domestic violence

any action by a person that causes physical harm to one or more members of his or her family unit. For example, it can involve battering of one partner by another (partner abuse), violence against children by a parent, or violence against elders by younger family members. See also battered women; child abuse; elder abuse; intimate partner violence.

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Psychology term of the day

January 29th 2025

proximal

adj.

1. situated near or directed toward the trunk or center of an organism.

2. near or mostly closely related to the point of reference or origin. Compare distal. —proximally adv.