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THE “SPONTANEOUS” CESSATION OF MARITAL VIOLENCE: THREE CASE EXAMPLES
Author(s) -
Margolin Gayla,
Fernandez Vivian
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
journal of marital and family therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.868
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1752-0606
pISSN - 0194-472X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1752-0606.1987.tb00703.x
Subject(s) - psychology , wife , domestic violence , suicide prevention , poison control , marital therapy , injury prevention , medical emergency , human factors and ergonomics , cycle of violence , occupational safety and health , social psychology , clinical psychology , developmental psychology , medicine , political science , law , pathology
Despite general trends for violence in marriage to escalate in frequency and intensity, there are some couples who, through their own efforts, stop being violent. Three such couples are described below, with particular attention given to spouses' reports on the cessation of their violence. Discussion focuses on the implications of these couples' experiences for the treatment of wife battering.