Citation

Winstok Z. Child. Youth Serv. Rev. 2008; 30(3): 297-310.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2008, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.childyouth.2007.10.007

PMID

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Abstract

The objective of this article is to propose definitional, theoretical, and operational frameworks as a first step in the study of escalation of conflicts in intimate relationships. The second part of the article discusses the escalation of violent conflicts (across conflicts); the third and fourth parts address the individual and interpersonal aspects of conflict escalation to violence (within a single conflict). In the fifth and final part a new approach is proposed for the study of escalation in intimate partner violence. (C) 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.