This article compares the degrees of games according to transactional analysis theory, the levels of controlling behavior shown by male perpetrators of domestic violence, and the stages of victimization experienced by abused women. Examples of gradually increasing tactics of control–including violence–illustrate how the degrees are played out. The lack of mutuality in games in which violence is a factor is discussed, and educational and therapeutic interventions are suggested.
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