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Article

Degrees of Games: An Application to the Understanding of Domestic Violence

Pages 195-200
Published online: 28 Dec 2017
 
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This article compares the degrees of games according to transactional analysis theory, the levels of controlling behavior shown by male perpetrators of domestic violence, and the stages of victimization experienced by abused women. Examples of gradually increasing tactics of control–including violence–illustrate how the degrees are played out. The lack of mutuality in games in which violence is a factor is discussed, and educational and therapeutic interventions are suggested.

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Terry Bicehouse

Terry Bicehouse, B.A., is a Regular Member of ITAA. He works at the Women's Center and Shelter of Greater Pittsburgh as an educational specialist and has a private practice in Pittsburgh working primarily with batterers.

Lynn Hawker

Lynn Hawker, Ph.D., is a Certified Transactional Analyst (Clinical) of the ITAA. She has a private practice in Pittsburgh.