The first paper examines empirical research regarding the prevalence of family violence in the United States. Additional papers examine the role of deficits in social skills in the intergenerational transmission of abusive parental practices, parents' propensity to violence as a response to stress in the parent-child relationship, and the explanations offered by mothers and fathers for their violence. Further papers examine the relationships of abused and neglected children with peers, research on the link between child abuse and subsequent juvenile delinquency, the battered woman syndrome, conflict tactics used by men in marital disputes, and interpersonal and intrapersonal factors associated with marital violence. Other papers examine the psychological impacts of spouse abuse on children, the relationship between elder abuse and other forms of domestic violence, the relationship between child sexual abuse and subsequent victimization through marital rape, the long-term impacts of child sexual abuse, and courtship violence. Tables, chapter notes, and chapter reference lists.