Rates of physical and psychological aggression among couples increased significantly after the implementation of shelter-in-place restrictions at the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a ...

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 ...

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 in Canada increased overall by 13 per cent between 2018 and 2023. But those aged 25 to 64 saw it ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Mark Travers writes about the world of psychology. A new article appearing in Clinical Psychology Review takes an in-depth look at ...

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 ...

Experiencing a violent encounter even once with an intimate partner or family member may increase a young adult's risk of having a heart attack, stroke or a heart failure hospitalization years later, ...

More than one in three men in Australia reported using violence with an intimate partner in a first of its kind study which shows gender-based abuse is rising, despite years of national attention on ...

Largest study to present internationally comparable estimates of the prevalence of sexual and/or physical violence against women by a male intimate partner. Estimates from a global database of surveys ...

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).