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- The article reflects on a 60-year career in research and teaching, with a focus on interpersonal violence in families over the last 40 years, challenging mainstream beliefs in methodology and theory.
- It explores four key themes: breaking traditional views (iconoclasm), seizing unexpected opportunities for research topics, navigating the tensions between personal ideologies and factual evidence while facing criticism, and how the researcher's personal history and personality influence their scientific journey.
- Overall, the piece offers personal insights into the struggles and triumphs encountered in advancing the study of family violence against a backdrop of skepticism.
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This autobiographical article recounts a 60-year career on research and teaching, 40 of which focused on interpersonal violence against other family members. Much of that research was carried despite prevailing beliefs which characterized either the methodology or the theory to be wrong. The article illustrates four underlining themes: iconoclasm; capitalizing on chance occurrences to select research topics; the conflict between ideology, evidence, and steps taken by critics to deny or discredit the results of my research; and the role of the personal history and the personality of the researcher in molding a scientific career.
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- It explores four key themes: breaking traditional views (iconoclasm), seizing unexpected opportunities for research topics, navigating the tensions between personal ideologies and factual evidence while facing criticism, and how the researcher's personal history and personality influence their scientific journey.
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