1. Spousal Abuse
This approach allows both the victim and the abuser to place blame of violent behavior on external influence that seems to "cause" the abuse (Wallace, 2002). ... Norman Ackerman defines the family as a system by stating the behavior of one member "is at all times a function of behavior of all other members" (Ackerman, 1984, p.16). ... Interdependence refers to how each member's behavior is interrelated to and dependent upon all other members in order to function as a system (Galvin & Brommel, 1999). ... Since patterns of behavior are reciprocal and interrelated among members, there is no ...
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