International journal of mass emergencies and disasters, Mar 1, 2004
ing support for volunteers with prior traumatic experiences. Furthermore, they should ensure ongo... more ing support for volunteers with prior traumatic experiences. Furthermore, they should ensure ongoing support after the end of the relief work.
Increased cr#ention to family violence is reflected, in part, in the growing number of social sci... more Increased cr#ention to family violence is reflected, in part, in the growing number of social scientists who have applied the results of their work in trials of battered women who have killed their husbands. Acting as expert witnesses, these individwLF detail their knowledge and offer opinions in order to educate jurors about the social and psychological consequences of abuse within marital relationships. Liitle is known about the actual impact of expert testimony on jury deliberation in cases involving battered women. Those engaged in studying the intedace of psychology and criminal justice have relied primarily on anecdotoll evidence which suggests that expert testimony shapes jurors' altitudes and their &mate decisions. (Ellison & Buckhout, 1981). This article sumniarizes psychological research on how individuals, including battered women, react to victimization and provides a preliminary theoretical formulation of this problem. Approximately 1,000 husbands die at the hands of their wives each year in the United States (FBI Uniform Crime Reports, 1982). Women who kill their husbands, and particularly those who do so as the culmination of a relationship in which they have been severely abused. are beginning to attract considerable attention from the media, the legal system, and family violence researchers (see,
An Orientation to Conflict Conflict is like sex: it is an important and pervasive aspect of life.... more An Orientation to Conflict Conflict is like sex: it is an important and pervasive aspect of life. It should be enjoyed and should occur with a reasonable degree of frequency, and after a conflict is over the people involved should feel better than they did before. Some psychiatrists and social scientists have given conflict a bad reputation by linking it with psychopathology, social disorder, and war. Conflict can be dysfunctional, but it also can be productive. It has many positive functions, including preventing stagnation and stimulating interest and curiosity. It is the medium through which problems can be aired and solutions developed. It is the root of personal and social change. The practical and scientific issue is not how to eliminate or prevent conflict but rather how to have lively controversy rather than deadly quarrels. A conflict exists whenever incompatible activities occur. The incompatible actions may originate in one person, group, or nation (intrapersonal, intragroup, or intranational) or they may reflect incompatible actions of two or more persons, groups, or nations (interpersonal, intergroup, or international). An action that is incompatible with another action prevents, obstructs, interferes, injures, or in some way makes the latter less likely or effective. A potential conflict exists when the parties involved perceive themselves to have incompatible values, interests, goals, needs, or beliefs.
International Journal of Mass Emergencies & Disasters
This study investigated the prevalence of secondary trauma in volunteers who were involved in the... more This study investigated the prevalence of secondary trauma in volunteers who were involved in the emergency response after the World Trade Center (WTC) attack. Secondary or vicarious trauma is defined as therapists’ emotional reactions to their clients’ traumatic material. A total of 163 caseworkers, non-clinicians involved in addressing victims’ concrete needs, participated in a semi-structured phone interview that assessed their background and volunteer experience and a mailed survey that assessed their psychological status. Outcome data were the PTSD Checklist (PCL) and the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI). Responses identified two distinct categories of volunteers: volunteers from out of town tended to be older, more experienced in disaster relief work, and had less levels of exposure to the attack than volunteers from the New York area. Most volunteers found the experience rewarding and enriching. However, 7.4% of the sample met diagnostic criteria for PTSD and a fifth had BDI s...
An Orientation to Conflict Conflict is like sex: it is an important and pervasive aspect of life.... more An Orientation to Conflict Conflict is like sex: it is an important and pervasive aspect of life. It should be enjoyed and should occur with a reasonable degree of frequency, and after a conflict is over the people involved should feel better than they did before. Some psychiatrists and social scientists have given conflict a bad reputation by linking it with psychopathology, social disorder, and war. Conflict can be dysfunctional, but it also can be productive. It has many positive functions, including preventing stagnation and stimulating interest and curiosity. It is the medium through which problems can be aired and solutions developed. It is the root of personal and social change. The practical and scientific issue is not how to eliminate or prevent conflict but rather how to have lively controversy rather than deadly quarrels. A conflict exists whenever incompatible activities occur. The incompatible actions may originate in one person, group, or nation (intrapersonal, intragr...
Evaluated the impact that actions of significant others have on adjustment following rape. Signif... more Evaluated the impact that actions of significant others have on adjustment following rape. Significant other behavior is conceptualized as having two dimensions--supportive behavior and unsupportive behavior--and each dimension was measured using multiple items. Unsupportive behavior, but not supportive behavior, was found to bear a significant association to victim adjustment. Implications for those who work with victims are discussed.
Victims and their primary significant others (SOs) were asked to rate the amounts of supportive a... more Victims and their primary significant others (SOs) were asked to rate the amounts of supportive and unsupportive behaviors of the SOs following sexual or nonsexual assaults. Victim and SO reports of supportive behavior were moderately correlated, but victim and SO reports of unsupportive behavior were only weakly correlated. Nevertheless, victims and SOs reported similar levels of both supportive and unsupportive
Increased cr#ention to family violence is reflected, in part, in the growing number of social sci... more Increased cr#ention to family violence is reflected, in part, in the growing number of social scientists who have applied the results of their work in trials of battered women who have killed their husbands. Acting as expert witnesses, these individwLF detail their knowledge and offer opinions in order to educate jurors about the social and psychological consequences of abuse within marital relationships. Liitle is known about the actual impact of expert testimony on jury deliberation in cases involving battered women. Those engaged in studying the intedace of psychology and criminal justice have relied primarily on anecdotoll evidence which suggests that expert testimony shapes jurors' altitudes and their &mate decisions. (Ellison & Buckhout, 1981). This article sumniarizes psychological research on how individuals, including battered women, react to victimization and provides a preliminary theoretical formulation of this problem. Approximately 1,000 husbands die at the hands of their wives each year in the United States (FBI Uniform Crime Reports, 1982). Women who kill their husbands, and particularly those who do so as the culmination of a relationship in which they have been severely abused. are beginning to attract considerable attention from the media, the legal system, and family violence researchers (see,
International journal of mass emergencies and disasters, Mar 1, 2004
ing support for volunteers with prior traumatic experiences. Furthermore, they should ensure ongo... more ing support for volunteers with prior traumatic experiences. Furthermore, they should ensure ongoing support after the end of the relief work.
Increased cr#ention to family violence is reflected, in part, in the growing number of social sci... more Increased cr#ention to family violence is reflected, in part, in the growing number of social scientists who have applied the results of their work in trials of battered women who have killed their husbands. Acting as expert witnesses, these individwLF detail their knowledge and offer opinions in order to educate jurors about the social and psychological consequences of abuse within marital relationships. Liitle is known about the actual impact of expert testimony on jury deliberation in cases involving battered women. Those engaged in studying the intedace of psychology and criminal justice have relied primarily on anecdotoll evidence which suggests that expert testimony shapes jurors' altitudes and their &mate decisions. (Ellison & Buckhout, 1981). This article sumniarizes psychological research on how individuals, including battered women, react to victimization and provides a preliminary theoretical formulation of this problem. Approximately 1,000 husbands die at the hands of their wives each year in the United States (FBI Uniform Crime Reports, 1982). Women who kill their husbands, and particularly those who do so as the culmination of a relationship in which they have been severely abused. are beginning to attract considerable attention from the media, the legal system, and family violence researchers (see,
An Orientation to Conflict Conflict is like sex: it is an important and pervasive aspect of life.... more An Orientation to Conflict Conflict is like sex: it is an important and pervasive aspect of life. It should be enjoyed and should occur with a reasonable degree of frequency, and after a conflict is over the people involved should feel better than they did before. Some psychiatrists and social scientists have given conflict a bad reputation by linking it with psychopathology, social disorder, and war. Conflict can be dysfunctional, but it also can be productive. It has many positive functions, including preventing stagnation and stimulating interest and curiosity. It is the medium through which problems can be aired and solutions developed. It is the root of personal and social change. The practical and scientific issue is not how to eliminate or prevent conflict but rather how to have lively controversy rather than deadly quarrels. A conflict exists whenever incompatible activities occur. The incompatible actions may originate in one person, group, or nation (intrapersonal, intragroup, or intranational) or they may reflect incompatible actions of two or more persons, groups, or nations (interpersonal, intergroup, or international). An action that is incompatible with another action prevents, obstructs, interferes, injures, or in some way makes the latter less likely or effective. A potential conflict exists when the parties involved perceive themselves to have incompatible values, interests, goals, needs, or beliefs.
International Journal of Mass Emergencies & Disasters
This study investigated the prevalence of secondary trauma in volunteers who were involved in the... more This study investigated the prevalence of secondary trauma in volunteers who were involved in the emergency response after the World Trade Center (WTC) attack. Secondary or vicarious trauma is defined as therapists’ emotional reactions to their clients’ traumatic material. A total of 163 caseworkers, non-clinicians involved in addressing victims’ concrete needs, participated in a semi-structured phone interview that assessed their background and volunteer experience and a mailed survey that assessed their psychological status. Outcome data were the PTSD Checklist (PCL) and the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI). Responses identified two distinct categories of volunteers: volunteers from out of town tended to be older, more experienced in disaster relief work, and had less levels of exposure to the attack than volunteers from the New York area. Most volunteers found the experience rewarding and enriching. However, 7.4% of the sample met diagnostic criteria for PTSD and a fifth had BDI s...
An Orientation to Conflict Conflict is like sex: it is an important and pervasive aspect of life.... more An Orientation to Conflict Conflict is like sex: it is an important and pervasive aspect of life. It should be enjoyed and should occur with a reasonable degree of frequency, and after a conflict is over the people involved should feel better than they did before. Some psychiatrists and social scientists have given conflict a bad reputation by linking it with psychopathology, social disorder, and war. Conflict can be dysfunctional, but it also can be productive. It has many positive functions, including preventing stagnation and stimulating interest and curiosity. It is the medium through which problems can be aired and solutions developed. It is the root of personal and social change. The practical and scientific issue is not how to eliminate or prevent conflict but rather how to have lively controversy rather than deadly quarrels. A conflict exists whenever incompatible activities occur. The incompatible actions may originate in one person, group, or nation (intrapersonal, intragr...
Evaluated the impact that actions of significant others have on adjustment following rape. Signif... more Evaluated the impact that actions of significant others have on adjustment following rape. Significant other behavior is conceptualized as having two dimensions--supportive behavior and unsupportive behavior--and each dimension was measured using multiple items. Unsupportive behavior, but not supportive behavior, was found to bear a significant association to victim adjustment. Implications for those who work with victims are discussed.
Victims and their primary significant others (SOs) were asked to rate the amounts of supportive a... more Victims and their primary significant others (SOs) were asked to rate the amounts of supportive and unsupportive behaviors of the SOs following sexual or nonsexual assaults. Victim and SO reports of supportive behavior were moderately correlated, but victim and SO reports of unsupportive behavior were only weakly correlated. Nevertheless, victims and SOs reported similar levels of both supportive and unsupportive
Increased cr#ention to family violence is reflected, in part, in the growing number of social sci... more Increased cr#ention to family violence is reflected, in part, in the growing number of social scientists who have applied the results of their work in trials of battered women who have killed their husbands. Acting as expert witnesses, these individwLF detail their knowledge and offer opinions in order to educate jurors about the social and psychological consequences of abuse within marital relationships. Liitle is known about the actual impact of expert testimony on jury deliberation in cases involving battered women. Those engaged in studying the intedace of psychology and criminal justice have relied primarily on anecdotoll evidence which suggests that expert testimony shapes jurors' altitudes and their &mate decisions. (Ellison & Buckhout, 1981). This article sumniarizes psychological research on how individuals, including battered women, react to victimization and provides a preliminary theoretical formulation of this problem. Approximately 1,000 husbands die at the hands of their wives each year in the United States (FBI Uniform Crime Reports, 1982). Women who kill their husbands, and particularly those who do so as the culmination of a relationship in which they have been severely abused. are beginning to attract considerable attention from the media, the legal system, and family violence researchers (see,
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