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Partner Abuse, Assessment and Intervention
1.  Emotional abuse includes verbal attacks social isolation and intimidation.
A) True
B) False
2.  Treatment of family violence requires intervention at multiple levels.
A) True
B) False
3.  The feminist perspective is unrelated to batterer intervention programs.
A) True
B) False
4.  Couples couseling for domestic violence is considered by many to be dangerous.
A) True
B) False
5.  Many people who work with violent families note there is a cyclic pattern to the violence.
A) True
B) False
6.  All batterers are alike.
A) True
B) False
7.  One reason abusers continue to abuse is because it has become a method of stress reduction.
A) True
B) False
8.  Battered women tend to have low self esteem.
A) True
B) False
9.  Victims of domestic violence stay because they hope it will never happen again.
A) True
B) False
10.  Some victims of domestic violence stay because they believe an abusive father is better than no father at all.
A) True
B) False
11.  In heterosexual relationships, the perpetrator is most often the female partner.
A) True
B) False
12.  There is no long-term psychological impact from domestic violence.
A) True
B) False
13.  There is a low prevalence of family violence in today's world.
A) True
B) False
14.  Most psychological treatment programs use a cognitive behavioral approach.
A) True
B) False
15.  When abuse happens over a long time, the victim is likely to be depressed.
A) True
B) False
16.  Women always disclose domestic violence when asked directly.
A) True
B) False
17.  Most domestic violence perpetrators are in therapy involuntarily.
A) True
B) False
18.  Large numbers of illegal immigrant women are victims of domestic abuse.
A) True
B) False
19.  Family members are the least likely people to murder a young child.
A) True
B) False
20.  All children react to violence with violent acts.
A) True
B) False
21.  Children from violent homes often suffer from depression.
A) True
B) False
22.  Children from violent homes never feel responsible for the violence.
A) True
B) False
23.  Violence occurs between same sex partners as well as heterosexuals.
A) True
B) False
24.  Battered women are more at risk for marital rape.
A) True
B) False
25.  The most successful escapes from battering are spur-of-the-moment.
A) True
B) False
26.  According to Wexler, male abusers have genuine psychological pain.
A) True
B) False
27.  Treatment of the perpetrator of abuse is most effective when his own history is respected.
A) True
B) False
28.  It is likely that the male abuser suffered from little or no affection as a child.
A) True
B) False
29.  Most men depend on women to provide them with feelings of self-worth.
A) True
B) False
30.  Men are more likely to be victims of domestic violence than women.
A) True
B) False
31.  Disappointment is inevitable in relationships, violence is not.
A) True
B) False
32.  Powerlessness and shame in early childhood contribute to the development of an adult domestic abuser.
A) True
B) False
33.  Most abusers are not that different from other men and women.
A) True
B) False
34.  Antisocial batterers are more likely to engage in violence because it works for them.
A) True
B) False
35.  Any type of treatment intervention is unlikely to work with psychopaths.
A) True
B) False
36.  The batterers who are most jealous are also more socially incompetent.
A) True
B) False
37.  Men who witnessed parents attacking each other are less prone to domestic violence.
A) True
B) False
38.  Therapist criticism and confrontation of batterers may be counterproductive in some cases.
A) True
B) False
39.  Respect for the life experience of the male abuser may be the decisisive factor in effectiveness of treatment.
A) True
B) False
40.  When an adult male looks into the eyes of his partner and sees love and acceptance, he feels alive and validated.
A) True
B) False
41.  When some men feel hurt, they turn to emotionally abusive or emotionally intimidating behavior.
A) True
B) False
42.  Therapists need not successfully tolerate the countertransference of both empathy with the abuser and the need to report signs of treatment failure.
A) True
B) False
43.  When working with the batterer, the goal of protecting the spouse is placed in the background.
A) True
B) False
44.  In some cases, failing to take allegations of violence seriously can lead to further violence.
A) True
B) False
45.  There is no single cause for domestic violence.
A) True
B) False
46.  A higher percentage of females report and seek medical help for domestic abuse.
A) True
B) False
47.  Men kill thier intimate female partners about as often as women kill their intimate male partners.
A) True
B) False
48.  Gender plays a role in abusive intimate relationships.
A) True
B) False
49.  Men who abuse women always do so because they lose control.
A) True
B) False
50.  The Public Health approach to domestic violence is through prevention.
A) True
B) False
51.  Stalking causes pervasive and intense human suffering.
A) True
B) False
52.  A stalker always loves the woman he pursues.
A) True
B) False
53.  Nearly all victims of stalkers maintain their daily routine, do not take safety precautions, nor move or change jobs.
A) True
B) False
54.  Nearly all Intimate Partner Violence is reported to the police.
A) True
B) False
55.  Children of abused mothers are much more likely to be harmed than children whose mothers are not abused.
A) True
B) False
56.  Women with a history of Intimate Partner Violence are less likely to have substance abuse, alcoholism, or suicide attempts.
A) True
B) False
57.  The prevalence of Intimate Partner Abuse varies by ethnicity.
A) True
B) False
58.  Being statistically at "high risk" for victimization means that that individual will be victimized at some point in their life.
A) True
B) False
59.  Domestic violence is reinforced by cultural values and beliefs.
A) True
B) False
60.  Faith-based communities have helped provide programs and services to women who are victims of domestic violence.
A) True
B) False
61.  Victims of domestic violence deserve the violence they experience.
A) True
B) False

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