Question

Shelia is paying the monthly bills and realizes there is not enough money to cover all of them. She finds her partner and yells at him for not making enough money; he yells back that she wastes the money they have. Shelia slaps him, and he then shoves her away. Later, they both apologize for their behavior. This scenario illustrates _____.

A) a demand/withdraw interaction
B) intimate terrorism
C) situational couple violence
D) rational aggression

Answer 1

The scenario given illustrates situational couple violence, where a specific argument escalates to physical aggression by both partners in a relationship.

Step-by-step explanation:

The scenario illustrates situational couple violence (SCV), which is a type of intimate partner violence (IPV) that refers to violence that occurs between individuals who maintain a romantic or sexual relationship, characterized by conflict that escalates to physical aggression by both partners, often fuelled by a specific argument.

It differs from intimate terrorism, wherein one partner uses violence as a tool to control and dominate the other, and from demand/withdraw interaction, which involves a pattern of one partner demanding and the other withdrawing without escalating to physical violence. It's also distinct from rational aggression, which implies strategic or goal-oriented aggression, whereas situational couple violence is more reactionary and tied to a specific argument or situation.