@article{ref1,
title="Social chaos and danger as context of battered women's lives",
journal="Journal of family nursing",
year="1998",
author="Langford, David R.",
volume="4",
number="2",
pages="167-181",
abstract="This article describes the context of women's relationships with battering men. Social chaos as the context of battering emergedfrom a grounded theory study of women's perceptions of danger in their relationships with battering men. Social chaos is created by a combination of factors: abusive men's unpredictability and use of unbalancing behaviors, contradictions, women's impaired sense of self, and the secrecy of battering. Chaos creates a sense of danger in battered women and serves to control their behavior. Social chaos is a component of dangerousness and has implications for assessing danger in woman battering.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1074-8407",
doi="10.1177/107484079800400204",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/107484079800400204"
}