Analysis from the Australian Bureau of Statistics finds nearly a quarter of women have experienced emotional abuse by a partner.
According to the analysis, those who were victim-survivors of abuse as children were at much higher risk of being emotionally abused as adults.
"Women and men who experienced childhood abuse or witnessed parental violence as a child were about twice as likely to experience partner emotional abuse in their adulthood," Mr Milne said.At the time of the survey, 6.1 per cent of women said their current partner had emotionally abused them, while 18 per cent said they had been abused by a former partner.
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