TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2001//
TI  - Lesbians who abuse their partners: using the FIRO-B  to assess interpersonal characteristics
JO  - Women and therapy
A1  - Poorman, Paula B.
A1  - Seelau, Sheila M.
SP  - 87
EP  - 105
VL  - 23
IS  - 3
N2  - This study explored the functional, interpersonal style of a small group of lesbians (aged 22-51 yrs) who had abused their partners and enrolled in a pilot feminist abuse cessation therapy program. Each completed a Fundamental Interpersonal Relations Orientation-Behavior scale, a self-report assessment tool that measures expressed and wanted inclusion, control, and affection. Robust findings from the small, ethnically homogenous sample are discussed in terms of their implications for understanding one interpersonal dynamic of control in lesbian relationships in which there is abuse. Future directions for therapy and research are also outlined. (Abstract Adapted from Source: Women and Therapy, 2001. Copyright © 2001 by The Haworth Press)    Partner Violence  Violence Against Women  Homosexual Abuse Offender  Homosexual Adult  Homosexual Offender  Homosexual Female  Domestic Violence Offender  Female Offender  Female Violence  Adult Female  Adult Offender  Adult Violence  Offender Characteristics  07-02<p />
LA  - en
SN  - 0270-3149
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1300/J015v23n03_07
ID  - ref1
ER  -