For Young Women, 'Controlling' Partner Often Abusive, Too

By HealthDay

Young women whose intimate partners try to control them are at increased risk for physical and sexual domestic violence, a new study finds.

It included more than 600 women aged 15 to 24 who were patients at a reproductive health center. Sixty-eight percent reported that a partner exhibited controlling behavior.

Of those women, 38 percent said they experienced controlling behavior