- Does your partner continually monitor your time and make you account for every minute?
- Does your partner ever accuse you of having affairs or act suspicious of you?
- Does you partner ever discourage you from starting friendships?
- Do you ever feel isolated and alone, as if there were no one close to confide in?
- Is your partner overly critical of daily things, such as your work, parenting, or appearance?
- Does your partner demand a strict account of how you spend money?
- Does your partner′s mood change radically, from very calm to angry or vice versa?
- Is your partner disturbed by your having or wanting activities or work outside the home?
- Does your partner become angry more easily if drinking?
- Does your partner become angry if you don′t want to go along with requests for sex?
- Does your partner ever strike you with hands or feet (slap, punch, kick, etc.)?
- Does your partner ever strike you with an object?
- Does your partner ever threaten you with an object or weapon?
- Has you partner ever threatened to kill you or to commit suicide?
- Does your partner ever give you visible injuries (bruises, cuts, lumps on head, etc.)?
- Have you ever had to treat any injuries from your partner′s violence with first aid?
- Have you ever had to seek professional help for an injury at a clinic or hospital?
- Does your partner ever hurt you sexually or make you have intercourse against your will?
- Is your partner ever violent towards children?
- Is your partner ever violent towards other people outside your home or family?
- Does your partner ever throw objects or break things when angry?
- Has your partner ever been in trouble with the police?
- Have you ever called the police or tried to call them because you felt you or other members of your family were in danger from your partner?
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