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C40 - Intimate Partner Violence
Intimate Partner Emotional Abuse (IPEA) is a form of Intimate Partner Violence (IPV), and is more prevalent than physical or sexual IPV (Sullivan et al., 2012).
C40 - Intimate Partner Violence
Mentor: Terri Messman, Ph.D.
Intimate Partner Emotional Abuse (IPEA) is a form of Intimate Partner Violence (IPV), and is more prevalent than physical or sexual IPV (Sullivan et al., 2012). IPEA is estimated to affect 21-89% of women, with one study estimating that 72% had experienced it (Bliton et al., 2016). Most research views IPEA as a unidimensional construct, however it is multidimensional, including various forms of psychological harm such as restrictive engulfment, dominance and intimidation, denigration, and hostile withdrawal (Murphy & Hoover, 1999). Emotion dysregulation is conceptualized as a construct that reflects deficits in emotional awareness, clarity, acceptance, as well as difficulties in engaging in goal-directed behavior, controlling impulses when distressed, and accessing effective strategies for emotion regulation. Research shows that physical IPV victimization is associated with deficits in emotion regulation (Taccini et al., 2024), but there is limited understanding in how IPEA affects emotion dysregulation among college women.