Sentences with phrase «coercive controlling behaviour»

In some cases it is within a pattern of coercive controlling behaviour and fear.

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She said new powers to tackle domestic abuse, including controlling or coercive behaviour, were effective but were «not being used anywhere near as systematically as they could be».

The definition of domestic violence and abuse is: «any incident or pattern of incidents of controlling, coercive, threatening behaviour, violence or abuse between those aged 16 or over who are or have been intimate partners or family members, regardless of gender or sexuality.

There are, for example, specific cultural values that support imbalances of power in opposite - sex relationships (parenting norms, women's economic inequality) and exacerbate fears of external interference with the family unit (inviolability of the family unit, hypersexualization of women), and thus promote feelings of jealousy, possessiveness and a need for dominance which in turn support coercive and controlling behaviour.

However, there may have been violence or abuse present in your relationship that was part of a pattern of coercive or controlling behaviour.

Under Section 76 of the Serious Crime Act 2015, «controlling or coercive behaviour» is now illegal within intimate relationships [1].

Under s. 76 of the U.K.'s Serious Crimes Act, controlling or coercive behaviour is defined as causing someone to fear that violence will be used against them on at least two occasions, or generating serious alarm or distress that has a substantial effect on their usual day - to - day activities.

Children who have disorganized attachment with their primary attachment figure have been shown to be vulnerable to stress, have problems with regulation and control of negative emotions, and display oppositional, hostile - aggressive behaviours, and coercive styles of interaction.2, 3 They may exhibit low self - esteem, internalizing and externalizing problems in the early school years, poor peer interactions, unusual or bizarre behaviour in the classroom, high teacher ratings of dissociative behaviour and internalizing symptoms in middle childhood, high levels of teacher - rated social and behavioural difficulties in class, low mathematics attainment, and impaired formal operational skills.3 They may show high levels of overall psychopathology at 17 years.3 Disorganized attachment with a primary attachment figure is over-represented in groups of children with clinical problems and those who are victims of maltreatment.1, 2,3 A majority of children with early disorganized attachment with their primary attachment figure during infancy go on to develop significant social and emotional maladjustment and psychopathology.3, 4 Thus, an attachment - based intervention should focus on preventing and / or reducing disorganized attachment.