Violence Against WomenPub Date : 2025-04-01Epub Date: 2023-12-17DOI: 10.1177/10778012231220375
Eini Ella, Limor Goldner
{"title":"Beyond Surviving: A Glimpse Into Jewish-Israeli Women's Recovery Trajectories After Experiencing Intimate Partner Violence.","authors":"Eini Ella, Limor Goldner","doi":"10.1177/10778012231220375","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10778012231220375","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The present study identifies and articulates the recovery trajectories of 12 Jewish-Israeli women who experienced intimate partner violence. An interpretative phenomenological analysis of the Clinical Ethnographic Narrative interviews revealed three central themes. The first theme dealt with the chronology of the violence and its escalation. The second theme described the turning points that facilitated the termination of the violent relationship. The third theme reflects these women's attempts to regain control and fulfil their needs for competence, autonomy, and relatedness. The findings are discussed through the lens of Jewish-Israeli culture, which is child-oriented and underscores the centrality of motherhood.</p>","PeriodicalId":23606,"journal":{"name":"Violence Against Women","volume":" ","pages":"1126-1149"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138810553","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 : 2025-04-01Epub Date: 2024-01-31DOI: 10.1177/10778012241228291
Catherine Son, Victoria Fielding
{"title":"\"Teen Fled Danger into the Arms of Death\": The Political Agenda Setting Effect of Australian News Media Framing of Violence Against Women.","authors":"Catherine Son, Victoria Fielding","doi":"10.1177/10778012241228291","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10778012241228291","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>News framing of violence against women (VAW) has important implications for public understanding of this epidemic problem in Australian society, and in turn, politicians' impetus to act. This article uses a frame-building model to analyze media reporting of three cases of VAW. The murder of Eurydice Dixon, who was killed by a stranger, was framed thematically and received substantial media attention. Conversely, Larissa Beilby and Qi Yu, who were killed in incidents of domestic violence (DV), were framed episodically and received less coverage. The impact of this differential media attention is compared to public and political responses to theorize that thematic frames create a larger political agenda-setting effect, despite DV presenting a larger societal problem than stranger violence.</p>","PeriodicalId":23606,"journal":{"name":"Violence Against Women","volume":" ","pages":"1282-1305"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11874576/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139651782","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 : 2025-04-01Epub Date: 2024-02-26DOI: 10.1177/10778012241234896
Cooper A Maher, Jimin Pyo, Brittany E Hayes
{"title":"Extending the Shadow of Sexual Assault Hypothesis: Fear of Sexual Violence and Hate Crimes among Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Persons.","authors":"Cooper A Maher, Jimin Pyo, Brittany E Hayes","doi":"10.1177/10778012241234896","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10778012241234896","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Women's fear has been explained as rooted in fears of sexual assault-a phenomenon known as the shadow of sexual assault hypothesis. The current study extends this hypothesis to examine whether lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender persons' fear of hate crimes is shadowed by fears of sexual assault. Results indicate that bisexual and transgender persons express greater fear of hate crimes relative to others. This fear is explained by their fear of sexual assault-supporting the shadow hypothesis for bisexual and transgender persons. Findings suggest the importance of fear of sexual assault in explaining sexual and gender minorities' fear of hate crimes.</p>","PeriodicalId":23606,"journal":{"name":"Violence Against Women","volume":" ","pages":"1213-1237"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139975492","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 : 2025-04-01Epub Date: 2024-02-02DOI: 10.1177/10778012241228288
Anne Groggel, Grace Kokoris, Starla Journet
{"title":"Stereotypical Victims: Visibility of #MeToo Disclosures on Twitter.","authors":"Anne Groggel, Grace Kokoris, Starla Journet","doi":"10.1177/10778012241228288","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10778012241228288","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The #MeToo movement has brought greater visibility to the topic of sexual assault in public discourse. We analyzed a dataset of 1,070 Twitter #MeToo self-disclosures to examine the relationship between online visibility (retweets and favorites) and the content of victim-survivors' self-disclosures such as victim's gender, relationship to the perpetrator, and the emotions expressed in the tweet. The visibility of sexual assault self-disclosures was shaped by the extent to which they align with stereotypical misconceptions of victimization. These findings carry significant implications for understanding patterns of victimization, and for identifying whose voices are being amplified or not on Twitter.</p>","PeriodicalId":23606,"journal":{"name":"Violence Against Women","volume":" ","pages":"1238-1263"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11874605/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139672761","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 : 2025-04-01Epub Date: 2024-01-09DOI: 10.1177/10778012231225238
Wendy A Walsh, David Finkelhor, Heather Turner
{"title":"Characteristics and Dynamics of Cyberstalking Victimization Among Juveniles and Young Adults.","authors":"Wendy A Walsh, David Finkelhor, Heather Turner","doi":"10.1177/10778012231225238","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10778012231225238","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Using the nationally representative Ipsos online KnowledgePanel, the sample included three hundred thirty-six 18- to 28-year-olds who retrospectively reported first cyberstalking incidents as juveniles (9- to 17-year-olds) or adults. Half of the sample first experienced cyberstalking as juveniles and half first experienced it as adults. Juveniles were more likely to have more than two perpetrators in the same episode, to experience more violent threats, and to avoid people because of what happened. Few reported the incident to the police, with juveniles less likely to report it to the police. Cyberstalking of juveniles appears just as or more serious than cyberstalking of adults.</p>","PeriodicalId":23606,"journal":{"name":"Violence Against Women","volume":" ","pages":"1306-1327"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139404586","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 : 2025-04-01Epub Date: 2024-01-11DOI: 10.1177/10778012231225231
Michaela E Benson-Goldsmith, Brian Gildea, Tara N Richards, Michelle E Roley-Roberts, Pierce Greenberg, Anne Hobbs
{"title":"An Exploratory Analysis of Domestic and Intimate Partner Violence Victimization Among Persons Experiencing Eviction.","authors":"Michaela E Benson-Goldsmith, Brian Gildea, Tara N Richards, Michelle E Roley-Roberts, Pierce Greenberg, Anne Hobbs","doi":"10.1177/10778012231225231","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10778012231225231","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A paucity of research has examined the prevalence of domestic and intimate partner violence (DV/IPV) victimization among persons experiencing eviction. The current study uses administrative records for a random sample of evicted adults in Omaha, Nebraska from 2017 to 2019 (<i>n</i> = 306) to assess the prevalence of DV/IPV victimization among evicted persons and differences among the DV/IPV and no DV/IPV groups. Findings indicated over 20% of evicted persons experienced DV/IPV victimization, and DV/IPV often preceded the first eviction. DV/IPV disproportionately impacted Black women. Implications regarding the compounding consequences of eviction and DV/IPV victimization and recommendations for future research are discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":23606,"journal":{"name":"Violence Against Women","volume":" ","pages":"1104-1125"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139425559","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":"Development, Validation, and Examination of Psychometric Characteristics of the Obstetric Violence Scale for Pregnant Women.","authors":"Ebru Küçük, Kıymet Yeşilçiçek Çalık, Reyhan Erkaya, Yalçın Kanbay","doi":"10.1177/10778012251329368","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10778012251329368","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study's objectives are to develop and validate a scale to assess obstetric violence (OV) experienced by women during pregnancy in Turkey. The scale consists of 18 items and three subdimensions: \"Supportive Care and Information Support,\" \"Achieving Professional Standards of Care and Effective Communication,\" and \"Health Promotion.\" The scale explained 61% of the total variance. All goodness-of-fit indices indicated an acceptable fit between the model and the sample data. The overall Cronbach's α reliability coefficient was 0.91. The scale ranges from 0 to 72, with higher scores indicating more experience of OV.</p>","PeriodicalId":23606,"journal":{"name":"Violence Against Women","volume":" ","pages":"10778012251329368"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143732038","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":"Reproductive Coercion, Intimate Partner Violence, and Health Outcomes Among Married Women in Cote D'Ivoire.","authors":"Jane Mahon, Carlijn van Baak, Brittany E Hayes","doi":"10.1177/10778012251329365","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10778012251329365","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Reproductive coercion, a form of gender-based violence, often co-occurs with intimate partner violence (IPV), potentially leading to health consequences. Relying on data from the Côte D'Ivoire Performance Monitoring for Action, we examine the association between (a) physical, sexual, and emotional IPV with reproductive coercion, and (b) IPV and reproductive coercion with health perceptions. About 5% of the sample experienced reproductive coercion in the past year. Emotional IPV and experiencing multiple types of IPV were associated with higher odds of reproductive coercion. Sexual IPV and experiencing multiple number of types of IPV were associated with negative health outcomes. Implications are discussed below.</p>","PeriodicalId":23606,"journal":{"name":"Violence Against Women","volume":" ","pages":"10778012251329365"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143732042","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}
Miriam R Arbeit, Anne E Dufault, Sarah L F Burnham, Alexandria C Onuoha, Wagatwe Wanjuki, Duane de Four
{"title":"Early Intervention Against Male Supremacist Influences Among College Students: \"It's Really Not a Program That Exists\".","authors":"Miriam R Arbeit, Anne E Dufault, Sarah L F Burnham, Alexandria C Onuoha, Wagatwe Wanjuki, Duane de Four","doi":"10.1177/10778012251329186","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10778012251329186","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Male supremacist ideologies can incite violence against women and nonbinary people, including sexual violence, murder, and mass murder. Strategies for intervening against male supremacism are needed. College violence prevention practices may provide opportunities to develop such strategies. This critical needs assessment used an antifascist framework to analyze interviews with college staff about responding to male supremacist warning signs among students. Promising strategies discussed were informal individual interventions, group interventions, student bystander interventions, and community-wide approaches. We also identified a need to create new programs for sustained proactive early interventions, especially without a specific target, conduct violation, or mental health concern.</p>","PeriodicalId":23606,"journal":{"name":"Violence Against Women","volume":" ","pages":"10778012251329186"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143732039","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":"\"It Just Rips My Heart Out\": Child Custody Dispositions After Women Leave Abusive Partners.","authors":"Leslie M Tutty, H Lorraine Radtke, Kendra L Nixon","doi":"10.1177/10778012251329259","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10778012251329259","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Family court child custody dispositions for women who have left violent partners can result in complications and difficulties. This secondary analysis of data from 2005 to 2009 describes the child custody dispositions of 369 Canadian women survivors of intimate partner violence (IPV) (48.5% Indigenous, 44.7% White, and 6.4% Visible Minority). Of these, the most common court disposition was mothers receiving sole custody (38.9%), then those who did not use formal custody (34.5%), joint custody (13.3%), fathers receiving sole custody (4.4%), and family court still in progress (8.8%). Mothers' perspectives about these dispositions were qualitatively analyzed. Implications for researchers and practitioners are presented.</p>","PeriodicalId":23606,"journal":{"name":"Violence Against Women","volume":" ","pages":"10778012251329259"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143701424","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}