Violence Against WomenPub Date : 2025-01-01Epub Date: 2023-09-26DOI: 10.1177/10778012231202999
Jane Meyrick, Amelia Anning
{"title":"Exploring the Experiences of Sexual Violence/Abuse Survivors Attending a Recovery Group: A Qualitative Study of Recovery and Evaluation Implications.","authors":"Jane Meyrick, Amelia Anning","doi":"10.1177/10778012231202999","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10778012231202999","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Sexual violence/abuse (SV/A) is increasingly recognized requiring improved, evidence-based treatments. Delivery of group-based support in survivor services is common but often lacks evaluation. This qualitative study explored how survivors experienced groups and wanted recovery measured. Semistructured interviews with survivors of SV/A from two groups (<i>N</i> = 13, female: 25-64 years: mainly White British, heterosexual) were analyzed using an inductive approach to thematic analysis. Three overarching themes were identified including \"anger,\" recovery \"in the company of\" others and \"different destinations.\" The work contributes recognition of the need for evaluation with meaning to survivors and the potential for anger to be used in group activism.</p>","PeriodicalId":23606,"journal":{"name":"Violence Against Women","volume":" ","pages":"245-265"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11610201/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41130525","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 : 2025-01-01Epub Date: 2024-09-02DOI: 10.1177/10778012241275694
Patrycja Sosnowska-Buxton, Ingunn Studsrød
{"title":"Peripheral Embodiment: Polish Women Rebuilding Their Lives After Domestic Violence Through Their Bodies.","authors":"Patrycja Sosnowska-Buxton, Ingunn Studsrød","doi":"10.1177/10778012241275694","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10778012241275694","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In deeply Catholic Poland, domestic violence (DV) is often denied, downplayed, or justified, hindering its recognition as a pressing societal issue. This study addresses the scarcity of research on the experiences and recovery of Polish women from DV. Through feminist interviews with 13 women in Norway and Poland who survived DV, our findings reveal a complex entanglement of embodied experiences with history, religion, society, and gender hierarchies during their recovery processes. Participants emphasized the significance of \"body works,\" such as running and using makeup, as essential for empowerment and regaining control of their battered bodies and minds.</p>","PeriodicalId":23606,"journal":{"name":"Violence Against Women","volume":" ","pages":"61-78"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11610187/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142112516","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 : 2025-01-01Epub Date: 2023-09-26DOI: 10.1177/10778012231203622
Helena Draxler, Fredrik Hjärthag, Maria Tillfors, Kjerstin Almqvist
{"title":"Changes in Psychiatric Symptoms in Swedish Mothers Who Took Part in Project Support: An Intervention for Mothers Exposed to Intimate Partner Violence With Children Who Have Developed Conduct Problems.","authors":"Helena Draxler, Fredrik Hjärthag, Maria Tillfors, Kjerstin Almqvist","doi":"10.1177/10778012231203622","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10778012231203622","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Project Support (PS) is an evidence-based individual support and parenting program developed for mothers exposed to intimate partner violence (IPV) whose children have developed conduct disorders. This Swedish feasibility study focuses on changes in the mothers' psychiatric symptoms, in relation to social and emotional support received as part of PS. In a within-subject design in a naturalistic setting (i.e., 10 social service units), mothers (<i>n</i> = 35) reported a significant decrease in symptoms, but from an individual perspective, most mothers still suffered from clinical levels of psychiatric symptoms. The need for additional interventions for mothers exposed to IPV is discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":23606,"journal":{"name":"Violence Against Women","volume":" ","pages":"224-244"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11610191/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41141660","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 : 2025-01-01Epub Date: 2023-09-29DOI: 10.1177/10778012231203659
Klea Ramaj, Manuel Eisner
{"title":"Adverse Childhood Experiences, Intimate Partner Violence, and Mental Well-Being Among Mothers of Toddlers in Tirana, Albania: A Cross-Sectional Mediation Analysis.","authors":"Klea Ramaj, Manuel Eisner","doi":"10.1177/10778012231203659","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10778012231203659","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This article examines the relationship between maternal exposure to adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), intimate partner violence (IPV), and two aspects of maternal mental well-being-stress and depressive symptoms in the context of Tirana, Albania. Data were obtained from a representative sample of 328 mothers of 2-3-year-old children, who were registered in Tirana's public nurseries. Findings show that maternal ACEs are positively associated with stress levels (<i>β</i> = .210, <i>z</i> = 4.03, <i>p</i> < .001) and depressive symptoms (<i>β</i> = .129, <i>z</i> = 2.62, <i>p</i> < .01). In addition, IPV partially mediates the effect of ACEs on maternal stress (<i>β</i> = .081, <i>z</i> = 3.75, <i>p</i> < .001) and fully mediates the effect of ACEs on depressive symptoms (<i>β</i> = .054, <i>z</i> = 2.87, <i>p</i> < .01). These results suggest that among mothers of toddlers in Tirana, ACEs influence stress levels both directly and via IPV, while they influence depressive symptoms only via IPV. The findings demonstrate long-term effects of maternal exposure to interpersonal violence on mental well-being.</p>","PeriodicalId":23606,"journal":{"name":"Violence Against Women","volume":" ","pages":"206-223"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11610198/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41146999","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 : 2025-01-01Epub Date: 2023-10-25DOI: 10.1177/10778012231209011
Lisa Lazard, Rose Capdevila, Jim Turner
{"title":"Calling it out? A Q Methodological Study of Sexual Harassment Labelling.","authors":"Lisa Lazard, Rose Capdevila, Jim Turner","doi":"10.1177/10778012231209011","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10778012231209011","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The public condemnation of high-profile men accused of gendered violence in 2017 resulted in an upsurge of women labelling past experiences as sexual harassment. This study used Q methodology to explore understandings of sexual harassment in the UK. Forty participants sorted 62 statements into quasi-normal grids which were factor analyzed (by person). Eight factors were identified which were titled: Sex Not Sexism, Sexualized Discriminations, Victim Voice, Sameness and Difference, Power/Sex, Repeated Power Abuse, Personal Boundaries, and Masculinity and Heterosexism. Taken together, they signal that feminist efforts to articulate the experience of sexual harassment have gained ground during this period.</p>","PeriodicalId":23606,"journal":{"name":"Violence Against Women","volume":" ","pages":"328-347"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11610199/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"50162979","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 : 2025-01-01Epub Date: 2024-10-07DOI: 10.1177/10778012241283044
Amber Tucker
{"title":"Time and Flesh: Exploring the Embodied Experiences of Black Mothers.","authors":"Amber Tucker","doi":"10.1177/10778012241283044","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10778012241283044","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Drawing on Black feminist theories of intersectionality and concepts of temporality and embodiment, this study centers Black girlhood to understand Black girls embodied journeys of \"becoming\" Black women. Findings revealed that: (a) Black girls often have complicated histories that lead to constrained and liberatory choices in adulthood and motherhood; (b) becoming a Black woman involves continual adaptations to temporal and historical contexts; and (c) Black motherhood is a contested space, deeply shaped by remembering Black girlhood and navigating maternal responses to legacies of harm. This study highlights the challenges and strengths in the transitory states of Black womanhood.</p>","PeriodicalId":23606,"journal":{"name":"Violence Against Women","volume":" ","pages":"41-60"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142381750","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 : 2025-01-01Epub Date: 2024-09-05DOI: 10.1177/10778012241275693
Noelle Brigden, Heather R Hlavka
{"title":"Embodied Empowerment: Somatic Approaches to Gender Violence and Trauma.","authors":"Noelle Brigden, Heather R Hlavka","doi":"10.1177/10778012241275693","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10778012241275693","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This special issue brings together recent research on embodiment and practitioner-based somatic approaches to examine trauma and healing from violence. Contributors address the long-term somatic impact of oppression and the effects of structural inequalities enacted and perpetuated through bodies and in interaction with other bodies. Somatic practices and embodiment are addressed through the lens of intergenerational trauma, gendered, racialized, political, and colonial violence, and interpersonal and collective trauma. The introductory article contextualizes embodied empowerment, collective healing, and activist-research possibilities.</p>","PeriodicalId":23606,"journal":{"name":"Violence Against Women","volume":" ","pages":"6-21"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142133951","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}
{"title":"The Role of Gender Norms on Intimate Partner Violence Among Newly Married Adolescent Girls and Young Women in India: A Longitudinal Multilevel Analysis.","authors":"Lakshmi Gopalakrishnan, Stefano Bertozzi, Patrick Bradshaw, Julianna Deardorff, Holly Shakya Baker, Sophia Rabe-Hesketh","doi":"10.1177/10778012231208999","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10778012231208999","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Gender norms have been posited to impact intimate partner violence (IPV), but there is scant evidence of the longitudinal association between community-level gender norms and IPV. Using longitudinal data on 3,965 married girls surveyed in India, we fitted mixed-effects ordinal and binary logistic regression models for physical IPV intensity and occurrence of sexual IPV. We found a 26% increase in the odds that women experience frequent physical IPV per one unit increase in greater community-level equitable gender norms. We did not find an association between community-level equitable gender norms and sexual IPV. Findings suggest that the relationship between gender norms and physical and sexual IPV differs, indicating the need for tailored interventions for different types of IPV.</p>","PeriodicalId":23606,"journal":{"name":"Violence Against Women","volume":" ","pages":"182-205"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11610204/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"54231220","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 : 2025-01-01Epub Date: 2024-08-28DOI: 10.1177/10778012241275692
Celina M Doria
{"title":"\"I Can Feel It in My Spine\": Indigenous Women's Embodied Experiences of Violence and Healing.","authors":"Celina M Doria","doi":"10.1177/10778012241275692","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10778012241275692","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This article draws on the stories told by Indigenous women in the midwestern United States to explore embodied experiences of violence and how they conceptualize healing in the aftermath of violence. Two focus groups-conducted as talking circles-were completed with 16 Indigenous women. Findings highlight four salient themes: embodied impacts of violence; normalization of violence; (im)possibilities of healing; and strategies for healing. In particular, the women highlighted embodied practices like collective storytelling as a means of healing. This study deepens our understanding of violence against women by promoting Indigenous ways of knowing and uplifting the voices of Indigenous women.</p>","PeriodicalId":23606,"journal":{"name":"Violence Against Women","volume":" ","pages":"22-40"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142086251","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 : 2025-01-01Epub Date: 2023-09-21DOI: 10.1177/10778012231203000
Frida Carlberg Rindestig, Katja Gillander Gådin, Inga Dennhag
{"title":"Experiences of Online Sexual Violence: Interviews With Swedish Teenage Girls in Psychiatric Care.","authors":"Frida Carlberg Rindestig, Katja Gillander Gådin, Inga Dennhag","doi":"10.1177/10778012231203000","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10778012231203000","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Research about online sexual violence (OSV) is needed to be able to better meet the needs of girls in psychiatric care. The objectives of this study are to explore experiences of online sexual violence among young female psychiatric service users. Interviews with nine girls with psychiatric care needs were analyzed with thematic analysis. The findings are summarized in four themes which contribute to the notion that online sexual violence is only one, albeit important, part of a more complex picture of violence among young girls in psychiatric care. The girls' narratives are shaped by, as well as reproducing gender norms.</p>","PeriodicalId":23606,"journal":{"name":"Violence Against Women","volume":" ","pages":"266-290"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11610211/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41171570","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}