TY - BOOK AU - LaViolette,Alyce D. AU - Barnett,Ola W. TI - It could happen to anyone: Why battered women stay SN - 9781452277745 AV - HV6626.2 .B27 2014 PY - 2014/// CY - Los Angeles PB - Sage KW - Abused women KW - United States KW - Case studies KW - Abused wives KW - lcgft N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-308) and index; Weaving the fabric of abuse: learned helplessness and learned hopelessness -- Institutional battering: the power of the patriarchy -- Victimization: why does it happen to her? -- Living with fear: the force that holds, molds, and controls -- Meltdown: the impact of stress and learned helplessness -- Catalysts for change -- Voices of hope: survivors speak ER -