Brown, Leslie Lauren Perkins, Jessica Mayson Hargrove, Jami Lynn Pahl, Kathryn Elenor Mogoba, Phepo van Zyl, Michiel Adriaan
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Violence against women
Intimate partner violence (IPV) and HIV are correlated and endemic in South Africa. However, safety strategy use to prevent IPV among HIV-positive women is understudied. This study assesses correlates of specific safety strategy use among 166 Black South African women recently experiencing IPV and testing positive for HIV. Associations were observe...
Mirzaei, Yaser Zare, Somayyeh Morrison, Todd G
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Violence against women
A content analysis was conducted to explore sexual indicators of aggression, objectification, exploitation, and agency in 50 "hijab" pornographic videos. Our findings suggest that women were the target of aggressive acts in all videos, with gagging (42%) and spanking (38%) being the most common. Also, in comparison with men, women were more likely ...
Miller, Amanda P Ddaaki, William G Bloom, Brittnie E Wirtz, Andrea L Nakyanjo, Neema Kigozi, Godfrey Wagman, Jennifer A
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Violence against women
The syndemic relationship between harmful alcohol use, intimate partner violence (IPV), and HIV is well established across international settings. Less is known about how these health issues are perceived by women living with HIV (WLWH), who are disproportionately affected by these intertwined epidemics. A qualitative study was undertaken with 20 W...
Lévesque, Sylvie Boulebsol, Carole Lessard, Geneviève Bigaouette, Mylene Fernet, Mylene Valderrama, Alena
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Violence against women
Domestic violence during the perinatal period (DVPP) refers to the various ways that women's partners or ex-partners control and coerce them during pregnancy and the 2 years postpartum. From the descriptions of 17 women with firsthand experience of DVPP, this article reports on its manifestations and the associated contexts. The results reveal esca...
McAllister, Paige Vennum, Amber
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Violence against women
Feminist theories describe how women who experience sexual violence often internalize cultural narratives which can lead to self-blame and disconnection. Self-compassion has the potential to provide a buffer against these negative outcomes. This study explored self-compassion as a mediator of the association between experiencing sexual violence and...
Lev, Sagit Harel, Dovrat Goldblatt, Hadass Band-Winterstein, Tova
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Violence against women
The aim of this article is to explore the interplay between poly-victimization and sexual assault against women in late life (SAWLL) according to the life-course perspective. Two themes emerged from qualitative interviews with 18 experienced welfare and health care professionals who intervened in cases of SAWLL: sexual assault by a spouse co-occurr...
Vyas, Seema
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Violence against women
This study explored the role of non-partner violence on adolescent girls and young women's (AGYW) risk of partner violence in Tanzania. Among currently partnered AGYW, 36.7% reported lifetime physical and/or sexual partner violence. Prevalence of parental punishment, dating relationship violence, and sexual assault measured 3.0%, 2.5%, and 2.9%, re...
Liversage, Anika
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Violence against women
Utilizing life story interviews of immigrant women whose children were abducted by abusive (ex-)husbands, the article unpacks a three-part pattern of transnational mobility: first, husbands apply strategies of coercive control to dominate wives in Denmark; second, wives draw on Scandinavian "woman-friendly" state support to challenge men and seek d...
Daher-Nashif, Suhad
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Violence against women
This article examines how the intersectionality between political, socio-cultural, and demographic factors influences femicide events and women's experiences in Gaza. Based on the testimonies of 13 female first-degree relatives of murdered women and 7 professionals, the article suggests the "politicological" logic of femicide to highlight the inter...
Nixon, Belinda Quinlan, Elly
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The literature on sexual abuse indicates low rates of inquiry by mental health professionals. This study explores early career psychologists' experiences of inquiry into their clients' sexual abuse histories. Twelve Australian psychologists participated in semi-structured interviews with transcripts analyzed using thematic analysis. The vast majori...
