Severe intimate partner violence affecting both young and elderly patients of both sexes

Young women who commit intimate partner violence.

BACKGROUND Only limited research has been undertaken on women who commit intimate partner violence (IPV). In this study I investigate how the abusive behaviour of young women towards their partners is correlated with characteristics of the relationship and with aggressiveness more generally. Furthermore, I investigate the assumption that the violence is mostly motivated by self-defence. MATER...

Intimate partner violence.

T term intimate partner violence (IPV) describes physical, sexual, or psychological harm by a current or former partner or spouse.1,2 IPV is essentially a violation of human rights and a preventable exposure associated with serious consequences that needs to be addressed through social, educational, and legal policies.3,4 This paper aims to discuss the epidemiology of IPV, including prevalence,...

Intimate Partner Violence Perpetration

Introduction 272 Incidence Rates, Gender, and Two Forms of Intimate Partner Violence 273 Prominent Theoretical Perspectives on Intimate Partner Violence 274 The I3 Model of Intimate Partner Violence Perpetration 275 Instigating Triggers 276 Violence-Impelling Forces 277 Violence-Inhibiting Forces 278 Self-Regulation and Intimate Partner Violence 278 A Review of the Emerging Evidence linking Sel...

Parenting in Adolescence and Young Adult Intimate Partner Violence.

Most prior studies of intimate partner violence (IPV) have relied on traditional indices of parental support, control or coercion to examine the nature and extent of parental influences. We explore whether parents' more general attitudes toward their child's dating and associated parenting practices are related to the young adult child's report of IPV, once traditional parent factors and other ...

Intimate partner violence.