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Biological Factors of Family Violence
ZEHRA PEHLIVAN
TOURO COLLEGE
ADVANCED TOPICS IN PSYCOHOLOGY
GPS 493 CM
YANNIE TEN BROEKE
MAY 26,2014
Biological Factors in Family Violence
Introduction
Family violence is also regarded to as intimate partner violence, dating abuse, battering, spousal abuse or domestic violence. Family violence is the type of behavioral patterns that encompasses abuse of one partner by the other. This type of abuse occurs in marriages, within the family, while dating and during cohabitation. Both men and women experience this type of abuse and it also takes place in both heterosexual and same sex marriages and relationships. There are several types of family violence which include emotional, economic, verbal, physical and sexual abuse. The type of abuse can vary from subtle, coercive to violent forms.
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