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A Study of Explosive Rage in Male Spouses Counseled in an Appalachian Mental Health Clinic
Author(s) -
WESNER DAVID,
PATEL CHANDU,
ALLEN JOHN
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
journal of counseling and development
Language(s) - Spanish
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.805
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1556-6676
pISSN - 0748-9633
DOI - 10.1002/j.1556-6676.1991.tb01589.x
Subject(s) - mental health , rage (emotion) , typology , psychology , medicine , psychiatry , social psychology , sociology , anthropology
A total of 51 cases of “explosive rage” were examined, which were culled from records at a rural mental health center in Appalachian (southeastern) Ohio. Some battering of the men's partners was involved, but a dichotomy was discovered between men who battered and men who destroyed or damaged property. A typology of the phenomenon is discussed along with implications for counseling and guiding these men back to temper control and more stable marital/interpersonal relationships. Se examinaron 51 casos de “violencia explosiva” que se tomaron de los archivos de una clínica rural de salud mental en Ohio apalache (en la parte sudeste del estado). Se incluyeron unos casos de violencia contra el elemento femenino de la pareja, pero se descubrió una diferencia entre hombres que golpean y hombres que destruyen propiedades. Se discute una tipología del fenomeno y las implicaciones para la consejería y la ayuda a estos hombres a controlar su violencia y mantener una relación matrimonial/interpersonal más estable.