Television plays a central role in shaping cultural attitudes towards relationships. On reality TV, we encounter behaviour ...

Charity found that issue is a factor in more than half of deaths related to domestic abuse ...

Coercive control almost always accompanies intimate partner violence (IPV), but IPV doesn’t need to accompany coercive control to effectively gain power and dominance over an intimate partner.

For too long, coercive control has been the "invisible" reality of domestic abuse, leaving thousands of Australian women without clear legal recognition of their experiences. While NSW, Queensland and ...

Coercive control and the severe harm it causes to those targeted by an intimate partner gets much-needed attention by new laws making it illegal in a few U.S. states. It’s now recognized that the ...

Picture this: a man calls his partner an “OCD freak” at a barbecue, then plucks the small coin she keeps in her pocket for comfort and flips it into the river. The friends laugh. She freezes.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Channel 4 documentary about Marilyn Manson features a number of women alleging he subjected them to physical, sexual and ...

Coercive abuse is common, can escalate to violence in a heartbeat, and can be lethal. One survivor shares her story in the hope it will shed light on warning signs and increase understanding. She ...

There's no shortage of discussion over the impending New York trial of rapper Sean "Diddy" Combs. One phrase you won't hear during the legal process? "Coercive control." Combs was arrested in ...