Abstract
Intimate partner violence is defined as a pattern of abusive behaviors in a relationship that is used by one partner to gain or maintain power and control over another intimate partner (United States Department of Justice, 2017). Non-Suicidal Self-Injury (NSSI) is defined by the International Society for the Study of Self-Injury (2018) as the deliberate, self-inflicted damage of body tissue without suicidal intent and for purposes not socially or culturally sanctioned. The current study aims to look at the relationship between intimate partner violence and NSSI. Emotion regulation, self-acceptance, and body image are hypothesized to mediate the relationship between intimate partner violence and NSSI. The study also hypothesizes that anxiety and depression symptomatology are common contributors for both intimate partner violence and NSSI. The present study expects some differences in gender, with women victims of intimate partner violence being more likely to engage in NSSI than men victims of intimate partner violence.