| Title | Date | Views | Brief Description |
|---|
| Self-blame, coping, perceived control and psychological symptoms in child sex offenders and batterers |
2009 |
7925 |
Psychological variables associated with higher risk for abuse perpetration in known sex
offenders and batterers include emotional status, impaired coping, low self-blame and low
perceived control. Research suggests that these variables could contri... |
| Vulnerability to childhood depression : race and age differences |
2009 |
2489 |
This study examined race and age differences in children’svulnerability to
depression, negative life events, and negative attributional styles to explain these events..
The relationship between parent-child depression and explanatory styles was als... |
| Psychological variables in battered women's stay/leave decisions : risk-taking perceived control, and optimistic bias |
2009 |
7898 |
An experiment was conducted to assess the roles that risk-taking behavior, perceived
control, optimistic bias, and intermittent relationship reinforcement play in determining
the likelihood that a victim will return to or remain with her abuser. Su... |