Mixed
Number of people per minute that are physically abused by an intimate partner in the United States
What is 20
A woman is assaulted or beaten every ___ seconds
What is 9?
Number of attempts it takes a victim to leave a DV situation before they are successful
What is 7?
Process in which one overcomes the loss of self, others, or abuse.
What is grieving?
How many shelters are there for men compared to more than 2000 shelters that are restricted to women and children
Note: It is a range
What is 5-20?
Percent of men who are assaulted that report the assault to an agency/authority
1-2%
1 in ___ teenagers have experienced various forms of dating violence
What is 4?
Demographic group that has the highest rates of stalking
What are college students?
Performing an extreme behavior in order to express thoughts or feelings the person is incapable of expressing
What is acting out?
What are the 3 parts of the brain that is utilized when a person faces an actual or perceived threat?
What is Amygdala, Prefrontal Cortex, and Brain Stem?
True or False: Domestic violence occurs due to poverty and/or lack of education
What is false?
According to the Childhood Domestic Violence Association, ___ million children in the U.S. experience childhood domestic violence
What is 15?
Percent of domestic violence victims are women
What is 85%?
A typical pattern that repeats and can happen many times during a relationship. Each phase may last a different length of time and over time the level of violence may increase
What is Cycle of Violence?
What are the 3 circumstances make it possible for batterers/abusers to change?
Accountability
Non-judgmental environment
Being painfully honest
Examples of this include blowing things out of proportion; exaggerating problems, what other people do, how many times something happened, and/or how bad something was
What is magnification
By age 18, 1 out of __ boys have experienced some sort of sexual abuse
What is 6?
% of sexual perpetrators under the age of 18
What is 23%?
The process of psychologically counterbalancing perceived weaknesses by emphasizing strength in other arenas
What is Compensation?
What is the percent of male victims know the person they get abused by?
What is 65%?
True or False: Domestic violence occurs due to a loss of control
What is false?
Studies show that in ___ of cases where one parent is abusing the other, the children are also being abused
What is 50-70%?
Number of children that witness domestic violence in their homes each year
What is 3 million?
Seeing a single negative event, such as rejection or a loss as a never-ending pattern of defeat by using such words as ALWAYS or NEVER when you think about it
What is overgeneralization?
How many men are raped in the U.S. each year?
What is 92,700?