NUR 1211C Chapter Notes - Chapter Test 5: Violence Against Women, Intimate Partner Violence, Psychological Abuse
8 Feb 2020
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Introduction: rape: penetration, no matter how slight, of the vagina or anus with any body part or object, or oral. Violence and abuse penetration by a sex organ of another person, without the consent of the victim. Intimate partner violence: ipv is actual or threatened physical or sexual violence or psychological/emotional abuse, background, characteristics of intimate partner violence. Incidence: these risk factors can be divided into four different categories: individual factors, relationship factors, community factors, and societal factors, generation-to-generation continuum of violence, the cycle of violence, phase 1: tension building. During the first and usually the longest phase of the cycle, tension escalates between the couple. Excessive drinking, jealousy, or other factors might lead to name-calling, hostility, and friction: phase 2: acute battering. The second phase of the cycle is the explosion of violence. The batterer loses control both physically and emotionally. This is when the victim may be assaulted or murdered: phase 3: honeymoon.
