International Adaptation of a Treatment Program for Situational Couple Violence.

Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) is a serious international problem. Stith, S. M.

Levels of Coercive Control Differentiate Between Groups of Victims of Intimate Partner Violence in Colombia.

The authors used Johnson's typology of intimate partner violence (IPV) to examine groupings of women experiencing physical violence within their intimate relationships according to coercive control levels. Analyses were conducted using data from the 2010 Colombian Demographic and Health Survey. In particular, the authors used a subsample of 12,237 ever-married (or cohabitating) women between the ages of 14 and 49 years, who reported at least one experience of physical violence.

Childhood abuse affects emotional closeness with family in mid- and later life.

Objective: Knowledge about the effects of early life adversity on kin relationships in later years is sparse. The purpose of this study was to examine if childhood abuse and adversity negatively influences emotional closeness with family in mid- and later life. A second goal was to determine the role of psychosocial resources and personality traits in buffering the effects of early adversities.