therefore the son of an alcoholic is also more prone to the problem (Rose, 1998). Studies have also discovered that the sons of alcoholics develop more mental health issues than others. An alcoholic father teaches the son by example to hide behind being drunk instead of face the feelings he has. In addition an alcoholic father often has co-morbid disorders which further damage the relationship that he has with his children."
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Sex Offenders and Their Relationships with the Victims, 2006.
This paper discusses the problem of rape and child sexual abuse in America, with particular focus on the offender's relationship with the victim.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 4 sources, $ 35.95
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This paper discusses the motivation behind sexual offenders and the devastating effects of the crime on its victims. The paper explains that sexual offenders turn their victims into objects that they dominate and degrade and that sexual child abuse and rape hurts the individual mentally and spiritually. Furthermore, victims are often misunderstood and suffer long-term problems. The paper includes statistics on rape and child sexual abuse.
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"According to the U.S. Department of Justice, "Somewhere in America, a woman is raped every 2 minutes" (American Rape Statistics 2006). Rape is a major problem in America with many women failing to report rape to the police or even their significant other. One in six American women has been the victim of an attempted or completed rape..." (2005). Are these women raped by strangers? Are these women harmed if they are not beaten or stabbed? The statistics on sexual child abuse is similar. "The typical child sex offender molests an average of 117 children, most of who do not report the offence" (Child Abuse 2006). Many of these victims become adults without telling anyone during their childhood years and often do not tell others even as adults. Child Abuse Research and Statistics show that "there are 60 million survivors of childhood sexual abuse in America today"."
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Psychology Mentor-Protege Relationships, 2002.
Thorough examination of the internship experience for graduate students in psychology.
16,575 words (approx. 66.3 pages), 16 sources, APA, $ 249.95
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This paper examines the dynamics of the supervisor/supervisee relationship in psychology graduate students' internship experiences. Particular attention is given to how often bad internship experiences occur, why they occur, and what the role of the internship supervisor is in creating these bad experiences. In addition, the paper includes a careful examination of abuses of power in the supervisor/supervisee relationship and why they occur. Subsections of the paper deal with the discrepancies between what students know and what they are supposed to know when they enter their internships,and how their internship supervisor plays a role in this. Also explored are ways to remedy the imbalance of power in supervisor/supervisee relationships that often leads to problems in the internship experience. In addition, this paper looks at the history of mentoring, and what characteristics comprise a successful supervisor/supervisee pairing.
The History of Mentoring
Review of the Scholarly Literature
Ethical Issues in Mentoring
Access
Implications for the Psychology Profession
Mentoring in Psychology Internships
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"One of the most important and most demanding parts of the psychology doctoral student's educational experience is the mandatory internship. In this internship, often lasting a year or more beyond the completion of regular coursework, a doctoral student is expected to put all of what he or she has learned in the classroom into real world practice. It is a testing ground and a proving ground for those wishing to become practicing psychologists. It is during the internship that doctoral students get to find out first-hand just how well they have mastered certain techniques, as well as learning what things are much different in the textbooks than they are in actual practice. It is a challenging, yet rewarding time that makes a student ready to begin practice on his or her own."
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Abusive Childhoods, 2003.
Discusses two short stories on the subject.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 2 sources, $ 31.95
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Compares how the female protagonist of each story attempts to deal with her traumatic childhood. Compares Dorothy Allison's "Rivers of Names" and Mona Simpson's "Lawns." Examines the theme of difficulty of transcending one's past.
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"Two short stories dealing with horrific childhoods center on implications in the life of the grown child. By examining the history of abuse, the intimate family relationships and the protagonists' struggle with their secrets in "Lawns" and "River of Names..."
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"This Boy's Life", 2002.
This paper is a critique of the film "This Boy's Life" and how it treats the subject of abusive relationships between husbands and wives and fathers and sons.
1,440 words (approx. 5.8 pages), 0 sources, MLA, $ 47.95
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This paper examines how the film "This Boy's Life" characterizes the relationship between a mother and son and their attempts to cope with the abusive adult men in their lives. There is a discussion of the characters of the film and how effectively the film treats the issues wife and child abuse.
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"The film This Boy's Life (1993) is set in the 1950s and does a good job of recreating that era. The look is right, but the characters are also right, with attitudes about certain subjects showing that they come from a different time than we do today. For those of us who recall that era, the film has a certain nostalgic value, though it also should make us think that we have done well to get away from some of the past we remember."
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Child Abuse and Pornography, 2002.
This paper examines the relationship between child abuse and porography.
1,670 words (approx. 6.7 pages), 7 sources, APA, $ 54.95
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This paper looks at the similarities between child abuse and pornography and the relationship between them. The author explores the world of pornography and its complex relationship to the world of child abuse. Pornography is discussed in detail investigating its effects and whether it createsa predisposition in certain individuals to commit violent sexual acts.
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"Before delving into an analysis of child abuse, child rape, and child pornography, the issue of pornography itself must be examined. Pornography is an extremely muddy issue. Does sexually explicit material have a detrimental effect on the individual? Does access to pornography contribute to misogynistic tendencies and sexism? Or on a more extreme level, does it create a predisposition in certain individuals to commit violent sexual acts? Indeed, even the definition of pornography is somewhat in dispute.
There are two types of material that are often considered pornographic. In the first type, males or females of an appropriate age are depicted in erotic poses. They are presented as equal partners without subjugation or any sign of violence. This first type of pornography is often referred to as erotica. The Playboy or Penthouse magazines would be an excellent example of this type of pornography that has been developed for males. Conversely, Playgirl magazine or one of the many romance/erotica novels available at local bookstores would be the equivalent for women."
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Child Abuse and Adult Criminal Behavior, 2007.
This paper discusses the relationship between child abuse and neglect, juvenile delinquency and adult violent criminal behavior.
10,990 words (approx. 44.0 pages), 84 sources, MLA, $ 217.95
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The focus of this research review is the relationship that exists between child abuse and neglect and juvenile delinquency and adult violence or criminality. This work reviews relevant, reliable, and peer-reviewed literature in this subject area and states findings about prevention methods that target early identification and intervention of those who are predisposed to juvenile or adult violence or criminality due to childhood abuse. The review of literature reveals that a community-based effort that is collaborative in nature and that integrates the many levels of the community into a dynamic process of intervention and prevention is one most likely to succeed. Recommendations of this study include the recommendation that further and deeper research effort be applied toward the establishment of a knowledge base that has the potential to contribute to development of appropriate treatment and interventions. This work makes recommendations for a restructuring of the community-based service provisions for families with domestic violence and child abuse issues. This program implementation would be on a community-wide basis with the central heart of the operation being a community transition and transformation services home center that worked in a close and collaborative relationship with all other service agencies in the community in bringing about a community-based transformation in the lives of families and individuals throughout the community.
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Objective
Introduction
Significance of the Study
Methodology
Literature Review
Summary of the Literature Reviewed
Findings of the Study
Recommendations for Future Research
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"The woman who has been beaten may withdraw from the family, which often results in child neglect, and the stress associated with domestic violence may cause women who are at risk for violence to resort to violence. It is also held by researchers that some abused women, in an effort to protect them from the batterer punish the children too harshly. Children who have not experienced physical abuse may still become traumatized over having witnessed domestic violence. Furthermore, children often imitate the behavior they observe and victimize other children while alternatively they may adopt the role of the victim and become withdrawn. Finally the child witnessing domestic abuse or being abused, neglected or victimized may developmentally fail to acquire the ability to control their temper or expression themselves emotionally."
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Tenuous Connections: Anxiety Disorders and Substance Abuse, 2008.
An examination of the relationship between anxiety disorders & substance abuse and whether substance abuse can be viewed as a product of anxiety disorders.
1,974 words (approx. 7.9 pages), 7 sources, APA, $ 62.95
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The paper questions whether there is any evidence that increased levels of anxiety result in a higher incidence of substance abuse. People who are very anxious may consume larger quantities of alcohol, smoke more heavily or resort to drugs as a way of self medication in treating an anxiety disorder. The paper relates that the higher the levels of self-reported anxiety,the more difficult it is to complete a treatment program, with the possibility that the person will return to the disorder of abuse on completing the program. The paper continues and discusses subtle affinities of anxiety disorders with that of substance abuse, by indicating that there are minor differences between the amount of abuse by alcoholics who have anxiety disorders, and those that do not. This indicates that anxiety disorders are an independent factor in the study of substance abuse.
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"However, trait anxiety levels were positively correlated with negative substance abuse consequences, i.e., relapses even after treatment. Trait anxiety levels were also negatively correlated with the number of days an individual spent in treatment. In other words, the more anxiety problems that an individual experienced, the more likely it was that they would be substance abusers and the longer it would take for that individual to successfully complete the treatment program. Additionally, both state and trait anxiety levels were positively correlated with the level of addiction that the individual expressed, as measured and documented by the researchers (O'Leary et al., 2000). The implication of this finding is obvious: the higher the level of anxiety that an individual experience--in other words, the greater the possibility of an anxiety disorder--the more likely it would be for that individual to have a greater substance abuse problem."
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