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This article is an electronic version of an article originally
published in Cultic Studies Journal, 1986, Volume 3, Number 1, pages 25-35.
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Mind Control and the Battering of Women
Teresa Ramirez Boulette, Ph.D.
Susan M. Andersen, Ph.D.
Abstract
This paper describes one variation in the battering phenomenon which was
initially observed among low-income women. The strategies of coercion and
deception utilized by the abusive male in these relationships are described and
compared with similar strategies of mind control utilized in more traditional
"cultic" systems. The debilitating effects of these techniques on the battered
female are described, as is the battering male's own separation reaction, and
the probable dynamics of the men and women involved in this pathological family
system. Some preliminary assessment and treatment guidelines are offered.
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