Psychology Today | 17.08.2026 01:38
Intimate partner abuse, termed in the legal realm as coercive control, has been recognized by 10 states making coercive control illegal. However, some differences exist with what the coercive control law includes and the coercive controlling experience by an intimate partner. The psychologically abusive aspects of coercive control in an intimate relationship are not recognized in the law and remain unregulated. Yet, this aspect of intimate partner abuse is traumatically damaging and might be the most entrapping aspect of intimate partner abuse.
