Battered Woman

by · 1980-04-30
Battered Woman

Author: Lenore E. Walker

Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks

ISBN: UOM:39015018345481

Category: Family & Relationships

Page: 296

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Based on case studies of a clinical psychologist, this book theorizes that battered women become trapped in a learned helplessness syndrome, become convinced that there is nothing they can do to help themselves, and so continue the relationship