Third, this paper will also present approaches to intervention strategies used with family members involved in violence. ... Definition & Description Domestic violence is defined as the physical or emotional abuse of an adult or child by a family member or friend. ... Social Psychological Theory explains the strong emotional bond that forms between the battered woman and her partner, sometimes referred to a traumatic bonding (Painter & Dutton, 1985). ... Harway (1998) concurs that it is the repetitive nature of the build up, the trauma during the battering, and the reconciliation that follows ...

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Some individuals misuse or misapply the bond of sanctity of many of the relationships in their lives. ... Varying levels of bullying exist within family and social relationships. ... There is an old adage that says that one should never go into business with one's family members. Similarly , it is believed by many that one should never lend money to one's family members. ... This is a simple example of how family members are bullied by other family members when money is in the equation. ...

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Victims are often judged for not leaving their abuser and not trying to escape the horrible relationship, but what critics don't understand is that victims develop a "traumatic bond" with their abuser and become dependent on them because they are isolated from everyone else. ...

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The idea of inequality goes even as far back as Aristotle when he stated: The universe resembles a large and well-regulated family, in which all the officers and servants, and even the domestic animals, are subservient to each other in a proper subordination; each enjoys the privileges and perquisites peculiar to his place, and at the same time contributes, by just that subordination, to the magnificence and happiness of the whole. ...

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