Intimate partner violence (IPV) is abuse within relationships, when a current or former spouse or partner uses violence or aggression. It doesn’t matter where someone lives or how much money they make ...

When members of a couple are upset with each other’s behavior, it can be quite tempting to express their negative feelings to the other person through forms of verbal and nonverbal aggression to ...

In the realm of intimate partner abuse, the connection between narcissism and aggression is at play. The narcissist regards himself or herself as superior, sees others only as inferior, and needs to ...

We're beginning to build a better picture of just how many people are affected by intimate partner violence—a crisis that disproportionately impacts women and girls. But not everyone with insecure ...

Intimate partner violence is a pervasive issue in the U.S. and it can be difficult to know what to do and how to get help if you or a loved one is experiencing it. Family and domestic violence affects ...

Intimate partner violence is violence committed by one of the people in an intimate relationship against the other. Most people naturally think that it is primarily the victims of intimate partner ...

Violence prevention programs have made strides in their attempts to reduce many types of violence. But that committed by intimate partners remains stubbornly high.

Amid the death, sickness, mental health challenges, and economic upheaval wrought by the pandemic, another threat to public health has reached new heights. Intimate partner violence—which can include ...

One in five women who become homeless in California flee their homes to escape violence and escalating abuse by an intimate partner, a new analysis of a statewide survey has reported. The study by the ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — Over the past 26 years, South Carolina has remained in the top ten for deaths among intimate partner relationships, according to an expert at the Medical University of South ...

ANAHEIM, CA.—Spanking is more common among parents who report using many types of discipline with children and in families where there is intimate partner violence, according to a new research ...

Kendra Nixon receives funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council and research support from community partner, the Family Violence Prevention Program (Government of Manitoba).