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Domestic violence and the impact on its victims
Kirejevová, Iva ; Hubertová, Lucie (advisor) ; Mašát, Vladimír (referee)
Domestic violence is one of the essential problems of our society. Domestic violence is determined by high prevalence, enormous latency and great victimization impact. The aim of my thesis is to describe the psychological aspects of the victims of domestic violence. I presume that long-term psychological and physical violence has a crucial influence on the psycho-somatic health of the victim. I am aware of the fact that this problem does not concern only battered women. Nevertheless I want to devote my attention to them, because they are one of the most affected. In my thesis I deal with following effects of victimization of battered women. The victim usually faces fear, stress, pain, anxiety, uncertainty, shame and feelings of hopelessness. These symptoms consequently lead to loss of self-confidence, to confusion of standard values and life perspectives. The woman is confronted with apathy and self-destructive tendencies. This results in woman's incapability to effectively react to experienced violence. This phenomenon is called Battered Women's Syndrome. This syndrome can be summed up in four general points: 1. The woman believes that the violence is her fault. 2. The woman has an inability to place the responsibility for the violence elsewhere. 3. The woman fears for her life and/her children's lives. 4....
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Domestic violence and the impact on its victims
Kirejevová, Iva ; Mašát, Vladimír (referee) ; Hubertová, Lucie (advisor)
Domestic violence is one of the essential problems of our society. Domestic violence is determined by high prevalence, enormous latency and great victimization impact. The aim of my thesis is to describe the psychological aspects of the victims of domestic violence. I presume that long-term psychological and physical violence has a crucial influence on the psycho-somatic health of the victim. I am aware of the fact that this problem does not concern only battered women. Nevertheless I want to devote my attention to them, because they are one of the most affected. In my thesis I deal with following effects of victimization of battered women. The victim usually faces fear, stress, pain, anxiety, uncertainty, shame and feelings of hopelessness. These symptoms consequently lead to loss of self-confidence, to confusion of standard values and life perspectives. The woman is confronted with apathy and self-destructive tendencies. This results in woman's incapability to effectively react to experienced violence. This phenomenon is called Battered Women's Syndrome. This syndrome can be summed up in four general points: 1. The woman believes that the violence is her fault. 2. The woman has an inability to place the responsibility for the violence elsewhere. 3. The woman fears for her life and/her children's lives. 4....
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