Coercive parenting is using harsh parental behavior such as hitting, yelling, scolding, threatening, rejecting, and psychological control to enforce compliance with the child. These parents also use frequent negative commands, name-calling, overt expressions of anger, and physical aggression.
Repeatedly putting you down, such as saying you're worthless. Humiliating, degrading or dehumanising you. Controlling your finances. Making threats or intimidating you.
The parent-child coercive cycle is a cycle of negative parent-child interactions leading to the development of conduct and antisocial behavior in the child. The increasing hostility, aggression, and negativity between parents and children form a positive feedback cycle of aggressive behaviors4.
Coercive behaviour is: an act or a pattern of acts of assault, threats, humiliation and intimidation or other abuse that is used to harm, punish, or frighten their victim.
Coercion theory (Patterson, 1982) describes a process of mutual reinforcement during which caregivers inadvertently reinforce children's difficult behaviors, which in turn elicits caregiver negativity, and so on, until the interaction is discontinued when one of the participants “wins.” These cycles may begin when the ...
For example, a coercive cycle typically begins by a child misbehaving, followed by the parent scolding the child, which results in the child's exacerbation of the misbehavior. If the parent disengages to stop the child's aversive behavior, both participants are shaped by this response.
An example of coercive power: a parent forces a child to attend a school or college he or she does not wish to attend by threatening to withdraw the child's support. Expert power is based on education, training, or experience that is relevant to the issue at hand.
It's an authoritarian leadership style that leaves little room for error and demands results. Coercive leaders often have full control over their employees, offering a low degree of autonomy. They often work closely with their employees with nearly unlimited authority.
It describes a variety of controlling acts including manipulation, intimidation, sexual coercion, gaslighting (a form of psychological abuse in which a victim is manipulated into doubting their own memory and sanity).
The most common sign of narcissistic personality disorder is where a person displays controlling behaviours towards their victim. This is because for narcissists, control is the equivalent to power. Coercive control is a course of conduct so the behaviours are likely to continue over a period of time.
In most cases, manipulative parents refer to parents who use covert psychological methods to control the child's activities and behavior in such a way as to prevent the child from becoming an independent adult apart from their control.
People with controlling personalities are often: Fault finders: Everything will be your fault when co-parenting with this person. Intimidators: Unless you agree to their way, they will try to intimidate you into submission. Criticizers: They have no problem criticizing everything you do, even in front of your kids.
Threats, Influence, and Behavior.
Examples of Coercion
A tells B he will hurt him if he doesn't give him his car. B gives A his car, causing his agreement to be coerced. A threatens to hurt B if he doesn't give his son, C, a large sum of money. B believes the threat and gives C the money.
Coercive control is when a person with whom you are personally connected, repeatedly behaves in a way which makes you feel controlled, dependent, isolated or scared. The following types of behaviour are common examples of coercive control: isolating you from your friends and family.
Gaslighting is a coercive control tactic that shifts the focus of concern from the partner's abusive behaviour to the supposed emotional and psychological instability of the survivor.
It relies on forcing people to do what you tell them, whether they want to or not. Does it work? Yes, however only in the short term. Threats work if you keep upping them; when coercive leaders run out of threats, they can't get things done.
A Coercive leader can get results fast. In the short term, telling people exactly what to do and threatening negative consequences for failure can be an effective way to jumpstart productivity.
Coercive power is a type of power that employs the use of force, threats, and other forms of coercion to stimulate an outcome. A supervisor who threatens to demote, terminate, or suspend an erring employee, for example, uses coercive power.
Children exposed to coercive control experience problems with social-emotional and physical development, and broader family functioning outcomes such as strained relationships with their parents or experiencing harsher parenting. Children also often exhibit behavioral and psychological challenges.
It seeks to force or compel behavior rather than to influence behavior through persuasion. Examples of coercive power include threats of write-ups, demotions, pay cuts, layoffs, and terminations if employees don't follow orders.