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The article distinguishes chronic battering from discrete physical assaults and sexual assault within intimate relationships. In a population-based study, the authors report modest correlations, co-occurrence, and differing demographic, health, and behavioral correlates across these forms of violence.
The literature reviewed here addresses Munchausen syndrome by proxy in cases involving allegations of child sexual abuse, including diagnostic, legal, and professional-bias concerns. A review of 451 reported cases describes serious harms to some children, while its authors caution that published cases are a non-random sample and call for broader evidence.
The source describes experiences that can occur while falling asleep or waking and considers their possible relevance to sexual-assault claims. It reviews hallucinations and sleep paralysis, research on interpretations of such episodes, and studies discussing reported associations between sleep paralysis and abuse memories.
This resource examines the relationship between intimate partner violence and sexual assault. It compiles research on coerced sexual activity within relationships, including a Tehran survey of married women that assessed associations with other violence, psychological symptoms, and marital attitudes, alongside research on responses to sexual abuse.
