Fedina, Lisa Shyrokonis, Yuliya Backes, Bethany Schultz, Katie Ashwell, Louise Hafner, Steven Rosay, Andre
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Violence against women
Limited data are available on experiences of intimate partner violence (IPV) and sexual violence (SV) and health outcomes among American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) populations. This study explores the relationship between IPV and SV, food insecurity, housing insecurity, healthcare access, and self-reported physical and mental health status in ...
Tuito, Ilanit Band-Winterstein, Tova Eisikovits, Zvi
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Violence against women
The intersectionality between the social and personal dimensions influencing the construction of intimate partner violence in the ultra-Orthodox Jewish community is examined by studying attitudes toward professional intervention among community members coping with IPV. Semi-structured interviews were conducted among 38 information-rich participants...
Rock, Amelia McNaughton Reyes, H Luz Go, Vivian Maman, Suzanne Perez, Martha Donastorg, Yeycy Kerrigan, Deanna Barrington, Clare
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Violence against women
Violence against female sex workers (FSWs) perpetrated by their intimate (i.e., non-commercial) partners, particularly against FSWs living with HIV, is understudied. Stigma can deplete the economic resources, social relationships, and mental well-being of stigmatized people, which may increase their intimate partner violence (IPV) risk. We quantita...
Ennis, Naomi Rheingold, Alyssa Zinzow, Heidi M Thompson, Martie P Gilmore, Amanda K Kilpatrick, Dean Hahn, Christine K
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Violence against women
We examined the associations between women's behavioral coping responses during sexual assault and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms, and the moderating role of alexithymia in college women (N = 152). Immobilized responses (b = 0.52, p
Pitcho-Prelorentzos, Shani Leshem, Elazar Mahat-Shamir, Michal
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Violence against women
The current study sheds light on the continuing bonds experience of adult Israeli daughters whose mothers were murdered by their fathers. Through 11 semi structured interviews, common externalized and internalized continuing bonds with the deceased mothers were closely examined. The interpreted results supported the existence of bonds, yet revealed...
Frances, Tanya
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Violence against women
Those who experience parental domestic abuse in childhood are affected in multiple ways, but existing research uses a narrow lens, relying on psychotherapeutic and neuroscientific understandings. This article uses a dialogical theory to explore women's recovery stories. Interviews were conducted with 10 women in England and a voice-centered narrati...
Anderson, Katherine M Karris, Maile Y DeSoto, Alexandra Fernandez Carr, Sara Giovanna Stockman, Jamila K
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Violence against women
Given the potential for retraumatization among survivors of sexual violence engaged in research, we aimed to provide pertinent knowledge and exemplification of the integration of trauma-informed practice to research with survivors. Grounded in trauma-informed care, we discuss the need for trauma-informed research, drawing upon experiences and data ...
Saunders, Daniel G Jiwatram-Negrón, Tina Nanasi, Natalie Cardenas, Iris
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Violence against women
Eligibility for asylum for survivors of intimate partner violence (IPV) has recently been contested. We summarize social science evidence to show how such survivors generally meet asylum criteria. Studies consistently show a relationship between patriarchal factors and IPV, thereby establishing a key asylum criterion that women are being persecuted...
Jovanovski, Natalie Tyler, Meagan
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Violence against women
Within a context of increasingly ubiquitous pornography consumption among men, little is known about men who reject pornography, their motivations to stop consuming it, and their concerns about the treatment of women. In this article, we explore the stated motivations of 124 men who have decided to stop consuming pornography, in order to understand...
D'Costa, Malvika Saklofske, Donald H
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Violence against women
Partner violence resulting in physical injury is more often blamed on men than women for perpetrating the same offence, as men are often perceived to be more capable of inflicting injury. The current study used vignettes in a mixed-model design to examine the influence of perpetrator and observer gender, and weapon presence on observer blame. A spl...
