The abusive personality violence and control in intimate relationships /

Dutton, Donald G., 1943-

The abusive personality violence and control in intimate relationships / [electronic resource] : Donald G. Dutton. - 2nd ed. - New York : Guilford Press, c2007. - ix, 262 p. : ill.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Early explanations -- Learning of abusiveness -- The psychology of the cycle of violence -- The structure of the abusive personality: the data -- The primitive origins of rage -- An anger born of fear: attachment rage -- The sociopsychoneurobiology of attachment -- The early antecedents studies -- Longitudinal development and female abusive personalities -- The treatment of assaultiveness.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.






Abusive men--Psychology.
Object relations (Psychoanalysis)
Attachment behavior.
Intimacy (Psychology)


Electronic books.

RC569.5.F3 / D87 2007

616.85/82