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  2. Intimate partner violence - Wikipedia

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    Intimate partner violence (IPV) is domestic violence by a current or former spouse or partner in an intimate relationship against the other spouse or partner. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] IPV can take a number of forms, including physical , verbal , emotional , economic and sexual abuse .

  3. Domestic violence - Wikipedia

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    The term intimate partner violence is often used synonymously with domestic abuse [27] or domestic violence, [28] but it specifically refers to violence occurring within a couple's relationship (i.e. marriage, cohabitation, or non-cohabiting intimate partners). [29]

  4. Intimate partner sexual violence - Wikipedia

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    Domestic sexual violence, such as forced sex or marital rape, may follow or be part of physical abuse, but is not always the case.In Mexico and the United States, studies estimate that 40–52% of women experiencing physical violence by an intimate partner have also been sexually coerced by that partner.

  5. 7 of the Most Common Reasons Why Couples Get Divorced ... - AOL

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    A 2019 review of a University of Denver and Insider study reports that domestic violence (DV), or intimate partner violence (IPV), caused 23.5 percent of surveyed couples to divorce.

  6. Epidemiology of domestic violence - Wikipedia

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    Unfortunately, adolescents in dating relationships are at greater risk of intimate partner violence than any other age group. Approximately one-third of adolescent girls are victims of physical, emotional, or verbal abuse from a dating partner. Estimates of sexual victimization range from 14% to 43% of girls and 0.3% to 36% for boys.

  7. Outline of domestic violence - Wikipedia

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    Domestic violence – pattern of abusive behaviors by one or both partners in an intimate relationship, such as marriage, dating, family, or cohabitation. It is also known as domestic abuse, spousal abuse, battering, family violence, and intimate partner violence (IPV).

  8. 16 Gaslighting Phrases that Are Red Flags - AOL

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    But the most common form happens in romantic relationships. Gaslighting is abuse. ... mental or emotional abuse by an intimate partner, according to the Centers For Disease Control and Prevention ...

  9. Battered woman syndrome - Wikipedia

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    In 1979, Lenore E. Walker proposed the concept of battered woman syndrome (BWS). [1] She described it as consisting "of the pattern of the signs and symptoms that have been found to occur after a woman has been physically, sexually, and/or psychologically abused in an intimate relationship, when the partner (usually, but not always a man) exerted power and control over the woman to coerce her ...