Infidelity and Aggression Flashcards
What is Infidelity?
The violation of a shared agreement between two people to share their emotional and sexual lives with each other exclusively
What is the leading cause for divorse?
Cheating.
Once a cheater, always a cheater…..
True,
once someone has cheated, their odds are more than two times greater that they will cheat again.
Should you seek professional treatment after your partner cheats?
YES
- there is a violation of one of the most sacred elements of a partnership
- Equivalent of cancer for a your relationship.
What is the first step within dealing with cheating?
Crisis control
- Don’t make it worse
What is the second step when dealing with cheating.
Understand how it happened
- both parents have to take responsibility for their role.
What is the third step in dealing with cheating.
- Determine whether the partnership will continue or not.
Is IPV rare?
No, it is very common.
12.1% of men and 11.6% of women reported in some physical act of violence against their partners.
what % of couples in canada report IPV?
20% to 33%
Dose IPV only happen in unhappy couples?
No, roughly 50% of newlyweds report some kind of physical violence.
Is IPV mostly conducted by men?
No, among most studies women self-report higher to IPV.
although the level of violence that women conduct is not usually to the same level.
Is IPV most common with married couples?
No,
although it is more common in married couples than dating couples.
although the highest rate is in unmarried cohabiting couples.
When you are attempting to break up from a violent relationship what should you do?
- Consider whether you need extra precautions to stay safe
- Be clear with the person that it is over.
- Tell friends and family that you have ended the relationship
- Asks friends and family for support if you feel lonely
- Find something nice to do for yourself if you feel down
- Realize that the break up might be hard for kids of they are involved
- Consider chanhing the locks or getting your keys back.
What shouldn’t you do during a break up?
- DO NOT contact your Ex, it haults the healing process for both people and it is not healthy.
- do not draw it out
- do not interfere with your ex’s other relationships.
What is the first of the four warning signs that a relationship is heading south?
Criticism
- complaints are normal in a relationship, although once you begin to degrade the other person as a person then its getting bad.
