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Signs of an Abusive Relationship<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Abuse <\/strong><\/a>is using something in a way that is wrong or harmful. Abuse can take many forms within interpersonal relationships, including violence. People can experience different forms of abuse at the same time:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Different Forms of Abuse<\/th>Definitions<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
Physical Abuse<\/strong><\/td>Using physical force (violence) or threats of physical force (violence) against another person.<\/td><\/tr>
Verbal Abus<\/strong>e<\/strong><\/td>Using language (written or spoken) to harm someone.<\/td><\/tr>
Emotional Abus<\/strong>e<\/strong><\/td>Causing emotional harm without physical injury (examples: insults, humiliation, criticism).<\/td><\/tr>
Psychological Abus<\/strong>e<\/strong><\/td>Causing psychological harm without physical injury (examples: manipulating).<\/td><\/tr>
Sexual Abus<\/strong>e<\/strong><\/td>Forcing sexual acts without consent (including making threats, unwanted sexual comments and advances).<\/td><\/tr>
Financial Abus<\/strong>e<\/strong><\/td>Controlling someone\u2019s access to money or using their money without their knowledge, consent or permission.<\/td><\/tr>
Neglect<\/strong><\/td>Causing serious harm by not providing the necessities of life.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Signs of an Abusive Relationship Abuse is using something in a way that is wrong or harmful. Abuse can take many forms within interpersonal relationships, including violence. People can experience different forms of abuse at the same time: Different Forms of Abuse Definitions Physical Abuse Using physical force (violence) or threats of physical force (violence) against […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":48,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_cu_dining_location_slug":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"cu_page_type":[279],"class_list":["post-27063","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","cu_page_type-domestic-violence"],"acf":{"cu_post_thumbnail":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27063","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/48"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27063"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27063\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27466,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27063\/revisions\/27466"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27063"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"cu_page_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_page_type?post=27063"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}