Coercive control survivors are being invited to take part in new Irish study

Many people may have been in intimate relationships with a partner who they perceived to be controlling but coercive control can have a different quality. Stock picture

Women who have suffered coercive control in intimate relationships are urged to take part in a new Trinity College Dublin study on this dehumanising form of psychological abuse. 

“Women often feel trapped,” said the study's lead researcher, psychologist in clinical training, Niamh Brazil.