What is Close Partner Violence / Dating Violence?
The violence perpetrated by the person in a romantic relationship is called intimate partner violence or dating violence.
It is practiced by the current or ex-partner/dating and has physical, sexual, psychological and even economic dimensions that have a long-lasting impact on the individual, where one partner holds the other in power and control.
Characteristics of Applicants
Studies have examined people who use dating violence and identified some possible causes. These include sexism, family structure, and having bad childhood role models. Social acceptance of violence and gender inequalities are common, and dating violence is more common among people who have experienced or witnessed domestic violence during their childhood. In addition, it was observed that these people had weak interpersonal conflict resolution and problem solving skills.
What are the types?
1. Physical Violence: It includes all kinds of behavior that will harm the person’s body, such as slapping, pushing, kicking, throwing something, hitting with a fist or an object, harming or threatening with a weapon or similar object, preventing the person from benefiting from health services.
2. Sexual Violence: Touching or forcing sexual intercourse without the consent of the person.
3. Emotional Abuse: It includes behaviors such as insulting, belittling, constantly humiliating, intimidating, harming, threatening.
4. Controlling Behaviors: It is a type that affects the lives of people who are not aware of violence, but who are exposed to it. Behaviors such as isolating from family and friends / not allowing him to meet, monitoring his movements, restricting financial resources, restricting his access to employment / education / medical care, following. Any behavior that is mentally or emotionally harmful or done to gain control falls into this category.
Exposure Effects
In addition to the direct effects such as injuring the physical and mental health of the person, there are also long-term indirect effects.
- Chronic health problems due to long-term stress
- Ailments without a medical cause
- Depression
- Anxiety
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Phobia
- Weakness of self-confidence
- post traumatic stress disorder
- self-harming behavior
