Deliberate physical abuse against one family member by another is best described as

• A. Domestic Violence
• B. Family Violence
• C. Child Abuse
• D. Elder Abuse

Answer: (B)

This question is about recognizing how violence within a family is categorized. When one family member deliberately harms another, the broad term used is family violence. It covers abuse across various family relationships—between parents and children, siblings, or caregivers and dependents—not limited to a specific relationship.

Domestic violence is often used to describe violence between intimate partners, typically within a home, so it doesn’t always capture abuse between other family members. Child abuse and elder abuse are narrower: they describe abuse directed at children or at older adults, respectively. So the most accurate description for deliberate physical abuse by a family member against another is family violence.