Public Awareness in Australia About Coercive Control in the Context of Intimate Partner Relationships
Journal: Australian Journal of Social Issues
Year: 2025

ABSTRACT Coercive control (CC) involves an ongoing pattern of behaviour that can occur within intimate partner violence with the aim of controlling, containing, or compelling a person, with deleterious long‐term effects. This study addresses an evidence gap using Lagdon, Jordan, Devine, Tully, Armour and Shannon (2023: Journal of Family Violence 38, no. 1: 39–50) methodological approach to assess the Australian public awareness about CC. Participants reviewed two gendered CC scenarios, one more