Sentences with phrase «constitutes psychological abuse»

In alienation situations, favoured parents» behavior constitutes psychological abuse when they manipulate and influence children to participate in depriving themselves of love, nurturance, and involvement with their other parent.

Cruelty and obsessive control over one's spouse can be so extreme as to constitute psychological abuse.

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According to the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), psychological maltreatment of children constitutes the most common form of child abuse and neglect.

Any form of abuse in an intimate relationship, from physical to psychological, constitutes intimate partner violence.