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  • Social Psychology
  • Public Health
  • Family Studies

Background:

  • Coercive control is a pervasive behavioral pattern within relationships and families, often facilitated by societal systems.
  • General practitioners (GPs) possess pattern recognition skills vital for identifying coercive control across all life stages.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To utilize the Sense of Safety Theoretical Framework to define protective factors in healthy relationships.
  • To enable the identification of coercive control tactics that undermine relationship safety.

Main Methods:

  • Conceptual analysis using the Sense of Safety Theoretical Framework.
  • Literature review on coercive control and its impact on safety.

Main Results:

  • Healthy relationships foster a sense of safety through specific relational processes.
  • Coercive control is characterized by patterns of invasion, confusion, and isolation that erode safety, freedom, clarity, and belonging.

Conclusions:

  • Identifying coercive control is a critical early intervention for domestic and family violence.
  • Increased awareness empowers GPs to recognize and address harmful relational dynamics impacting community health.