Rubanzana, Wilson Hedt-Gauthier, Bethany L Ntaganira, Joseph Freeman, Michael D
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Journal of interpersonal violence
A population-based case-control study was conducted to assess the relationship between genocide exposure and homicide perpetration in Rwanda. A sample of 150 homicide perpetrators who were charged with and confessed to having committed homicide between 1 May 2011 and 31 May 2013 and 450 controls were enrolled. Cases were matched to controls by neig...
Kruger, Daniel J Carrothers, Jessica Franzen, Susan P Miller, Alison L Reischl, Thomas M Stoddard, Sarah A Zimmerman, Marc A
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Journal of interpersonal violence
This study investigated the role of present and future time perspectives, and their relationships with subjective norms and beliefs regarding violence, in predicting violent behaviors among urban middle school students in the Midwestern United States. Although present time perspective covaried with subjective norms and beliefs, each made a unique p...
Chabot, Heather Frasier Gray, Melissa L Makande, Tariro B Hoyt, Robert L
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Journal of interpersonal violence
Within the framework of the bystander model of intervention, we examined specific correlates and the likelihood of effective and ineffective intervention strategies of bystanders to an instance of intimate partner violence (IPV) identified as an emergency. We measured psychological variables associated with general prosocial behavior (including sex...
Di Marco, Donatella Hoel, Helge Arenas, Alicia Munduate, Lourdes
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Journal of interpersonal violence
Although discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation is prohibited by law in many countries, negative prejudices against Lesbian and Gay (LG) people, as a stigmatized minority, might be internalized by co-workers, being a source of a modern and subtle form of discrimination. Results from 39 in-depth semi-structured interviews with LG employees ...
Zerach, Gadi Levin, Yafit
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Journal of interpersonal violence
This study assessed posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS), burn-out (BO), and compassion satisfaction (CS) among Israeli body handlers. We aimed to explore differences between two groups of Orthodox Jewish male volunteers: the "ZAKA" body handlers (ZAs: n = 102), and a comparison group of charity workers (CWs: n = 101). Furthermore, we assessed the ...
Adjei, Stephen Baffour
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Journal of interpersonal violence
This study draws insights from discursive psychology to explore moral discourses of spousal violence in Ghana. In particular, it investigates how sociocultural norms and practices are invoked in talk of perpetrators and victims as moral warrants for husband-to-wife abuse in Ghana. Semi-structured focus group and personal interviews were conducted w...
Zhu, Yuhong Chan, Ko Ling Chen, Jinsong
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Journal of interpersonal violence
This study used the data from a representative sample to investigate the association between family violence (FV) and child bullying victimization (BV) in Xi'an city, China. Data on social demographic information and the prevalence of BV and FV were collected from a randomly selected sample with 3,175 middle school students aged 15 to 17 by self-ad...
Rowan, Kathleen Mumford, Elizabeth Clark, Cari Jo
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Journal of interpersonal violence
Violence against women by their husbands is a problem for women worldwide. However, the majority of women do not seek help. This article presents findings from a national survey in India on empowerment-related correlates of help-seeking behaviors for currently married women who experienced spousal violence. We examined individual-, relationship-, a...
Iratzoqui, Amaia
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Journal of interpersonal violence
General strain theory is often applied to explain the origin of deviant behavior, while the risky lifestyles and opportunities perspective is often used to examine the ongoing risk for victimization. However, given evidence that the delinquent coping mechanisms operationalized by the general strain tests and the risky behaviors measured in the risk...
Bonnan-White, Jess Hetzel-Riggin, Melanie D Diamond-Welch, Bridget K Tollini, Craig
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Journal of interpersonal violence
Trauma recovery processes may be understood within a socioecological model. Individual factors (such as sex of the survivor) and microsystem factors (including trauma characteristics) have been studied extensively. However, there is a paucity of research examining the effects of macrosystem factors on the impact of trauma-especially examining how t...
