Campbell, Rebecca Javorka, McKenzie Engleton, Jasmine Goodman-Williams, Rachael Gregory, Katie
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Journal of interpersonal violence
This study examined how the COVID-19 pandemic affected sexual assault healthcare services in a predominately African American U.S. city. In mixed methods research design, we used quantitative interrupted time series modeling to evaluate changes in service rates for three core post-assault healthcare services-medical forensic exams (MFEs), medical a...
Elliott, Shannon A Bardwell, Emma S Kamke, Kristyn Mullin, Tara M Goodman, Kimberly L
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Journal of interpersonal violence
With the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and the implementation of stay-at-home orders in March 2020, experts warned of the possible threat of increased interpersonal violence among individuals isolated with abusers. Researchers have sought to understand how the pandemic impacted victims primarily through the analysis of administrative data sources,...
Lantz, Brendan Wenger, Marin R
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Journal of interpersonal violence
While the World Health Organization advised against referring to COVID-19 using racial overtones, as the COVID-19 pandemic spread, many disparagingly called it the "Wuhan virus," the "Chinese virus," and other terms. In this context, the FBI warned police agencies about an expected increase in anti-Asian hate crimes during the early months of the p...
Osman, Suzanne L Lane, Halle L
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Journal of interpersonal violence
Verbal coercion experience is common among college women and has sometimes been associated with lower self-esteem. The current study examined self-esteem based on the two verbal coercion items included in the latest version of the most popular measure of sexual victimization experience, the Sexual Experiences Survey-Short Form Victimization (SES-SF...
Powell, Anastasia Scott, Adrian J Flynn, Asher McCook, Sarah
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Journal of interpersonal violence
Image-based sexual abuse (IBSA) is a form of technology-facilitated abuse in which intimate (nude or sexual) images of a person are taken, distributed, or threats are made to distribute the images, without a person's consent. It is an increasingly criminalized form of sexual abuse, and yet little is known about the perpetrators of these harms, incl...
Bijlsma, Anne M E van der Put, Claudia E Vial, Annemiek van Horn, Joan Overbeek, Geertjan Assink, Mark
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Journal of interpersonal violence
Although many studies have concluded that men and women engage in domestic violence at equal levels, existing studies have hardly focused on gender specific risk factors for domestic violence perpetration. Therefore, this study aimed to examine gender differences in criminogenic risk factors between Dutch male and female forensic outpatients who we...
Fedina, Lisa Ashwell, Louise Bright, Charlotte Backes, Bethany Newman, Madeleine Hafner, Steven Rosay, Andre B
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Journal of interpersonal violence
The costs and consequences of intimate partner violence (IPV) and sexual violence (SV) are well-documented; however, little is known about how experiences of violence are connected to specific economic insecurities including food, healthcare, and housing insecurity among both men and women. This study investigates (1) the prevalence of food, health...
Sandberg, David A Refrea, Valerie
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Journal of interpersonal violence
Previous research indicates that insecure attachment patterns are associated with interpersonal trauma and posttraumatic symptomatology, and that they mediate various trauma-related symptoms. However, no study to date has examined whether these patterns mediate the link between interpersonal trauma and the newly recognized diagnostic features of co...
John, Dylan A Hoxmeier, Jill C Brown, Amy L
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Journal of interpersonal violence
Research indicates that people who engage in heavy episodic drinking (HED) report less intention to intervene and intervention behavior to prevent sexual violence. Researchers have also found gender differences across bystander intention, bystander confidence, and intervention behavior. However, research in this area could benefit from use of an ev...
Mercado, Melissa C Wang, Jing Mercer Kollar, Laura M
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Journal of interpersonal violence
Bullying is a type of youth violence and an adverse childhood experience that can result in trauma and have immediate and long-term consequences for all involved. It can happen at school or elsewhere - including online entertainment and social and learning environments. Some children are at increased risk for bullying victimization, such as those t...
