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This book presents a range of interesting and diverse papers in
order to demonstrate the importance and need for intervention
programs that deal with the harmful effects that domestic violence
causes to primary and secondary victims as well as to perpetrators.
These papers reveal that the traditional within family home
male-upon-female definitional understanding of domestic violence in
the modern needs era to be broadened to include such experiences as
dating violence, LGBT intimate partner violence and the childhood
witnessing of domestic violence, to name but a few. Additionally,
it is argued that intervention programs, given the scale of the
domestic violence problem within society, need to be delivered in a
non-gendered and non-stigmatising manner to both the survivor and
the perpetrator. For, regardless of the gender of the perpetrator,
it is the act itself of committing violence that needs to be
eradicated. Moreover, it is argued that this eradication will best
be achieved through eliminating the destructive construct of blame
which is embedded within society's understanding of domestic
violence. The need to eliminate the harms blame is evident in the
debilitating intergenerational transfer of the abused-abuser
perpetrator label. For embedded in this label is the suggestion
that a cycle of violence exists in which maltreated children (ie:
children who have experienced or witnessed abuse) are destined to
grow up to be abusive perpetrators of domestic violence and/or
child abuse. The editors contend that the way forward lies in
changing this embedded notion and in altering the public's
indifference or acceptance of domestic violence, educating the
upcoming generation of youth on the unacceptability of fiduciary
relationship violence and in creating resilient futures for both
the primary and secondary survivors of domestic violence as well as
for perpetrators. The chapters are based on recent research
conducted in different countries by researchers from multiple
disciplines (eg: medicine, social work, psychology, law, nursing,
sexology, health sciences, education) situated in universities
around the world (eg: Australia, Canada, England, Lebanon,
Scotland, Spain and the USA). The book is comprised of seven
separate sections that aim to provide diverse perspectives on the
issue of domestic violence.
In this book, a range of interesting and diverse papers are
presented, which demonstrate the importance of the psychosocial
domain to adolescents, as well as the need for intervention
programs to facilitate the passage through adolescence to adulthood
for young people experiencing difficulties with this developmental
transition. The chapters are based on recent research conducted in
different countries around the world (eg: Australia, Canada,
Israel, Scotland, Ireland and Poland). The book trifurcates into
three separate areas, which are reflective of the adolescent
domain: the first area highlights the importance of a successful
transition from preadolescence to adolescents; the second area
highlights the types of difficulties that some adolescents
experience when trying to find their identity and sense of place
within society; and the third area provides insights into the types
of interventions that can be put in place to help adolescents
successfully transition into adulthood.
Peers play a crucial role in the establishment of adolescent
friendships. While considerable variation exists in the purpose and
nature of these friendships, research clearly demonstrates that the
basic style of friendship established during the adolescent years
is generally replicated in friendships in later life. Thus, the
adolescent selection of peer friendship group is critical. For most
adolescents, friendships are based on mutual involvement in
socially conforming activities conducted primarily with like-minded
peers. For some, however, friendships are based on indulgence in
non-conforming and delinquent type activities, which in some cases
place young people at risk of adverse outcomes. This book provides
a substantive understanding of the socio-psychological and cultural
processes at play among various adolescent friendships.
The majority of research conducted in the field of Attention
Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (AD/HD) has comprised
laboratory-based psychological studies using highly repetitive and
boring tasks. Hence, the generalisability of such work is somewhat
limited. This book describes, in three sections, a unique research
program which successfully sought to achieve ecological validity in
research. Specifically, the three sections describe: (i) the
historical conceptualisation of AD/HD and the emergence of models
of AD/HD; (ii) the development of a unique quantitative research
program incorporating studies using a traditional approach through
to those conducted in naturalistic settings; and (iii) the
initiation of a related grounded theory' research approach to
bringing about a fuller understanding of the everyday experiences
of individuals with AD/HD.
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