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A 3 page paper discussing social workers’ unique position conducive to changing attitudes toward domestic violence within immigrant groups. Both humanism and behaviorism acknowledge the influence of experience in the shaping of the human psyche. It is well known and established fact that children who are abused in childhood are far more likely to grow up to be child abusers themselves, and it is in all of society’s interests to break the cycle as soon as possible, regardless of cultural differences in perspective. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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File: CC6_KSdomVioImm.rtf
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We in America seem to finally have come to the place that we can deny the myth of "the melting pot" in terms of the cultural influences that
immigrants to the US bring with them from their home nations. We can now address cultural differences in real terms without too much fear of causing unfounded charges of
cultural discrimination or stereotyping. The fact that cultures differ in their perspectives of various behaviors has come to be a matter of fact. As such, it is a
topic of importance in social work with immigrant populations. Cultural Reactions to Domestic Violence First-generation children and their immigrant parents can have a
high degree of conflict, but those first-generation children still retain more of the old culture when they become adults. They can be torn in two directions, only to experience
the same kinds of conflict with their own children that they previously provided for their own. Bhattacharya (2002) reports that "in their study of Cuban immigrants, Szapocznik and Hernandez
(1988) found that acculturation-related family conflicts precipitated delinquent behavior and drug abuse on the part of the younger generation" (p. 175). Obviously, this "generational difference in acculturation rate may
result in stressful family conflicts over role expectations and individual behaviors" (Bhattacharya, 2002; p. 175). Acevedo (2000) found the same cultural perspective of
interdependence on the extended family among battered Mexican immigrant women. Though they were willing to admit that family violence as being a problem in their lives, these women were
reluctant to break with the cultural patterns provided by gender roles and family dynamics (Acevedo, 2000). They were, however, "highly motivated to protect their children from the abuse" (Acevedo,
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