The Relationship Coercion Mapping (RCM) Framework: A Functional-Analytic Framework for Identifying Patterns of Coercive Control and Victim-Survivor Impact in Intimate Partner Relationships

This project contains the conceptual manuscript describing the Relational Coercion Mapping (RCM) framework. RCM is a theoretical model developed to identify and map behavioural patterns associated with coercive control within intimate partner relationships. The framework integrates insights from coercive control scholarship, schema theory, aggression models, and social learning theory to conceptualise internal regulatory drivers and observable behavioural domains associated with relational harm. The framework incorporates a dedicated tool for screening individual relationships for coercive control dynamics, the Relationship Autonomy & Coercive Control Screener (RACCS). The registration provides a timestamped record of the framework’s development and authorship prior to journal submission and empirical testing.