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Social Chaos and Danger as Context of Battered Women's Lives

David R. Langford, R.N., D.N.Sc.

University of North Carolina at Charlotte

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.

Journal of Family Nursing, Vol. 4, No. 2, 167-181 (1998)
DOI: 10.1177/107484079800400204
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