Violence Against WomenPub Date : 2025-07-01Epub Date: 2024-05-06DOI: 10.1177/10778012241252013
Tara E Sutton
{"title":"Hostile Masculinity, Male Peer Support for Violence, and Problematic Anger: Linking Childhood Abuse to Men's Partner Violence Perpetration.","authors":"Tara E Sutton","doi":"10.1177/10778012241252013","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10778012241252013","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Child abuse and masculinity have been linked to intimate partner violence (IPV) perpetration. However, there is a lack of work examining multiple aspects of masculinity as links between early abuse experiences and men's IPV perpetration. Grounded in notions of gendered power and patriarchy, this study aimed to examine hostile masculinity, male peer support for violence against women, and problematic anger as aspects of masculinity connecting childhood victimization and men's violence against women. Structural equation modeling results demonstrated that childhood adversity was indirectly related to IPV perpetration via the proposed factors. However, various patterns emerged based on the type of childhood abuse experienced. Practice-based implications are offered.</p>","PeriodicalId":23606,"journal":{"name":"Violence Against Women","volume":" ","pages":"2264-2287"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140863016","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Violence Against WomenPub Date : 2025-07-01Epub Date: 2024-05-25DOI: 10.1177/10778012241254858
Jung In Jo, Hyun Jin Choi, Ha Young Shin
{"title":"Double-Edged Sword? The Impact of Online Misogyny on Female College Students' Digital Activism in the Post-COVID-19 Era.","authors":"Jung In Jo, Hyun Jin Choi, Ha Young Shin","doi":"10.1177/10778012241254858","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10778012241254858","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Using original surveys to investigate how online gender-based harassment marginalizes or empowers female college students, we found increased exposure to misogyny polarizes digital participation. Women aware of gender inequality in Korea encountering online hate speech were more inclined to engage in online movements, unlike women who did not recognize such inequality. This highlights distinct opportunities in relation to digital activism, showing online hate speech can sometimes be a catalyst for online political participation. This study expands current research on digital protest, highlighting the political ramifications of empowering women in the critical context of their unequal democratic rights outside the West.</p>","PeriodicalId":23606,"journal":{"name":"Violence Against Women","volume":" ","pages":"2397-2412"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141094414","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Violence Against WomenPub Date : 2025-07-01Epub Date: 2024-07-23DOI: 10.1177/10778012241257247
Michael C Cadaret, Molly Ritter, Sarah Kohnen, Zoë Bergman, Francesca Folio, Josephine Albrecht
{"title":"Evaluation of the Define It! Program for Raising Critically Conscious Bystander Behaviors.","authors":"Michael C Cadaret, Molly Ritter, Sarah Kohnen, Zoë Bergman, Francesca Folio, Josephine Albrecht","doi":"10.1177/10778012241257247","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10778012241257247","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Across two studies with cohorts of undergraduate students who previously completed a bystander intervention program, a consciousness-raising intervention called Define It! was evaluated for its efficacy in increasing critically conscious intentions. Data were collected pre, post, and one-month using the Illinois Rape Myth Acceptance Scale (IRMAS-SF; Payne et al., 1999) and Critically Conscious Bystander Scale (CCBS; Johnson et al., 2019). Following recommendations for novel intervention research by Rounsaville et al., we present our findings across two studies. Study 1 demonstrated that the program was feasible, acceptable, and specified the CCBS as an adequate measure of change. Study 2, (<i>n</i> = 38) randomly assigned student participants to control or intervention groups. Results demonstrated significant increases on CBBS for intervention participants compared to the control.</p>","PeriodicalId":23606,"journal":{"name":"Violence Against Women","volume":" ","pages":"2373-2396"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141752894","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Violence Against WomenPub Date : 2025-07-01Epub Date: 2024-05-20DOI: 10.1177/10778012241254850
Sandra Elhelw
{"title":"Where Intersectionality and Multiculturalism Meet: Australian Muslim Women's Experiences of Domestic and Family Violence.","authors":"Sandra Elhelw","doi":"10.1177/10778012241254850","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10778012241254850","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Gendered violence in minority communities has long been a flashpoint for debates on multiculturalism. Whereas multiculturalism has been critiqued for not supporting gender equality, intersectionality has been heralded as a solution to ensuring women receive holistic responses. This article draws findings from a broader study on domestic and family violence (DFV) in Australian Muslim communities, highlighting how intersectionality, as applied in the Australian context, often fails to attend to the depth of Australian Muslim women's experiences. Participants' reflections showcase a number of limitations as well as how multicultural frameworks can provide the infrastructure to meaningfully engage with their particular cultural and religious needs. The insights contribute to scholarship that critiques tokenistic applications of intersectionality.</p>","PeriodicalId":23606,"journal":{"name":"Violence Against Women","volume":" ","pages":"2168-2193"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141065720","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Violence Against WomenPub Date : 2025-07-01Epub Date: 2024-05-05DOI: 10.1177/10778012241248456
Pilar Albertín-Carbó, Andrea Vázquez-Ahumada
{"title":"My Path to Recovery From Gender-Based Violence: Elusive, Victimized, or Agentive Position.","authors":"Pilar Albertín-Carbó, Andrea Vázquez-Ahumada","doi":"10.1177/10778012241248456","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10778012241248456","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This article analyzes 10 autobiographical narratives of women who had experienced intimate relationship violence. In these narratives, we find several positions, that come from master narratives. These positions have some effects on the construction of subjectivities and on the process of recovery or redefinition of identity. The positions are (a) elusive, (b) victimized, and (c) agentive. The purpose of this article is to describe and analyze, from a feminist perspective, the position and subjectivity of women who suffer violence to address the prevention and treatment of this problem that affects individuals and society.</p>","PeriodicalId":23606,"journal":{"name":"Violence Against Women","volume":" ","pages":"2308-2330"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140872355","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Violence Against WomenPub Date : 2025-07-01Epub Date: 2024-05-24DOI: 10.1177/10778012241254851
Caroline Deli, Etienne Garant, Alexandre Gauthier, Jean Proulx
{"title":"Developmental Trajectories Leading to Hostility Toward Women: A Structural Equation Modeling Study.","authors":"Caroline Deli, Etienne Garant, Alexandre Gauthier, Jean Proulx","doi":"10.1177/10778012241254851","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10778012241254851","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Hostility toward women is frequently examined as a risk factor for violence against women, but research on its antecedents is sparse. The aim of this study was to explore the developmental and psychological antecedents associated with hostility toward women in a Canadian sample of sexual aggressors of women. Drawing on Malamuth's confluence model of sexual aggression, we developed a multifactorial model of hostility toward women, using structural equation modeling. The results indicate the presence of three trajectories, all starting from childhood victimization and leading to hostility toward women, involving antisocial characteristics, emotional negativity, anxiety, and depression.</p>","PeriodicalId":23606,"journal":{"name":"Violence Against Women","volume":" ","pages":"2245-2263"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12084657/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141086995","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Violence Against WomenPub Date : 2025-07-01Epub Date: 2024-05-28DOI: 10.1177/10778012241257244
Leslie M Tutty, Kendra L Nixon, Wilfreda Billie Thurston
{"title":"\"It's a Valuable Service but a Hard Place to Be:\" Women's Views About Violence Against Women Shelters.","authors":"Leslie M Tutty, Kendra L Nixon, Wilfreda Billie Thurston","doi":"10.1177/10778012241257244","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10778012241257244","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This mixed-methods secondary analysis examined VAW shelter use by 662 Canadian women abused by partners (50.5% Indigenous, 43.4% White, and 6.1% visible minority). Women who had never resided in shelters (<i>n</i> = 242) had less Severe Combined and Total IPV on the Composite Abuse Scale and fewer PTSD symptoms. More nonresidents worked full time and had higher incomes and no children. The 420 women residents mentioned strengths (70.4%) such as supportive staff and safety, and concerns (29.6%) about unsupportive staff and the shelter rules or facility. Some Indigenous women reported racist attitudes by shelter staff and child apprehensions. Practice implications are presented.</p>","PeriodicalId":23606,"journal":{"name":"Violence Against Women","volume":" ","pages":"2219-2244"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12084662/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141158590","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Violence Against WomenPub Date : 2025-07-01Epub Date: 2024-05-15DOI: 10.1177/10778012241251972
Ying Zhang, Fei Shen
{"title":"Longitudinal Exploration of Prenatal and Postnatal Intimate Partner Violence, Postpartum Depression, and Child-Mother Attachment: A Mediation Model.","authors":"Ying Zhang, Fei Shen","doi":"10.1177/10778012241251972","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10778012241251972","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This longitudinal study examines the timelines of occurrences of intimate partner violence (IPV) on child-mother attachment, as well as the mediating role of maternal postpartum depression (PPD). Using a sample in the United States (<i>N </i>= 2,268), findings suggest that, compared to mothers' prenatal IPV victimization, postnatal IPV more negatively influences child-mother attachment when the children were at 3 years old, and this negative impact on attachment was partially mediated through maternal PPD. As IPV screening for pregnant women in healthcare settings becomes a common practice, effective IPV and PPD screening postnatally should be broadly implemented to promote maternal mental health and child-mother attachment.</p>","PeriodicalId":23606,"journal":{"name":"Violence Against Women","volume":" ","pages":"2146-2167"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140946146","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Violence Against WomenPub Date : 2025-07-01Epub Date: 2024-06-06DOI: 10.1177/10778012241257248
Linnéa Bruno, Sofia Strid, Hans Ekbrand
{"title":"Men's Economic Abuse Toward Women in Sweden: Findings From a National Survey.","authors":"Linnéa Bruno, Sofia Strid, Hans Ekbrand","doi":"10.1177/10778012241257248","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10778012241257248","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Drawing from a nationally representative survey (<i>n</i> = 6,611), this article analyses the prevalence of men's economic abuse toward women in Sweden. Economic abuse is still a relatively marginalized area of research but is increasingly recognized as a distinct type of intimate partner violence. A few Swedish studies have specifically focused on economic abuse, yet none of which with a quantitative approach. A main finding is that motherhood significantly increases the risk of exposure. Furthermore, women report economic abuse from expartners (25%) to a much greater extent than from current partners (8%).</p>","PeriodicalId":23606,"journal":{"name":"Violence Against Women","volume":" ","pages":"2194-2218"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12084661/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141284789","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Violence Against WomenPub Date : 2025-07-01Epub Date: 2024-05-29DOI: 10.1177/10778012241254856
Haley A Miles-McLean, Christopher M Murphy, Ana I Maldonado
{"title":"Women's Use of Intimate Partner Aggression: Associations With Sexist Experiences.","authors":"Haley A Miles-McLean, Christopher M Murphy, Ana I Maldonado","doi":"10.1177/10778012241254856","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10778012241254856","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Identity-based discrimination experiences have been associated with intimate partner aggression (IPA) use, yet very little research has examined sexist discrimination. This study explored whether women's experiences of sexist discrimination are associated with their IPA use. Participants were 626 predominantly white, cisgender, heterosexual women who completed self-report measures online. Women's sexist experiences were significantly and positively correlated with their IPA use, even after controlling for recent stressful experiences and gender-based violence exposures. Psychological distress symptoms significantly mediated the relation between sexist experiences and IPA use. The findings demonstrate the importance of considering the role of sexism in women's IPA.</p>","PeriodicalId":23606,"journal":{"name":"Violence Against Women","volume":" ","pages":"2099-2123"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141160263","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}