Aggression, Violence, and Domestic Abuse

Question 1

Violence conditions

Answer 1

crisis situation, victim, perpetrator

Question 2

perpetrator

Answer 2

• inflicts intentional harm
• considers own needs more important
• more about “power”
• more likely to abuse with substance use

Question 3

spouse

Answer 3

anyone in a dependent/vulnerable position to perpetrator

Question 4

crisis

Answer 4

stress taxes coping skill (social isolation, inability to make friends, losing a job, not dealing with personal issues like anger/grief)

Question 5

Cycle of Violence

Answer 5

Honeymoon phase to Tension Building to Acute Explosion

Question 6

anger

Answer 6

emotional response to the perception of frustration

Question 7

aggression

Answer 7

harsh physical or verbal action

Question 8

Stages of Anger & Aggression

Answer 8

Start: Feeling vulnerable then uneasy, then anxious, then anger, then aggression then violence

Try to stop process at earliest possible time

Question 9

Aggression Etiology

Answer 9

5-HT (low levels assoc. with impulse aggression)

Question 10

Coping techniques

Answer 10

deep breathing
muscle relaxation
empathetic interventions
review of intervention/prevention strategies

Question 11

Milieu characteristics that are conducive to violence

Answer 11

overcrowding, staff inexperience, provoking/controlling behaviors, lack of limit setting, random taking away of privileges