Family systems approaches to wife battering: A feminist critique.
- 1 October 1984
- journal article
- Published by American Psychological Association (APA) in Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery
- Vol. 54 (4) , 558-568
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1939-0025.1984.tb01526.x
Abstract
It is suggested that, in theory and practice, family systems approaches to wife battering contain biases against women. Following a selective review of family systems literature on wife battering, systemic formulations of husband-to-wife violence are critically examined. Possible contraindications of conjoint therapy with battered women and abusive men are discussed.Keywords
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