Greetings Alphonsus!

I discuss this issue in my new book: Invisible Chains: Overcoming Coercive Control in Your Intimate Relationship, in the chapter on coercively controlling men. But it is not a book of original research. I am interested in your work--please message me privately if you'd like to "talk." In the U.S. and the U.K., we are increasingly including a range of coercive behaviors when we talk about IPV--not simply the physical violence. I wonder if this is something you are doing or considering doing, and how this would apply (or not) within the Nigerian context.

Best wishes for your important work

Lisa

Hi! State Office for Criminal Investigation of Lower Saxony organizes a periodically victim survey since 2012. In 2013 we asked about intimate pertner violence. You`ll found the report and the questionaire under http://www.lka.niedersachsen.de/forschung/dunkelfeldstudie/verbesserte-kriminalitaetsbekaempfung-in-niedersachsen-109236.html (click on Abschlussbericht Dunkelfeldstudie). The questions from 43 to 50 are about ipv.

Found in the attachment a report about ipv.

The questionair and the both reports are in German. Perhaps you can read it or you know someone who can read it.

Best regards

Olga

Hi! State Office for Criminal Investigation of Lower Saxony organizes a periodically victim survey since 2012. In 2013 we asked about intimate pertner violence. You`ll found the report and the questionaire under http://www.lka.niedersachsen.de/forschung/dunkelfeldstudie/verbesserte-kriminalitaetsbekaempfung-in-niedersachsen-109236.html (click on Abschlussbericht Dunkelfeldstudie). The questions from 43 to 50 are about ipv.

Found in the attachment a report about ipv.

The questionair and the both reports are in German. Perhaps you can read it or you know someone who can read it.

Best regards

Olga

A selection of relevant material from my reference database:

Holmes, J. (2014). The search for the secure base: Attachment theory and psychotherapy: Routledge.

Holtzworth-Munroe, A., Stuart, G. L., & Hutchinson, G. (1997). Violent versus nonviolent husbands: Differences in attachment patterns, dependency, and jealousy. Journal of Family Psychology, 11(3), 314.

Obegi, J. H., & Berant, E. (2010). Attachment theory and research in clinical work with adults: Guilford press.

Shechory, M. (2013). Attachment styles, coping strategies, and romantic feelings among battered women in shelters. International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, 57(4), 425-444.

Van Wagoner, S. (2010). Exploring Attachment in a Treatment Group for Men Who Batter. 101 Interventions in Group Therapy, 207.

Wagoner, S. V. (2010). Exploring attachment in a treatment group for men who batter. Fehr, Scott Simon [Ed], 101, 207-212.

White, K. (2004). Developing a secure-enough base: Teaching psychotherapists in training the relationship between attachment theory and clinical work. Attachment & human development, 6(2), 117-130.

Wood, E., & Riggs, S. (2009). Adult attachment, cognitive distortions, and views of self, others, and the future among child molesters. Sexual Abuse: Journal of Research & Treatment, 21(3), 375-390. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1079063209340142

J. Park, C. (2016). Intimate partner violence: An application of attachment theory. Journal Of Human Behavior In The Social Environment, 26(5), 488-497. doi:10.1080/10911359.2015.1087924

West, M., & George, C. (1999). Abuse and violence in intimate adult relationships: new perspectives from attachment theory. Attachment & Human Development, 1(2), 137-156.