Basile, Kathleen C Smith, Sharon G Chen, Jieru Zwald, Marissa
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Journal of interpersonal violence
Sexual violence (SV) is an urgent public health issue that is common and has lifelong effects on health. Previous scholarship has documented the association of SV victimization with numerous health conditions and impacts, but much of this past work has focused on negative health outcomes associated with child sexual abuse using non-nationally repre...
Johnson, Shannon
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Journal of interpersonal violence
A survey study was conducted as the second phase of a sequential mixed-methods study of spiritual change after the homicide of a loved one. The purpose of the study was to test the Theory of Post-Homicide Spiritual Change (Theory of PHSC), which emerged in Phase 1 of the larger study. The formulation of survey research questions and hypotheses was ...
Mittal, Shalini Singh, Tushar Verma, Sunil K
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Journal of interpersonal violence
From eve-teasing to more aggressive forms of sexual violence, subjection of women to sexual violence has been on the rise. One heinous form of sexual violence is the acid attack. Acid attack refers to the intentional act of throwing acid on an individual with the intent of harming, torturing, disfiguring, injuring, or killing them. Despite an incre...
Alan Dikmen, Hacer Cankaya, Seyhan
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Journal of interpersonal violence
Sexual violence, a public health problem, can be seen in all societies and among individuals from all levels of educational background. It is important to be aware of the social and individual factors associated with sexual violence to prevent and fight sexual violence. In this study, it was aimed to determine the associations between sexual violen...
Parekh, Hari Egan, Vincent
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Journal of interpersonal violence
The term "apostate" describes the term used by the religious to describe individuals raised within religious families who once identified as religious, but who have ceased to believe in the existence of God, gods or follow their religious belief, and now identify as non-religious. Given the strong feelings families can have about the rejection of t...
Barrios, Veronica R Khaw, Lyndal Bee Lian Bermea, Autumn Hardesty, Jennifer L
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Journal of interpersonal violence
Research on intimate partner violence (IPV) has increasingly focused on women's processes of leaving abusive partners. This article aims to develop a theoretical understanding grounded in intersectionality of the decision-making process involved in leaving an abusive partner. An intersectionality framework was used to analyze interviews with 25 abu...
Hoskins, Kayla M Morash, Merry
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Journal of interpersonal violence
The many court-involved women who have experienced trauma in their lifetimes are particularly vulnerable to the negative outcomes of trauma. The purpose of this qualitative inquiry is to understand how women who have repeatedly broken the law incorporate traumatic experiences into their identities in such a way that they increase their agency, comm...
Willoughby, Melissa Spittal, Matthew J Borschmann, Rohan Tibble, Holly Kinner, Stuart A
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Journal of interpersonal violence
People released from prison are a socially marginalized group and are at high risk of death from preventable causes, including violence. Despite this, little is known about the epidemiology of violence-related death (VRD) after release from prison. This knowledge is essential for developing targeted, evidence-informed violence prevention strategies...
Du, Jingshuai Stith, Sandra Durtschi, Jared Spencer, Chelsea
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Journal of interpersonal violence
In China, most intimate partner violence (IPV) research focuses on male perpetration and female victimization, whereas studies on dating violence and female IPV perpetration are less common. Although research on female IPV perpetration in China has surfaced recently, there have been limited studies examining factors related to female perpetration i...
Hinduja, Sameer Patchin, Justin W
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Journal of interpersonal violence
Digital dating abuse is a term used to describe physical, sexual, or psychological/emotional violence that occurs between romantic partners through the use of texting, social media, and related online mediums. Survey data were obtained from a nationally representative sample of 2,218 American middle and high school students (12-17 years old) who ha...
