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HUERTA MATA, Rosa María. Social coercive control as a risk factor for intimate partner violence. Trace (Méx. DF) [online]. 2022, n.82, pp.66-83.  Epub 02-Dez-2022. ISSN 2007-2392.  https://doi.org/10.22134/trace.82.2022.828.

The objective of this paper is to analyze coercive social control as a risk factor in intimate partner violence. Through qualitative methodology, the coercive control of the young university students of the Actopan High School, at the Autonomous University of the State of Hidalgo, Mexico, was investigated. In September and October 2017, 3 focus groups of men and 4 of women were carried out with a total of 48 undergraduate students in Law and Psychology.

It was found that men display coercive control over their partners, when the female university students interacted socially in a public place with other men. Thus, day by day the risk in the women’s integrity is configured. This situation demands the need to establish actions for developing empathy among all parts involved, as a strategy for generating social sensitivity surrounding partner violence.

Palavras-chave : intimate partner violence; coercive social control; risk factor; female; university students.