Intimate Partner Violence And Sexual Violence - 1861 Words

Intimate Partner Violence According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), intimate partner violence (IPV) is a serious, preventable public health problem that affects millions of Americans and is described as a type of harm caused by a current or former partner or spouse and may consists of physical, sexual, or psychological abuse; it does not discriminate, can occur among heterosexual or same-sex couples, and does not require sexual intimacy. The CDC administered a survey in 2010 called the National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey (NISVS) to examine the frequency of intimate partner violence (IPV), sexual violence (SV), and stalking among women and men in the United States (administered annually to track†¦show more content†¦rape, physical violence, stalking); male victims most often experienced physical violence. Perpetrators of IPV are likely to have experienced or witnessed some form of early childhood or adolescence trauma (i.e. mental, physical, and/or sexual abuse or inter-adult abuse), and thus develop negative and maladaptive behaviors that may lead to a need for power and control in relationships as well as poor conflict resolution (Eckhardt, Murphy, Sprunger, 2014, p. 1). The Power Control diagram from the National Center on Domestic and Sexual Violence (NCDSV) is useful in understanding the overall pattern of abusive and violent behaviors of IPV perpetrators to establish and maintain control over his/her partner. Developed by: Domestic Abuse Intervention Project Produced/Distributed by: National Center on Domestic and Sexual Violence Further, the NISVS and NCDSV states that lifetime and one-year estimates for IPV are extremely high for adults and more than 12 million people are affected each year; and more often than not, women experience high rates of severe IPV, resulting in long-term chronic disease, other negative health impacts, or psychiatric disorders. As such, object relations theory may provide insights as to why some people engage in interpersonal violence and others do not. Theoretical Perspectives Object Relations Theory An object is a person or a symbolic