Concept information
Preferred term
psychological/emotional abuse
Definition
- Psychological/emotional abuse may be defined as incidents of recurring criticism, denigration, and/or verbal aggression against a person, as well as acts to isolate and/or dominate another person. Psychological/ emotional abuse includes ridicule, stalking, destroying the property of the victim, emotional withdrawal, threats, and restrictive engulfment (i.e., socially isolating the victim from family, friends, and others). [Source: Encyclopedia of Interpersonal Violence; Psychological/Emotional Abuse]
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/psychological_emotional_abuse
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