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Domestic Abuse: Emotional, Physical, and Sexual Abuse of Adults
What is domestic abuse?
Domestic abuse can take many forms from the inward signs of emotional abuse and sexual abuse to the more obvious outward signs of physical abuse. As a researcher, you may encounter both the victim and the victimizer. The Women’s Place at UVA has an excellent site that defines emotional, physical, and sexual abuse and provides information on the signs of abuse. This site can be a good resource to provide to your participants if you suspect they may be victims of abuse.
In this section, the discussion of abuse is meant to cover on-going events, or the suspicion of an event that has already occurred. In the event that you become aware of an immediate and specific threat to harm someone, you may have legal obligations to report the event to the authorities. For more information, please see Immediate Threat.
Section Topics:
 What are my responsibilities to report abuse?
How do I report abuse?
Protocol and consent form additions
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