Violence Against WomenPub Date : 2024-05-01Epub Date: 2022-12-20DOI: 10.1177/10778012221145299
Jessamyn Bowling, Susan Wright, J Kevin Benson, Sean McCabe, Annelise Mennicke, Jessica Willard, Neha Kissler, Haley Good, Brianna Moody, Russell Stambaugh, Robert J Cramer
{"title":"Disclosing and Reporting of Consent Violations Among Kink Practitioners in the United States.","authors":"Jessamyn Bowling, Susan Wright, J Kevin Benson, Sean McCabe, Annelise Mennicke, Jessica Willard, Neha Kissler, Haley Good, Brianna Moody, Russell Stambaugh, Robert J Cramer","doi":"10.1177/10778012221145299","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10778012221145299","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Kink practitioners are marginalized and experience adverse health and social outcomes, which are exacerbated by consent violations. This study aims to understand experiences of reporting consent violations within a kink context. Kink practitioners (<i>N</i> = 2,888) completed a survey focused on consent violations, reporting, and recommendations, with 767 (25.56%) of them reporting consent violations in the kink context. The type of consent violation (sexual assault or kink-related behaviors), disclosure, and reporting significantly differed based on gender, sexual orientation, and injury status, but not age. Additionally, recommended steps included avoidance of police and others in positions of power and increased accountability.</p>","PeriodicalId":23606,"journal":{"name":"Violence Against Women","volume":" ","pages":"1453-1476"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10402351","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 : 2024-05-01Epub Date: 2023-02-14DOI: 10.1177/10778012231155176
Rachel C Garthe, Gina Fedock, Agnes Rieger, Wan-Jung Hsieh, Molly M McLay, Marion Malcome
{"title":"Women's Experiences of Intimate Partner Violence While Incarcerated: The Measurement Structure, Reliability, and Validity of a Novel Instrument.","authors":"Rachel C Garthe, Gina Fedock, Agnes Rieger, Wan-Jung Hsieh, Molly M McLay, Marion Malcome","doi":"10.1177/10778012231155176","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10778012231155176","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>While incarcerated, women may continue to experience intimate partner violence (IPV), perpetrated by partners who reside in the outside community. Power and control dynamics of abusive relationships may intensify as the abuser exploits their partners' incarceration. The current study assessed IPV experiences of 832 incarcerated women (50% white, 76% mothers), testing a novel instrument. Results validated a two-factor structure: (a) <i>general abuse</i> (i.e., verbal, physical) and (b) <i>deny or threaten to deny</i> (i.e., leveraging the women's incarceration to intimidate or control). This study introduces a novel instrument to measure IPV while incarcerated and provides implications for research and practice.</p>","PeriodicalId":23606,"journal":{"name":"Violence Against Women","volume":" ","pages":"1656-1682"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10713060","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 : 2024-05-01Epub Date: 2023-03-21DOI: 10.1177/10778012231163573
C Austin Coates Quezada, Laura Armstrong, Ryan Kilmer, Margaret Quinlan, Charlie Reeve
{"title":"Trauma of the Shared Environment: A Qualitative Analysis of the Experiences of Survivors of College Campus Sexual Assault.","authors":"C Austin Coates Quezada, Laura Armstrong, Ryan Kilmer, Margaret Quinlan, Charlie Reeve","doi":"10.1177/10778012231163573","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10778012231163573","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Survivors of campus sexual assault are often tasked with healing while sharing an environment with their perpetrators. However, little is known about the effects of a shared environment on survivor well-being. A qualitative thematic analysis design was employed to address this gap. We conducted semi-structured interviews with nine female survivors who identified their perpetrators as fellow students at a large state university in the southeastern U.S. The five themes that emerged are situated within an ecological framework, which is also used to guide our recommendations for supporting survivors' well-being within higher education.</p>","PeriodicalId":23606,"journal":{"name":"Violence Against Women","volume":" ","pages":"1538-1563"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9145074","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 : 2024-04-01Epub Date: 2023-02-16DOI: 10.1177/10778012231158104
Kaitlin Casassa, Alexa Ploss, Sharvari Karandikar
{"title":"\"He Loves Me Hard and Then He Abuses Me Hard\": How Service Providers Define and Explain Trauma Bonds Among Sex Trafficking Survivors.","authors":"Kaitlin Casassa, Alexa Ploss, Sharvari Karandikar","doi":"10.1177/10778012231158104","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10778012231158104","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>There is a dearth of research on trauma bonding among victims of sex trafficking. This study aims to fill this gap by seeking to understand how service providers working with survivors of sex trafficking conceptualize and observe trauma bonding in their clients. This qualitative study involved interviews with 10 participants. Purposeful sampling was employed among licensed social workers or counselors. Two themes emerged: defining trauma bonding (with four subthemes: embracing intensity, power imbalance, distortion of love, and inescapability) and the development of trauma bonds (with three subthemes: universality, gendered, and grooming). These findings provide much-needed insight into the complexities of trauma bonding.</p>","PeriodicalId":23606,"journal":{"name":"Violence Against Women","volume":" ","pages":"1354-1377"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10745556","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 : 2024-03-01Epub Date: 2023-03-03DOI: 10.1177/10778012231159418
Katie M Edwards, Laura Siller
{"title":"Resilience and Challenges Among Women With Histories of Addiction and Victimization Newly Admitted to a Sober Living Home: A Brief Report.","authors":"Katie M Edwards, Laura Siller","doi":"10.1177/10778012231159418","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10778012231159418","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study examined strengths (i.e., empowerment, purpose) and challenges (i.e., depressive and posttraumatic stress disorder symptomatology, financial and housing worries) experienced by women (<i>N</i> = 44) with histories of addiction and victimization newly admitted to a sober living home (SLH). Women had moderate to high levels of both strengths and challenges. In general, strengths and challenges were inversely related (e.g., higher purpose was related to lower depression), and challenges were positively related (e.g., higher financial worries were related to higher posttraumatic stress symptoms). The findings remind us that women entering SLHs have myriad needs and that comprehensive services drawing upon women's resilience are needed.</p>","PeriodicalId":23606,"journal":{"name":"Violence Against Women","volume":" ","pages":"1022-1032"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9385917","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 : 2024-03-01Epub Date: 2023-05-17DOI: 10.1177/10778012231172703
Douglas W Pryor, Marion R Hughes, Jennifer J Langdon
{"title":"Agents of Socialization, Anxiety, College Women, and Fear of Rape.","authors":"Douglas W Pryor, Marion R Hughes, Jennifer J Langdon","doi":"10.1177/10778012231172703","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10778012231172703","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This paper examines the impact of messages about sexual danger women receive from parents, peers, media, school officials, and past victimization on fear of stranger and acquaintance rape. Analyzing survey data for 630 undergraduate women, we find that parental warnings, internalized mean world view, university crime alerts, and being more prone to anxiety are significant predictors of fear of rape across models, while effects of media and victimization are limited. When high and low proneness to anxiety subgroups are considered separately, numerous differences emerge. Results suggest the need to include formal measures of anxiety in future fear of crime research.</p>","PeriodicalId":23606,"journal":{"name":"Violence Against Women","volume":" ","pages":"691-721"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9476965","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 : 2024-03-01Epub Date: 2023-02-16DOI: 10.1177/10778012231155178
Mitchell Kirwan, Ruschelle M Leone, Kelly Cue Davis, Lindsay M Orchowski, Amanda K Gilmore
{"title":"Emotion Regulation Difficulties Moderate the Association Between Typical Drinking and Sexual Assault Victimization Among Sexual and Gender Minority University Students.","authors":"Mitchell Kirwan, Ruschelle M Leone, Kelly Cue Davis, Lindsay M Orchowski, Amanda K Gilmore","doi":"10.1177/10778012231155178","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10778012231155178","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Sexual and gender minority (SGM) students report higher alcohol consumption, emotion regulation difficulties, and sexual assault victimization severity than cisgender, heterosexual individuals. A sample of 754 undergraduate students completed an online survey assessing alcohol use, emotion regulation, and sexual victimization. Regression analyses indicated that, among SGM students with higher emotion regulation difficulties, typical weekly drinking was positively associated with sexual assault victimization severity, but among cisgender, heterosexual students and SGM students with lower emotion regulation difficulties, there was no association between drinking and victimization severity. Thus, SGM students benefit from interventions targeting alcohol use and emotion regulation difficulties.</p>","PeriodicalId":23606,"journal":{"name":"Violence Against Women","volume":" ","pages":"768-790"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2024-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10427736/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10009035","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 : 2024-03-01Epub Date: 2023-01-19DOI: 10.1177/10778012221150277
Heather L Storer, Brandon Mitchell, Claire Willey-Sthapit
{"title":"\"Safety Is Elusive:\" A Critical Discourses Analysis of Newspapers' Reporting of Domestic Violence During the Coronavirus Pandemic.","authors":"Heather L Storer, Brandon Mitchell, Claire Willey-Sthapit","doi":"10.1177/10778012221150277","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10778012221150277","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated incidences of domestic violence (DV). The framing of DV within media sources contributes to the public's understanding of DV. Using critical discourse analysis (CDA), this paper explores representations of safety within newspapers' reporting of DV during the pandemic. The sample included newspaper articles (<i>n</i> = 31) from U.S. newspapers. The analysis involved multiple rounds of coding and employing \"structured questions.\" These articles depicted limited courses of action for DV survivors and represented safety as unattainable. Safety was constructed in four ways: homes are unsafe, social services are overburdened, government failures, and the elusiveness of safety. These discursive formations provide insight regarding \"idealized\" social responses to DV.</p>","PeriodicalId":23606,"journal":{"name":"Violence Against Women","volume":" ","pages":"934-952"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9892872/pdf/10.1177_10778012221150277.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10644765","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 : 2024-03-01Epub Date: 2023-03-22DOI: 10.1177/10778012231163578
María J Herrera, Pedro J Amor
{"title":"Protective Orders for Male Perpetrators of Intimate Partner Violence: Differences Between Violators and Non-Violators.","authors":"María J Herrera, Pedro J Amor","doi":"10.1177/10778012231163578","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10778012231163578","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The goal of this study was to determine the profile of the aggressors of intimate partner violence (IPV), who tend to violate protective orders (POs). A cohort of 200 men convicted of IPV (120 violators and 80 non-violators of the POs) was studied. Male perpetrators were more likely to belong to the PO violator group when they had a prior criminal history, they inflicted more severe physical violence, they were drug users, and they had a low education level. Using the risk factors identified here when dealing with males who perpetrate IPV and taking appropriate measures may help to prevent revictimization.</p>","PeriodicalId":23606,"journal":{"name":"Violence Against Women","volume":" ","pages":"911-933"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9164117","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 : 2024-03-01Epub Date: 2022-12-29DOI: 10.1177/10778012221145302
Kathryn L Falb, Alexandra Blackwell, Jean de Dieu Hategekimana, Munjireen Sifat, Danielle Roth, Meghan O'Connor
{"title":"Co-Occurring Intimate Partner Violence and Child Abuse in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo: The Influence of Early Life Experiences of Abuse.","authors":"Kathryn L Falb, Alexandra Blackwell, Jean de Dieu Hategekimana, Munjireen Sifat, Danielle Roth, Meghan O'Connor","doi":"10.1177/10778012221145302","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10778012221145302","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Little is known about co-occurring intimate partner violence (IPV) against women and child abuse within families in humanitarian settings. Baseline data from 203 couples in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo were analyzed to assess associations between childhood experiences of abuse with present co-occurring violence. Over half of women (56.1%) and men (50.5%) reported co-occurring violence. Adjusted models demonstrate experiencing physical abuse as a child was associated with greatest odds of recent co-occurring violence while witnessing parental IPV had mixed influence. Programmatic approaches focused on reducing early childhood violence may be promising to prevent both IPV and child abuse.</p>","PeriodicalId":23606,"journal":{"name":"Violence Against Women","volume":" ","pages":"873-889"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10450158","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}