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Table 1 Some forms of VAC in the home or perpetrated by household members

From: Prevention of violence against children in the home: an overview of reviews protocol

Form of VAC

Examples

Physical violence

Spanking, hitting with objects, other forms of physical punishment, shaking, burning, kicking, biting, forcing the child to stay in uncomfortable positions

Sexual violence

Rape, unwanted sexual advances, sexual harassment, forced marriage

Psychological or emotional violence

Hostility, threatening, yelling, calling the child by offensive names, constant rejection

Witnessing violence

Witnessing intimate partner violence

Neglect

Social deprivation, abandonment, psychosocial deprivation