BATTERED WIFE SYNDROME

Battered Wife Syndrome

Battered Wife Syndrome

Objective of Literature Review

The objective of the literature review is to analyze the secondary researches on the battered wife syndrome and category wise review of the alternative literature that has already been published.

Introduction

Battered wife syndrome is a symptom complex of personal and psycho reasoning abuse of a woman by her husband. Although it may happen in up to 10% of Canadian women, it mostly proceeds unrecognized. Such women often present with vague somatic complaints, for example annoyance, insomnia and abdominal pain. Thus, the diagnosis can generally only be made by inquiring nonthreatening open-ended questions (Noonan 2000). Most women stay with their husbands because they are aghast of them. Hence, thriving remedy generally counts on the woman's departing her married man and getting assist in the development of a new self-concept.

Stages of Battered Wife's Syndrome

There are usually four phases in the battered wife's syndrome.

Stage One-Denial

Stage one of battered wife's syndrome happens when the battered woman refutes to other ones, and to herself, that there is a problem. Most battered wife will make up apologizes for why their partners have an abusive incident. Battered wife will usually accept as factual that the abuse will not ever occur again (Dutton 2000).

Stage Two-Guilt

Stage two of battered wife's syndrome happens when a battered woman really identifies or accepts that there is a difficulty in her relationship. She identifies she has been the casualty of abuse and that she may be struck again. During this stage, most battered wife will take charge or blame of any beatings they may receive. Battered wife will start to inquiry their own individual characteristics and trial harder to reside up their partners “expectations.” (Dutton 2000)

Stage Three-Enlightenment

Stage three of battered wife's syndrome happens when a battered woman begins to realize that no one warrants to be beaten. A battered woman comes to glimpse that the beatings she obtains from her colleague are not justified. She furthermore identifies that her colleague has a grave problem (Dutton 2000). However, she resides with her abuser in a try to hold the connection intact with wants of future change.

Stage Four-Responsibility

Stage four of battered wife's syndrome happens when a battered woman identifies that her abuser has a difficulty that only he can fix. Battered wife in this stage come to realize that not anything they can manage or state can assist their abusers (Dutton 2000). Battered ...