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Final Exam review- Domestic violenceo Domestic violence includes violent acts between family members or men and women in intimate or dating relationshipso Unemployed men are most likely to commit acts of domestic violenceo Based on readings, a family where the husband does not have a full time job would be the most likely to experience abuse- Sexual assaulto Most reports of rape in surveys of date rape reveal that the rape was committed by someone the victim knewo Characteristics that describe a man who has committed sexual aggression against an acquaintance compared to a young man who has not: Displaying more hostility toward women Considering violence against women acceptable  Displaying greater physical arousal when presented with rape scenarios in psychology experiments - Modelso The Medical model of domestic violence perceives the solution to the problem to be intervention by health and social welfare professionalso The Political model is when domestic violence is seen in terms of relations of power and authority between men and women- Theory’so The social exchange theory explanation would argue that using violence by men with more income is less likely because they have more money and social status to trade for their desired behavior from their wives - Child abuseo You can infer from 20-year old data on child abuse, that when the rate of child abuse shows spikes and sudden drops that a combination of possible changes in abuse, reporting, enforcement, and many other extra-legal factors explain the change in rateso As reported in Cherlin, sexual abuse of children is the least common form of child abuse- Intimate terrorismo Intimate terrorism: a patter in which a man seeks to control the behavior of his partner through serious, violent actso “intimate terrorism” is characterized by:  An escalation of aggression into serious violence and injury Motivation to control the behavior of the partners Men as perpetrators- Divorce Generalo 40% proportion of current marriages that will end in divorceo Employed women are more likely to divorce than unemployed women- Divorce risk factorso The following are individual risk factors that increase the likelihood of divorce Marriage at a young age Being African American Premarital cohabitation- Divorce-African Americanso African Americans are more likely to divorce o African American women are least likely to obtain a legal divorce after separation - Divorce and Childreno Children of divorced parents experience  A crisis period after the divorce Resume normal development within two years after the divorce A small minority may experience problems into adulthoodo Children who seem fine in the period shortly after the parents’ divorce, but experience emotional difficulties later in like, are said to suffer from a delayed reaction called a sleeper effect- Divorce and parenting o Divorced parents who coordinate their activities and cooperate with each other are engaged in co-parentingo According to the reading, fathers not being as involved with their children is a consistenteffect of divorceo The fact he mothers are more often than not guaranteed by the government to have custody of their children after divorce causes: A greater likelihood of mothers losing social economic status A greater likelihood of single mothers to fall into poverty- Divorce-Teenso Lack of financial resources is why teenagers are more likely to divorce than people who are older when they marryo Half of all teenage marriages end in divorce within 15 years- Divorce cohabitating o Couples who have cohabitated prior to marriage have a higher likelihood of divorcing compared to couples who did not live together prior to marriage o The primary reason why couples who cohabit prior to marriage have a higher chance of getting divorced is due to a weaker commitment to the institution of marriageo In the united states, never married people are less likely to cohabit than previously married people- Legalities and divorceo Divorce increases are due to Women’s increased involvement in the labor force The passage of no-fault divorce laws - Remarriage-Generalo Studies show that the transitional period from divorce to remarriage is approximately 2-4 years o Remarriage rates tend to be lower for the poor than the non-pooro Remarriage is more likely to end in divorce then the first marriageso Cherlin argues that remarriages are an indicator of Deinstitutionalization of marriage- Remarriageo African American women in the united states have the lowest likelihood of remarriageo African American women are less likely to remarry than their counterparts due to  The pool of African American men is limited Tendency not to marry outside of racial group Small probability of interracial marriages in the united states- Remarriage and childreno Family researches say that divorce is not the end of family life for many adults and children because Most people who divorce remarryaQq Children of divorced parents adjust to a stepfamily Stepfamilies offer many advantages for the children and adults well being - Stepfamilieso A stepfamily is a unit formed by adults with children from a previous marriage and a household in which two adults are married or cohabitating with at least one child present o Stepfamilies are different from first families in that the former do not have a common history and the former expands family ties while the latter have more limited family ties- Stepfamilies-Generalo Stepfamilies must create their own rules and shared meaningso For stepfamilies to exist, the parents don’t have to marryo Most stepfamilies eventually reach the stabilization period o The likelihood that remarriages that include stepchildren will end in divorce is higher in comparison to those that do not.- Stepfamilies-Childreno The age of the child when the stepparent joined the household is a critical factor in determining whether a child considers a stepparent a “real” parento When children are in their tens when the stepfamily is formed is the most difficult age for a stepparento From the child’s perspective, the older they are the harder it is to adjust to a stepfamily o A research based effect of children living in stepfamily households at an earlier age than children in any other type of familyo Girls from stepfamilies are more likely to leave home earliero Stepfathers, in general, are less likely to invest time and effort into


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