In Britain, it appears that substance abuse is most common in the most serious cases of child abuse. ... Hayden (2004) notes that the problem is made worse by the fact that alcoholics are almost by definition frequently in denial. ... Therefore, it is apparent that alcoholic parents have a very negative effect on their child's development, in the sense that ACOAs do not seem to develop the necessary skills to handle adult intimate relationships. On a semi positive note, Fisher et al. (1992) did discover that although ACOAs are generally thought to be classic examples of codependent adul...

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Another correlate is alcohol consumption, most studies of violence against women note that alcohol often seems to be a related factor. ... Men who witness abuse while growing up as a child, who have been unemployed, who are married in a common law relationship, and those who have a low family income are more likely to adapt a patriarchal ideology which in turn is more likely to lead to an abusive male partner. ... Marital status measures grouped widows, married and common-law women together. ...

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Another correlate is alcohol consumption, most studies of violence against women note that alcohol often seems to be a related factor. ... Men who witness abuse while growing up as a child, who have been unemployed, who are married in a common law relationship, and those who have a low family income are more likely to adapt a patriarchal ideology which in turn is more likely to lead to an abusive male partner. ... Marital status measures grouped widows, married and common-law women together. ...

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The mental process of acquiring knowledge by the use of reasoning, intuition, or perception is referred to as cognition. This refers to the mental processes involved in gaining knowledge and comprehension which include thinking, knowing, remembering, judging, and problem-solving. Cognition is res...

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