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WHAT ARE THE DYNAMICS OF BATTERING RELATIONSHIPS?
Phase I: Tension building stage
- Increase in stress
- Coping methods become less effective
- PSYCHOLOGICALLY, VIOLENCE BEGINS
Phase II: Acute battering stage
- Impending violence inevitably occurs
- Rational counseling ineffective
- Separate couple
Phase III: Warm, loving stage
- Batterer repeatedly expressed remorse / affection
- This state tends to reinforce partner's decision to stay
WHAT COULD HAPPEN WITHOUT HELP?
- Death
- Depression
- Disabling injuries
- Continuing violence
- Emotional difficulties
- Break-up of family
Family violence will not stop without outside help
WHY DO PEOPLE STAY IN VIOLENT MARITAL RELATIONSHIPS?
- Financial dependence
- Fear of greater physical danger to themselves and their children if they try to leave
- Fear of losing custody of children
- Lack of alternative housing
- Lack of job skills
- Lack of support from family and friends
- Fear of going to court
- Cultural religious constraints
- Fear of retaliation
- Fear of loneliness
- Guilt about failure of marriage
- Feelings of responsibility and guilt for partner's actions
- Belief partner will change
- Fear partner will not be able to survive alone
- Belief problems must be solved alone, since no help is available
