AUSTIN (KXAN) — October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. While relationship abuse can take many forms, the most prevalent is financial control and abuse, according to The Allstate Foundation.

It’s easy to assume that domestic violence refers to just that – violence. Physical harm caused to one partner in a relationship, most often the woman. But actually the official definition recognises ...

MILLIONS of adults fail to recognise the ‘obvious’ warning signs of financial abuse in relationships. A poll of 2,000 people ...

When most people think of domestic violence, physical trauma comes quickly to mind. But that form of abuse is almost always paired with another risible relationship pattern: financial abuse. This ...

October is National Domestic Violence Awareness and Prevention Month, and an aspect of domestic violence is financial abuse. U.S. News & World Report surveyed 1,200 respondents who had experienced ...

Financial abuse is a form of mistreatment that involves controlling, exploiting, or manipulating another person's finances for personal gain. This type of abuse can occur within various relationships, ...

Admiration shifts to criticism, dependency, and dominance. What started as a swirl of charm, love-bombing, romantic intensity, and urgency transforms into a relentless fury of gas-lighting, ...

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, a time to shed light on all forms of abuse—not just the ones we typically talk about. One of the most common yet least recognized forms is financial abuse ...

Millions of adults across the UK are failing to recognise the warning signs of financial abuse within relationships.

Rita never imagined that her marriage could feel like a prison. For the first 10 years of it, she told herself that her husband, Sam, controlling the money was practical. He was better at numbers, and ...

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KXAN's Avery Travis and Will DuPree speak with Professor Chris Aarons who teaches at the McCombs School of Business at UT. He talks about the record-breaking numbers experts are predicting for Cyber ...