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{"title":"Rape Myth Acceptance in the Criminal Justice System: Do Criminal Justice Decision-Makers Endorse Rape Myths?","authors":"Sam Gavin,Rachel Kosaka,Makaylah D Bangura,Nathan E Kruis,Nicholas J Rowland","doi":"10.1177/08862605251363618","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/08862605251363618","url":null,"abstract":"Rape myths, or false beliefs about rape and sexual assault, held by professionals in the American Criminal Justice System have contributed to reduced rates of sexual offense case reporting, biased investigative procedures, and the nonprosecution of offenders. Thus, Rape Myth Acceptance (RMA) has been considered by scholars to be a direct contributor to the under-sentencing or non-sentencing of perpetrators of sexual assault and rape. Prior research on RMA in the American Criminal Justice System has disproportionately focused on criminal justice students and law enforcement professionals. With the potential to influence victim reporting and rape case outcomes, an understanding of RMA held by actual decision-makers in all steps of the criminal-legal process is needed. This study extends prior research in this area by examining RMA among various criminal justice decision-makers, including police officers, prosecuting attorneys, and jurors, and comparing the RMA held by a sample of criminal justice decision-makers to that of a sample of the general public. Specifically, this study used data collected from a nationwide survey of criminal justice decision-makers (n = 228) and members of the general public (n = 865) to examine the presence and predictors of RMA. Findings reveal that, in the aggregate, while both samples held RMA scores indicative of nonacceptance of such attitudes, criminal justice decision-makers reported higher RMA than members of the general public, with younger males, more conservative-leaning respondents, and higher socioeconomically advantaged individuals holding the highest rates of RMA in both samples. Policy implications, limitations, and directions for future research based on these findings are discussed within.","PeriodicalId":16289,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Interpersonal Violence","volume":"32 1","pages":"8862605251363618"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-09-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145018139","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A Social Ecological Approach to Understanding Posttraumatic Stress, Emotion Dysregulation, and Resilience Among Complex Trauma Survivors.","authors":"Rachel A Wamser,Emily A Velandia,Rachel A Stobbe,Kathryn H Howell","doi":"10.1177/08862605251368827","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/08862605251368827","url":null,"abstract":"Complex trauma (CT), or chronic interpersonal trauma that begins early in life, has been associated with a multitude of negative outcomes, including posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) and emotion dysregulation. Some CT survivors also exhibit adaptive functioning, such as resilience. Social and contextual factors may have an impact on the expression of adverse and adaptive outcomes for CT survivors, yet have been neglected. As such, the current study utilized a social ecological model to examine individual-level (i.e., age, sex, race, income, cumulative CT exposure), microsystem-level (i.e., family and friend social support, religious coping, parental monitoring, parent-child communication), and macrosystem-level (i.e., community cohesion, community disorder) factors associated with PTSS, emotion dysregulation, and resilience among emerging adults who experienced CT (N = 171, Mage = 20.33, SD = 2.18). In the final hierarchical linear regression model for PTSS, more cumulative CT exposure, less friend support, less maternal parent-child communication, and more parental monitoring were related to more PTSS. Similarly, less friend support, less maternal parent-child communication, and more parental monitoring were associated with greater emotion dysregulation. A different pattern emerged for resilience. More friend support, more positive religious coping, and greater community cohesion were tied to higher levels of resilience. Findings illustrate the central role of microsystem-level factors, especially parental communication and friend support, in understanding outcomes following CT exposure. The results highlight the value of assessing distinct factors across the social ecology to generate a comprehensive view of variables related to emerging adult CT survivors' functioning.","PeriodicalId":16289,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Interpersonal Violence","volume":"72 1","pages":"8862605251368827"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-09-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145018261","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Using Offender Risk Assessment Data to Explore Nonfatal Strangulation in the Context of Community Supervision.","authors":"Durant Frantzen","doi":"10.1177/08862605251365654","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/08862605251365654","url":null,"abstract":"Risk assessments performed in the context of community supervision provide a unique opportunity to identify characteristics associated with high-risk domestic violence (DV) offenders. To date, however, few studies have used such data to explore the factors that differentiate offenders who have engaged in nonfatal strangulation (NFS) to other less severe forms of DV. Using data from the Wisconsin Risk Need assessment, the present study compares risk and need factors for offenders sentenced to probation for an offense involving NFS to a misdemeanor DV offense (n = 909). Results from logistic regression models showed that NFS offenders were more likely to have chronic alcohol problems as well as higher rates of marital, family, and emotional instability compared to misdemeanor DV offenders. Further, NFS offenders were less likely to have a history of probation revocations. These results may assist probation officers with the identification of characteristics that are more closely associated with the offender's tendency to use strangulation. Further research is needed to explore the efficacy of additional risk assessment tools used with offenders who have engaged in NFS as part of DV.","PeriodicalId":16289,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Interpersonal Violence","volume":"37 1","pages":"8862605251365654"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-09-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145018256","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Relationship Between Child-to-Parent Violence, Adolescent Stressors, and Emotional Security: The Moderating Role of Parental Divorce.","authors":"Mirian Junco-Guerrero,Francisco Javier Fernández-Baena,David Cantón-Cortés","doi":"10.1177/08862605251368814","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/08862605251368814","url":null,"abstract":"Child-to-parent violence (CPV) is a problem of great social relevance, which maintains an exponential growth. The aim of this study was to examine the influence of adolescent stressors and emotional security in the family system as predictors of CPV (reactive and proactive), considering the moderating effect of parental divorce. A sample composed of 892 adolescents aged 14-18 years (M = 15.15; SD = 1.06), from schools in the province of Málaga (Spain) was used. They completed questionnaires assessing emotional security in the family system, stress and CPV. The results showed that emotional disengagement in the family system and adolescent stressors significantly predicted reactive and proactive CPV. Parental divorce moderated the relationship between emotional security and reactive CPV, with stronger associations in intact families. These results highlight the importance of considering disengagement in the family system and adolescent stressors as key factors in reactive and proactive CPV, and the moderating role of parental divorce in these relationships. Interventions should focus on improving these variables.","PeriodicalId":16289,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Interpersonal Violence","volume":"24 1","pages":"8862605251368814"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-09-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145018253","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Sexualized Deepfake Abuse: Perpetrator and Victim Perspectives on the Motivations and Forms of Non-Consensually Created and Shared Sexualized Deepfake Imagery.","authors":"Asher Flynn,Anastasia Powell,Asia Eaton,Adrian J Scott","doi":"10.1177/08862605251368834","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/08862605251368834","url":null,"abstract":"Advances in digital technologies provide new opportunities for harm, including sexualized deepfake abuse-the non-consensual creation, distribution, or threat to create/distribute an image or video of another person that had been altered in a nude or sexual way. Since 2017, there has been a proliferation of shared open-source technologies to facilitate deepfake creation and dissemination, and a corresponding increase in cases of sexualized deepfake abuse. There is a substantive risk that the increased accessibility of easy-to-use tools, the normalization of non-consensually sexualizing others, and the minimization of harms experienced by those who have their images created and/or shared may impact prevention and response efforts. This article reports on findings from 25 qualitative interviews conducted with perpetrators (n = 10) and victims (n = 15) of sexualized deepfake abuse in Australia. It provides insights into sexualized deepfake abuse, patterns in perpetration and motivations, and explores theoretical explanations that may shed light on how perpetrators justify and minimize their behavior. Ultimately, the study finds some similarities with other forms of technology-facilitated sexual violence, but identifies a need for responses that recognize the accessibility and ease with which deepfakes can be created, and which capture the diversity of experiences, motivations, and consequences. The article argues that responses should expand beyond criminalization to include cross-national collaborations to regulate deepfake tool availability, searches, and advertisements.","PeriodicalId":16289,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Interpersonal Violence","volume":"16 1","pages":"8862605251368834"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-09-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145018254","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Is There Harm in Asking? Relative Distress and Cost-Benefit of Sexual Assault-Focused Research Participation Among College-Aged Women.","authors":"Elsa K Mattson,Jenna M Bagley,Cailan Splaine,Lori A Zoellner,Norah C Feeny","doi":"10.1177/08862605251368844","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/08862605251368844","url":null,"abstract":"Given concerns about possible \"retraumatization\" among individuals who participate in research examining the impact of sexual assault (SA), this study explored college student perceptions of participation in a longitudinal SA-focused study. Participants (N = 124) were college women who had (21%) or had not (79%) experienced SA in the past 12 months. At each of five timepoints (baseline through 12-month follow-up), they reported sexual trauma history and trauma-related psychopathology, completed a written narrative of their SA (if endorsed), and answered three questions about distress and cost-benefit of their participation. At baseline, 83.1% of women rated completing the SA-related surveys as neutral or less distressing than anticipated, 95.2% rated it as somewhat more (than neutral) or very important for psychologists to ask about SA, and 93.5% endorsed it as a somewhat good or very good idea to ask SA-related questions in psychology research. No significant differences emerged between women who endorsed SA versus no SA (all ps > .05). Similar patterns emerged at each timepoint. Contrary to popular belief, most participants, even those who experienced SA, found participating in SA-focused to be less distressing than anticipated and highly important. Findings replicate prior research and may help better inform institutional decision-makers who impact the implementation of SA-focused research.","PeriodicalId":16289,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Interpersonal Violence","volume":"47 1","pages":"8862605251368844"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-09-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145018252","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Effectiveness of Trauma-Informed Messaging Among Women Experiencing Intimate Partner Violence with Adverse Childhood Experience-Related Comorbidities","authors":"Karikarn Chansiri, Thipkanok Wongphothiphan","doi":"10.1177/08862605251365652","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/08862605251365652","url":null,"abstract":"Trauma-informed communication has shown promise in healthcare settings for supporting individuals affected by adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), yet its application in public health messaging remains underexplored. Given the strong link between ACEs and intimate partner violence victimization (IPVV), this study designed and tested a trauma-informed, text-based message aimed at promoting trauma understanding and positive behavioral intentions among women experiencing IPVV with self-reported ACEs. The message incorporated two core trauma-informed components—psychoeducation and empowerment—and was evaluated against a conventional IPVV message in a randomized controlled trial ( <jats:italic>N</jats:italic> = 289). Participants were recruited through Amazon Mechanical Turk and randomly assigned to receive either the trauma-informed or control message. Outcomes included trauma knowledge, empowerment, and intention to leave an abusive partner. Moderators included ACE-related comorbidities: anxious attachment, avoidant attachment, and borderline personality disorder (BPD) symptoms. Results indicated that the trauma-informed message significantly increased trauma knowledge ( <jats:italic>R²</jats:italic> = .15, <jats:italic>p</jats:italic> &lt; .001), with effects persisting even among women with high anxious attachment ( <jats:italic>R²</jats:italic> = .20, <jats:italic>p</jats:italic> &lt; .001) and BPD symptoms ( <jats:italic>R²</jats:italic> = .23, <jats:italic>p</jats:italic> &lt; .001). The message also increased intention to leave an abusive partner, but only among participants with low BPD symptoms ( <jats:italic>R²</jats:italic> = .04, <jats:italic>p</jats:italic> = .04). No significant effects were found for safety-related empowerment, and the message was not effective among women with avoidant attachment. Findings support the utility of trauma-informed content in brief, nonclinical formats and provide a scalable blueprint for translating trauma-informed principles into public health messaging. While trauma knowledge emerged as the most robust outcome, more complex behavioral changes may require extended exposure. The study highlights the importance of tailoring interventions to individual psychological profiles and calls for further research into scalable communication strategies for populations impacted by ACEs and IPVV.","PeriodicalId":16289,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Interpersonal Violence","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-09-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145002900","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Going Insane: Battered Muslim Women Reclaim a Positive Identity.","authors":"Brenda Geiger, Layan Esa","doi":"10.1177/08862605241285918","DOIUrl":"10.1177/08862605241285918","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study examines the process of identity negotiation of 15 Muslim women who resisted severe abuse by their husbands and extended family by becoming mentally ill and thereafter, divorcing. Content analysis of the interview narratives shows that these women were poor, married young, and endured years of battering, isolation, and silencing for the sake of family honor and children's well-being. Entrapped within a web of sociocultural norms legitimizing wife beating, and abusive extended family relationships that annihilate their voice by branding them as <i>maj'nuna</i>/insane, these women explained that they were terrorized helpless victims fearing the stigma of being labeled insane and the resultant harm to their children. With the deterioration of their health, threat of annihilation, and imminent danger to themselves and their children, these women broke through the normative oppressive framework by becoming <i>maj'nuna/mentally ill</i>. Detached from the extended family and no longer caring to endorse a label that discredited what they said or did, these women overtly resisted by escaping to the family of origin and/or mental health clinic to reveal the abuse, divorce, and seek treatment. Severing all family ties, and now residing in public housing, these women felt safe to renegotiate a favorable identity and reclaim the right to live with dignity. Implications/recommendations: (1) The criminalization of battering and prosecution of batterers is not enough to deter when cultural norms sanction battering, (2) additional diagnostic categories are needed to identify the precursors of battering within the strategies of overt and covert resistance battered women adopt in collectivistic cultures such as mental and neurophysiological dysfunctions, and (3) it is necessary to transcend the individualistic model titling battered women within the false dichotomy of victimization or agency as it fails to reflect battered women's experience in collectivistic cultures and their resistant strategies to abuse in the extended family.</p>","PeriodicalId":16289,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Interpersonal Violence","volume":" ","pages":"3986-4009"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142502183","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"What Do We Think About Women Who Kill? Validation of the Attitudes Towards Female Perpetrators of Intimate Partner Homicide Scale","authors":"Sally Crosland, Calli Tzani, Maria Ioannou","doi":"10.1177/08862605251365649","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/08862605251365649","url":null,"abstract":"Although women who kill their intimate partners may be viewed in stereotypical ways, a method of measuring the extent of these stereotypical or biased attitudes about female perpetrators of intimate partner homicide did not previously exist. Prior beliefs may be utilised by jurors during decision-making alongside factual information presented during a trial, and characterisation of female defendants in the courtroom may have a potential influence on jury outcomes. To enable further exploration of the extent and impact of stereotypical beliefs amongst potential jurors, the attitudes towards female perpetrators of intimate partner homicide (AF-PIPH) scale was developed. Initial previous validation of the AF-PIPH scale via exploratory factor analysis suggested a 4-factor, 17-item structure. The aim of this study was to further test the structure of the scale via confirmatory factor analysis in a new participant pool. One hundred ninety jury-eligible participants aged between 18 and 75 were recruited to anonymously complete the AF-PIPH scale. During analysis, values were computed for the root mean square error of approximation (RMSEA), comparative fit index (CFI), Tucker-Lewis index (TLI), goodness of fit (GFI) and standardised root mean square residual (SRMR). After analysis, the four-factor structure was retained (χ <jats:sup>2</jats:sup> = 152.53, <jats:italic>p</jats:italic> = .008, RMSEA = 0.043, CFI = 0.969, TLI = 0.963, SRMR = 0.057, GFI = 0.918) over an alternative three-factor model, with theoretical implications considered alongside measures of model fit. The AF-PIPH scale, therefore, has utility in identifying potential stereotypical or biased attitudes towards female homicide perpetrators, which may have benefits for the development of education and training programmes across sectors as well as within the legal system. Limitations are discussed, along with implications for jury selection, legal effectiveness reviews and potential contributions of the scale towards future research.","PeriodicalId":16289,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Interpersonal Violence","volume":"141 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144927908","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Unveiling the Gender Symmetry Debate: Exploring Consequences, Instructions, and Forms of Violence in Intimate Partner Violence.","authors":"Antonella Ludmila Zapata-Calvente, Miguel Moya, Jesús L Megías","doi":"10.1177/08862605241289477","DOIUrl":"10.1177/08862605241289477","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Official statistics and data from police and judicial systems consistently show that intimate partner violence (IPV) is a worldwide problem predominantly affecting women perpetrated by male partners. Yet, certain behavioral checklists yield similar IPV rates for both genders, sparking the gender symmetry/asymmetry debate. Some possible explanations for this discrepancy reside in (a) considering or not the consequences of violence, (b) possible inadequacies of the instructions given to participants when answering checklists, and (c) considering or not certain behaviors typically asymmetrical (e.g., economic violence). In order to test these three hypotheses, we conducted two studies in the Spanish context using the Partner Victimization Scale (PVS). In Study 1, participants (<i>n</i> = 449) answered a Spanish version of the PVS (with the instructions \"Not including horseplay or joking around\") and reported consequences of violence on their self-esteem and health. In Study 2 (<i>n</i> = 172), we experimentally manipulated the instructions given to participants when answering the PVS (including those of Study 1 or not) and also added some items of typically asymmetrical violence. Other measures of consequences of violence were assessed. Results of Study 1 replicated the original PVSs factor structure and showed gender asymmetry (more female than male victimization) in four of five items, and the victimization rates were related to consequences of violence, providing construct validity to this version of the scale. Results of Study 2 underlined the relevance of the instructions and of the addition of certain types of violence in the symmetry/asymmetry rates informed. Additionally, the IPV reported was associated with worse consequences for women than for men. Our findings suggest that the detection of IPV increases when the instructions are clarified, when certain items are added, and when the consequences of IPV are considered.</p>","PeriodicalId":16289,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Interpersonal Violence","volume":" ","pages":"4346-4371"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142467685","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}