Shelia is paying the monthly bills and realizes there is not enough money to cover all of them. She finds her partner and yells at him for not making enough money; he yells back that she wastes the money they have. Shelia slaps him, and he then shoves her away. Later they both apologize to each other for their behavior. This scenario illustrates _____.

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The scenario described is an example of situational couple violence, which is characterized by specific conflicts that escalate into acts of violence. This is in contrast to intimate terrorism, which is a pattern of ongoing control and abuse of one partner by the other. The scenario does not fit the pattern of demand/withdraw interaction, in which one partner tries to discuss an issue while the other withdraws from the conversation. It also does not fit the concept of rational aggression, in which aggression is used to achieve a goal or solve a problem in a calculated and strategic manner.

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