Marriage and Family Exam 4

The view that an abuser's violence is related to a personality disorder, mental or emotional illness, or alcohol or drug misuse is a(n)____approach.

individualistic

Rates of abuse in gay and lesbian relationships are:

about the same as for heterosexual couples

The greatest number of children who are abused are

whites

Most research on intimate and family violence:

comes from survey data

When do women stay in violent relationships?

when they are economically dependent, when they believe there children needs a father, and they are afraid of being alone. (all of the above)

Elder abuse usually is perpetrated by:

adult children or spouses

When comparing victimization rates and annual household income, we find that:

victimization occurs within all income levels.

Common or situational partner violence:

is violence that erupts during the heat of an argument

The view that violence stems from social systems that have traditionally placed women in a subordinate role to men is the _______ model of family violence

feminist

Between 2001 and 2005,___of nonfatal violent victimizations of females over age 12 were committed by intimate partners.

22%

Child maltreatment refers to:

neglect

intimate partners are estimated to commit_____of homicides against women worldwide.

40-70%

According to the text, an act carried out with the intention or perceived intention of causing physical pain or injury to another person is known as:

violence

Which of the following describes a man who inflicts violence upon his wife?

He has sadistic or pathologically jealous

what percentage of American parents spank their children?

90%

Marital rate:

Is a crime in all 50 states

Rate of abuse in gay and lesbian relationships are what?

about the same as for heterosexual couples

One form of abuse in same sex couples is "outing" which refers to what?

disclosing in others in gay orientation without consent

Today in many of the largest U.S. police courses have implemented like policies in which discretions have moved from police officers responding to a call about intimate violence

mandatory arrest

A marriage might be alluded if?

if a person was under the influence of drugs or alcohol and married

desertion

a divorce with great depression

The first stage of disintegration, when one partner begins to disengage, is termed:

emotional divorce

divison in property and alimony in child support are aspects of what?

economic divorce

new ways to relate to children of former spouses are apart of:

co-parental divorce

When old friends are lost and new ones must be found to replace them, the ___ divorce is being experienced.

the community divorce

When the former spouse becomes irrelevant to one self in an emotional well being a person has accomplished:

psychic divorce

According to the text, many unresolved issues of the ___ divorce may be acted out as the ___ divorce:

emotional, less

Today approximately ___ all new marriages are likely to end in divorce:

35-45%

The statistic "one out of two marriages ends in divorce":

is misleading (all of the above)

Which of the following are true of American marriages:

The U.S. has one of the highest divorce rates in the world

Separation distress refers to

Anxiety, fear, and pain centered on the missing partner

Based on social integration, we would expect which people to have higher divorce rates?

People who are independent

With respect to the post divorce identity, when people separate or divorce, they often feel as if they:

Have lost an arm or a leg

The economic consequences of divorce for women are:

Less dire than they were in the past

Rates of divorce are lower in ______ than they are in the U.S.

Canada

How is religion related to divorce?

The more often one goes to church, the lower the risk of divorce

According to the text, the higher the _________, the more likely a person is to divorce

Woman's individual income

Intimate partners are estimated to commit __________ of homicides against women worldwide

40-70%

Common or situational partner violence

Is violence that erupts during the heat of an argument

According to the text the lower ___ the more likely the person is to divorce

The lower the status level of the occupational

remarriages are more likely to ___ that marriages

more likely to end in divorce