TY - JOUR PY - 2008// TI - Conflict escalation to violence and escalation of violent conflicts JO - Children and youth services review A1 - Winstok, Zeev SP - 297 EP - 310 VL - 30 IS - 3 N2 - The objective of this article is to propose definitional, theoretical, and operational frameworks as a first step in the study of escalation of conflicts in intimate relationships. The second part of the article discusses the escalation of violent conflicts (across conflicts); the third and fourth parts address the individual and interpersonal aspects of conflict escalation to violence (within a single conflict). In the fifth and final part a new approach is proposed for the study of escalation in intimate partner violence. (C) 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

LA - SN - 0190-7409 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2007.10.007 ID - ref1 ER -