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Data and clinical experience suggest that the incidents of abuse is all too common within the church. True or false.

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True.

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Although accurate data is difficult to obtain, it is estimated that almost blank to blank blank spouses have experienced abuse at the hands of a mate.

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2 to 3,000,000.

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Throughout much of history, male violence toward women and children has been socially, legally, and religiously endorsed. True or false.

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True.

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In Roman legal precedent, the blank blank blank blank blank granted the father the absolute right to sell his children, as well as the power of life and death over the child.

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The law of the 12 tables

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“Patria protesta” has nothing to do with Roman jurisprudence. True or false.

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False.

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In ancient Greece, the wife and children were also the man’s absolute property. The order of priority was: Blank blank blank and blank.

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Father, cattle, mother and children.

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The prevalent view permeating all of Jewish law was that a woman was blank blank blank.

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Not a person.

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For many centuries, including the blank and blank blank, as well as the blank, women were routinely subjugated.

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Dark and middle ages,Renaissance,

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So-called “laws of chastisement” are currently part of our legal system in the United States. True or false.

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False.

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One 13th century French law code stated that, “in a number of cases, men may be excused for the injuries they inflict on their wives, nor should the law intervene. Provided, he neither kills normal aims her, it is legal for a man to beat his wife if she wrongs him.” True or false.

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True.

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For the most part medieval society view women as needing blank blank.

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Strict control.

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Early church leaders such as blank blank, blank blank, and blank blank, were as stern as the Roman Catholic contemporaries on the physical discipline of wives. True or false.

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Martin Luther, John Knox, John Calvin

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The net effect of blank was that a married woman could not own property, have money in her name, make contracts, and sue or be sued in court.

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Couverture

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During the late 1860s influential person’s such as blank blank blank did speak out against the abusive treatment of women.

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John Stuart Mill.

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Scripture makes it very clear the blank blank of wrong doing. (Exodus 34:7; Leviticus 26:39)

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Generational influence

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The male child who lives with violence will usually identify with his mother and have strong negative feelings about his father’s abusive behavior. True or false.

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True.

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Girls who have experienced violence between their parents may take either the blank or blank role.

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Victim or abuser

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Researchers clearly indicated that females who lived with violence will never display any acting out, behavioral problems. True or false.

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False.

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Spousal abuse generally refers to blank rather than blank or blank physical contact.

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Brutal, accidental, insubstantial

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Physical violence includes any blank or blank that inflicts bodily harm or that is blank to inflict physical harm.

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Act or behavior, intended

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Emotional abuse may include blank or blank another person, Blank blank or blank, and blank him of her for family or interpersonal problems.

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Ridiculing, demeaning, withholding affection, privileges, blaming

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Blank violence is a particular form of emotional abuse.

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Threatened

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There are no statistics that men are sometimes victims of spousal abuse. True or false.

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False.

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Weekends are more conducive to domestic violence then weekdays. True or false.

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True.

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Marital violence is more frequent when both spouses work and when they work the same shift. True or false.
False.
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Violence is more likely to occur when the wife is not pregnant. True or false.
False.
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As the frequency of battering episodes increases, the more severe they become. True or false.
True.
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The inability to manage anger is not considered a characteristic of men who batter. True or false.
False.
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Researchers have found that adults who as teenagers, where frequently punished physically, have a spouse beating rate Blank blank greater than those who are not struck as teams.
Four times.
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The blank acts as a powerful socializing agent.
Family
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Abusive males have an especially hard time expressing their blank, as well as blank and blank those feelings when they occur.
Emotions, identifying and handling
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It has been suggested that men use their inexpressiveness as a blank blank to maintain a blank of blank within the family.
Power strategy, position of dominance
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Men who abuse their spouses are usually very blank dependent on their wives or intimate partners.
Emotionally
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An abusive man lacks other blank relationships and tends to maintain only Blank blank with persons outside his own family.
Supportive, superficial conduct
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Studies indicate abusive men are generally blank – blank outside of the home, possess a low blank – blank, and are blank.
Non-– assertive, low – esteem, depressed
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In general, blank blank blank are characteristic of violent households.
Poor communication skills
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Violent men tend to have more inflexible beliefs about the roles and function of their spouses. True or false.
True.
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Using his religious beliefs for support, the man who beats his wife tends to adhere to a male dominant role which requires that he:
Never appears weak, solves problems without help, makes all important decisions, receives a differential treatment from his wife or children, be in control of his emotions especially in public
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Man who abuse their partners have often been found to have a problem with substance abuse. True or false.
True.
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It has been discovered that drug and alcohol abuse is causing all the violence in abusive relationships. True or false.
False.
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Blank blank such as unemployment, under employment, or high levels of job dissatisfaction of been found to be related to marital violence.
Economic stressors
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The blank of the husband is often related to the amount of blank he acquires through his work.
Power, resources
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Social isolation raises the risk that there will be severe violence between spouses.
True.
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Isolation can be blank – blank because either the abused woman or her partner may feel embarrassed or fearful that the problem would become known by others.
Self – induced
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At the bottom of all societies norms and expectations is the blank blank of human beings.
Very nature
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One in three women will be seriously assaulted by her husband sometime during the course of her marriage. True or false.
False.
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Battered women enter marriage with different desires and goals as other women. True or false.
False.
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Initial episodes of violence typically begin during the blank blank of marriage.
First year
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A battered woman is likely to have grown up with a low self – esteem. True or false
True
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The majority of abused women do not value their marriage and are not involved with their husbands. True or false.
False.
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Abused women often come for help only when they believe their blank are in danger.
Children
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Most battered women, whether Christian or not, try to fulfill a blank role in marriage.
Traditional
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Lenore Walker has indentified a three-phase violence cycle. The three phases are:
1. The tension building phase 2. The explosion or acute violent episode phase 3. The loving contrition or remorse phase.
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The acute or violent episode phase is the time police become involved, if at all.
True.
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The blank blank provides the reinforcement for remaining in the relationship.
Remorse phase
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Blank are one of the largest groups of professionals who could have an impact on domestic violence.
Pastors
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The blank and blank of counseling will depend on the circumstances under which the situation comes to the attention of the counselor or Pastor.
Direction and content
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List the four possible outcomes following the violent episode.
1. Abuser becomes remorseful – seeking forgiveness – issues not dealt with, the abusive behavior is reinforced. 2. The abuser feels no remorse, justifies the violence, the wife yields – the husband's behavior is rewarded. 3. The victim takes assertive action – seeks help – threatens to leave. 4. The victim takes assertive action and the abuser rejects the proposed changes.
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The first step in the intervention process is to blank what has blank the family to seek help.
Determine, motivated
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Both victims and abusers will tend to blank the extent of the abuse.
Understate
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Suicide attempts should never be considered an indirect symptom of spousal abuse. True or false.
False.
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Reports of conduct with others outside the home could be an indirect symptom of spousal abuse. True or false.
True.
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Any crisis has both potential for blank and for blank.
Danger, opportunity
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When intervening in family violence, it is important to blank to each person's blank of the problem.
Listen, perception
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According to Stacy and Shupe's index of abuse, a woman with a score in the 37–93 range is in a non-– abusive relationship. True or false.
False.
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Developing a blank blank based on abuser and victim Blank blank will help to determine whether any or all family members are in imminent danger.
Composite assessment, situational factors
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Prayer should be a high-priority component of the intervention process. True or false.
True.
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Emergency shelter for the abused spouse and children is a poor intervention methods. True or false.
False.
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The safe – home concept began in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1872. True or false.
False. the answer is 1972.
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There are no disadvantages to going to a shelter. True or false.
False.
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Divorce is the most frequent decision made after staying in a shelter. True or false.
False.
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Blank intervention may prove to be a way to get the family into long – term counseling and help.
Legal
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A Blank blank requires the person to put up a certain amount of money, which is forfeited if the person breaks their peace with the person.
Peace bond.
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A blank blank blank is a legal document issued by a judge, and it can be obtained without the abusers presence.
Temporary restraining order
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The use of Christian Conciliation Services is intended to be an alternative to the adversarial procedure found in most civil remedies. True or faults.
True.
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A commitment of an abuser to a psychiatric hospital is based on whether or not the person is judged to be of a high danger to himself or to others. True or false.
True.
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If families are unwilling to work toward long – range treatment and goals once the crisis is alleviated, the counselor blank blank blank them.
Should not pressure
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A counselor or a pastor may be especially at risk when the abusive husband sees intervention as a blank Blank blank Blank blank.
Threat to the status quo.
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The highest counseling priority is to protect the victim. True or false.
True.
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Whether he acts voluntarily or by the order of the court, the abuser must get into a blank blank that will teach him blank ways to deal with blank and blank.
Treatment program, nonviolent, stress and conflict
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Distorted thinking, that she always keep her husband from getting angry or violent Blank blank a blank Blank blank blank blank
Must become a vital focus of the therapy
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For the Christian, self – esteem is composed of three building blocks:
A sense of being; a sense of purpose; a sense of ministry
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Our sense of being can start with the admission of blank
Weakness.
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The first time the Bible mentions self – love is in the book of blank blank blank
Leviticus 19:18.
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battered wives may have tried to justify their abuse as suffering for Christ's sake. True or false.
True.
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A persons sense of purpose is fulfilled by producing blank.
Fruit.
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A blank of blank provides focus on how Christians participate in the daily workings of the kingdom.
Sense of ministry
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Realistic hope can result from the wives learning to inactivate "Blank blank Blank blank" response.
Love must be tough
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Passages such as Romans blank: blank – blank are strong statements about God's promise not to leave us alone.
8:38-39
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One aspect of isolation is ignorance of community resources. True or false.
True.
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The term Blank blank has been used to explain why women find it difficult to escape a battering relationship.
Learned helplessness
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The use of Blank blank and appropriate ways to channel anger have been shown to be valuable with abused women.
Cognitive restructuring
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God doesn't transform us by the elimination of our problems but by the blank of our minds
Renewing
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An excellent passage of scripture dealing with anxiety is Philippians blank: blank – blank.
4:6–9
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In order to change our thinking we must understand the nature of faith. True or false.
True.
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One step in re-orienting a clients perspective on worry or | over-dependence on the spouse is to help her act upon her blank with a blank blank.
Knowledge, renewed mind.
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The battered wife needs instruction and support on how to find the balance between the blank and blank.
Commitment, correction.
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One of the most common faults of much instruction about submission and headship is the blank of the teaching of Blank blank.
Omission, mutual subjection.
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The issue of forgiveness in abusive relationships is an important component of the healing process and should be the very first issue to be addressed in every circumstance. True or false.
False.
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A battered wife will need a degree of anger to energize her into making changes in the relationships. True or false.
True.
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Forgiveness is an Blank blank Blank blank, not the result of feelings.
Act of the will
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The major ingredient in being able to grant forgiveness is to satisfy the basic requirement that blank blank blank blank blank.
Someone has to pay.
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It is blank blank to forget anything as long as the brain is intact.
Physiologically impossible
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Men who batter their wives cannot be looked upon as victims. True or false.
False.
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Abusive behavior starts in the blank of the person, but eventually the whole system is defiled.
Heart
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The blank blank of spousal abuse assumes that violence occurs in the context of an ongoing relationship.
Interpersonal perspective
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One advantage of the group approach is that members tend to confront each other more directly and perhaps more effectively then does the therapist. True or false.
True.
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One of the sources of resistance to treatment might include:
Resentment, skepticism, pride, embarrassment, hopelessness, anger.
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Denial can be observed in the five following ways:
Blaming the victim; justifying the violence; distorting and minimizing; externalizing; and omitting and lying.
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The goal is to teach the batterer he is not in control of blank, but he is always in control of blank. No one but himself can control his blank, blank, and blank.
Others, himself. Feelings, emotions, and thoughts.
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Most groups for abusive men seem to have a blank blank of sessions, and a blank blank of material.
Fixed number, definite sequence
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For most men the blank blank is to keep their wives.
External motivator
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Research has shown that emotions have an independent existence. True or false.
False.
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All anger is preceded by a thought process in which the event is blank, blank, and then Blank blank.
Perceived, interpreted, acted upon.
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The first step in many anger treatment programs is to start training in blank – blank or blank – blank. Clients are assigned an anger blank or blank.
Self – monitoring, self – awareness. Log or journal.
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David Burns has identified several types of cognitive distortions that frequently accompany anger. They are:
Labeling, mind reading, fortune telling, magnification, should statements.
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One alternative to hurting someone is for men who batter to use the cue of being angry as an indicator to blank.
Relax.
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As part of anger control, the person should give attention to proper nutrition, sleep, and exercise. True or false.
True.
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Expressions of blank are among the most common precipitant of violent episodes.
Jealousy
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Assertion training consists primarily of blank, blank, and blank-blank a variety of situations in order to enable people to overcome social inhibitions.
Rehearsing, modeling, role-playing
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For the outwardly aggressive husband, there is probably a direct relationship between his level of blank and the blank with which he demands blank in the home.
Insecurity, intensity, authority
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Leadership is intended to be a blank – Blank blank, which directs the husband to take an active involvement in blank his wife.
Self – sacrificing love, encouraging

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