After a week of helping with dinner and buying his wife small gifts, a man has returned to his usual short-tempered and critical behavior. Last night, he scraped his meal into the trash because his steak was overcooked and stormed out to buy himself fast food. What phase of intimate partner violence does this scenario describe?

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This scenario describes the tension-building phase, where stress and strain increase, leading to incidents of anger and criticism.

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