Violence Against WomenPub Date : 2025-03-01Epub Date: 2024-02-04DOI: 10.1177/10778012241230323
Paula Skye Tallman, Gabriela Salmon-Mulanovich, Natalie Archdeacon, Aman Kothadia, Lucia Lopez Flores, Karina Castañeda, Shalean Collins, Binahayati Rusyidi, Stroma Cole
{"title":"\"Gender-Based Water Violence\": Cross-Cultural Evidence for Severe Harm Associated With Water Insecurity for Women and Girls.","authors":"Paula Skye Tallman, Gabriela Salmon-Mulanovich, Natalie Archdeacon, Aman Kothadia, Lucia Lopez Flores, Karina Castañeda, Shalean Collins, Binahayati Rusyidi, Stroma Cole","doi":"10.1177/10778012241230323","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10778012241230323","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We examined how study participants in Indonesia and Peru viewed the relationship between water insecurity and women's health via thematic analysis of interviews and focus groups. Participants reported that water insecurity led to vaginal infections, miscarriage, premature births, uterine prolapse, poor nutrition, restricted economic opportunities, and intergenerational cycles of poverty. Participants in both countries stated that extreme burdens associated with water insecurity should be categorized as violence. Based on these findings, we developed the concept of \"gender-based water violence,\" defined as the spectrum of stressors associated with water insecurity that are so severe as to threaten human health and well-being, particularly that of women and girls.</p>","PeriodicalId":23606,"journal":{"name":"Violence Against Women","volume":" ","pages":"916-932"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139681549","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 : 2025-03-01Epub Date: 2024-01-05DOI: 10.1177/10778012231220380
M C Terol-Cantero, M Martin-Aragón Gelabert, C Vázquez Rodríguez, M Velikova Dimitrova, M J Navarro Ríos, J Manchón López
{"title":"APPS-S: A Tool for Measuring the Attitudes Toward Prostitution and Women in Prostitution in the Spanish Population.","authors":"M C Terol-Cantero, M Martin-Aragón Gelabert, C Vázquez Rodríguez, M Velikova Dimitrova, M J Navarro Ríos, J Manchón López","doi":"10.1177/10778012231220380","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10778012231220380","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study was designed with the purpose of testing the psychometric properties of the Spanish version of the Attitudes toward Prostitution and Prostitutes Scale through three studies with different samples. The first one explores the test's dimensional structure or constructs validity through confirmatory factor analysis, as well as internal consistency and test-retest reliability. The second one focuses on discriminant and criteria validity. Finally, the third one examines the scale's convergent validity and its sensitivity to detecting changes. The results support two subscales with an optimal index of internal consistency, structural stability over time, and discriminative power between groups of participants. It is, therefore, an adequate tool for adults as well as young people and teenagers, and for detecting changes in the context of intervention or awareness workshops.</p>","PeriodicalId":23606,"journal":{"name":"Violence Against Women","volume":" ","pages":"1000-1025"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11792386/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139098799","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 : 2025-03-01Epub Date: 2023-12-25DOI: 10.1177/10778012231222492
Reina Kiefer, Roselyn Peterson, Lindsay M Orchowski
{"title":"Correlates of College Women's Sexual Assault Resistance Self-Efficacy.","authors":"Reina Kiefer, Roselyn Peterson, Lindsay M Orchowski","doi":"10.1177/10778012231222492","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10778012231222492","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Studies suggest that actively fighting back against an attacker is effective in decreasing the severity and completion of a sexual assault, yet little is known about the factors that contribute to women's confidence in fighting back. Accordingly, the present study examines correlates of college women's self-efficacy in resisting unwanted sexual advances (<i>N</i> = 650). Results suggest that fewer psychological barriers to resistance, greater sexual communication, increased use of dating self-protective behaviors, and greater sexual assertiveness were associated with increased sexual resistance self-efficacy. Findings underscore the importance of developing sexual assault prevention programs that increase women's confidence in fighting back.</p>","PeriodicalId":23606,"journal":{"name":"Violence Against Women","volume":" ","pages":"981-999"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11332363/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139037964","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 : 2025-03-01Epub Date: 2024-03-14DOI: 10.1177/10778012241231784
Collette Kirwan, Pauline Meskell, Linda Biesty, Maura Dowling, Anne Kirwan
{"title":"IPV Routine Enquiry in Antenatal Care: Perspectives of Women and Healthcare Professionals-A Qualitative Study.","authors":"Collette Kirwan, Pauline Meskell, Linda Biesty, Maura Dowling, Anne Kirwan","doi":"10.1177/10778012241231784","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10778012241231784","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Despite one in three women experiencing abuse by an intimate partner in their lifetime, intimate partner violence (IPV) is under-reported. Globally, IPV routine enquiry is used as part of healthcare response to addressing IPV. This paper presents the views of pregnant women (<i>n </i>= 40) and providers (<i>n </i>= 30) of IPV routine enquiry as part of antenatal care policy in Ireland. Respondents supported IPV routine enquiry as part of usual antenatal care, and while immediate disclosure was recognized as important, it was not a primary expectation. Routine enquiry was seen as a woman's right and a providers' duty to provide holistic, empowered, women centered and safe care and where provision of information and education on IPV is as fundamental as the disclosure of abuse.</p>","PeriodicalId":23606,"journal":{"name":"Violence Against Women","volume":" ","pages":"841-869"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140132706","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 : 2025-03-01Epub Date: 2024-03-01DOI: 10.1177/10778012241231779
Ila Gautham, John Coverdale, Phuong T Nguyen, Mollie R Gordon
{"title":"Clinical and Advocacy Implications of the <i>Dobbs vs. Jackson Women's Health Organization</i> Ruling on Trafficked Persons.","authors":"Ila Gautham, John Coverdale, Phuong T Nguyen, Mollie R Gordon","doi":"10.1177/10778012241231779","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10778012241231779","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The United States Supreme Court decision on the case of <i>Dobbs vs. Jackson Women's Health Organization</i> abolished federal protections of abortion, leaving abortion legislation at the discretion of individual states. Trafficked persons are a population especially vulnerable to the impacts of this ruling. Because there is no existing literature describing the effects of restrictive abortion legislation on this group, we described some of the potential consequences of restrictive abortion laws for sex and labor trafficked persons, based on real case examples. We describe steps that should be taken to sufficiently protect and support pregnant trafficked women in relation to the <i>Dobbs</i> law.</p>","PeriodicalId":23606,"journal":{"name":"Violence Against Women","volume":" ","pages":"1026-1036"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11792384/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139997610","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}
Carmen Fernández-Fillol, Miguel Perez-Garcia, Natalia Hidalgo-Ruzzante
{"title":"Psychometric Properties of the ITQ for Measuring ICD-11 Complex PTSD in a Spanish Sample of Women Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence.","authors":"Carmen Fernández-Fillol, Miguel Perez-Garcia, Natalia Hidalgo-Ruzzante","doi":"10.1177/10778012251320585","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10778012251320585","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Complex posttraumatic stress disorder (CPTSD) is related to prolonged, multiple, and interpersonal exposure to traumas. Several studies in different populations have focused on implementing the International Trauma Questionnaire (ITQ) to assess PTSD and CPTSD, though not in women survivors of intimate partner violence. The aim was to assess the psychometric properties of this measure in this population. The results obtained for this sample (<i>N</i> = 340) indicated excellent internal ITQ reliability. Moreover, a six-factor CPTSD first-order correlated model was considered, and concurrent validity supported ITQ administration to this population.</p>","PeriodicalId":23606,"journal":{"name":"Violence Against Women","volume":" ","pages":"10778012251320585"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-02-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143524718","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}
Claudia Pineda-Marín, Pablo Vallejo-Medina, Alejandro Guillén-Riquelme, Jenniffer Gonzalez-Ferrer, Adrian Montesano
{"title":"Design and Validation of the Cyber Sexual Harassment Scale-Professor Student.","authors":"Claudia Pineda-Marín, Pablo Vallejo-Medina, Alejandro Guillén-Riquelme, Jenniffer Gonzalez-Ferrer, Adrian Montesano","doi":"10.1177/10778012251319306","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10778012251319306","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Young adult females face alarming rates of sexual victimization, with a growing concern about cybersexual harassment in the digital age (prevalence ranging from 4.6% to 70% in university female students), depending on sexual harassment parameters evaluated, different methodologies used, or sample characteristics. However, no studies so far assessed the cybersexual harassment from professor to their students. Thus, we developed and validated the Cyber Sexual Harassment Scale-Professor Student (CSHS-PS) to assess virtual sexual harassment by professors towards their students. A sample of 1,249 participants aged 18-40 was used for exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses. The CSHS-PS demonstrated a two-factor structure, capturing \"Unwanted Interaction\" and \"Sharing with Others.\" Reliability and validity were confirmed, showing promise for assessing online sexual harassment in academia. This scale contributes to understanding and addressing this prevalent issue, especially among younger women, in educational settings, providing a valuable tool for research and practice.</p>","PeriodicalId":23606,"journal":{"name":"Violence Against Women","volume":" ","pages":"10778012251319306"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-02-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143524717","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":"Understanding the Association Between Economic Abuse, Abuser-Initiated Workplace Disruptions and Mental Health Outcomes Among Nursing Professionals.","authors":"Kathryn Showalter, Yoonzie Chung","doi":"10.1177/10778012251320576","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10778012251320576","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Participants were recruited from statewide nursing membership organizations and major healthcare providers (<i>N </i>= 174). Outcomes of anxiety, depression, and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) were tested for association with two key predictors; economic abuse and abuser-initiated workplace disruptions. Utilizing multiple linear regression analyses, findings indicate economic abuse experienced among nurses increases anxiety and depression. However, abuser-initiated workplace disruption improved model fit when added, significantly increasing anxiety, depression, and PTSD even when controlling for demographics and economic abuse. The impact of abuser-initiated workplace disruptions could stretch beyond mental health problems and warrants future exploration.</p>","PeriodicalId":23606,"journal":{"name":"Violence Against Women","volume":" ","pages":"10778012251320576"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-02-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143504366","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":"Using \"Our Brave Voice\": A Holistic Family Intervention to Reduce Gender-Based Violence in an Indigenous Guatemalan Community.","authors":"Judith L Gibbons, Danielle Skogen, Anea Bogue","doi":"10.1177/10778012251320582","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10778012251320582","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Gender-based violence is a threat to the well-being of Guatemalan women and girls. A holistic family-based intervention that included healing and empowerment workshops and therapy for survivors was enacted for 30 families (mothers, fathers, and children) of an Indigenous Guatemalan community. Quantitative measures revealed more egalitarian gender role attitudes and less emotional dysregulation after the program than on pretests. Self-efficacy, self-esteem, emotional regulation, and psychological well-being decreased during this period. Focus groups revealed themes of mutual respect, better gender relations, women's and girls' use of voice, joyfulness in the workshops, better family communication, a focus on children's future well-being, and recognition of women's rights. The findings imply that a family-centered, multifaceted, and culturally grounded intervention can foster safety and harmonious relationships within families and communities.</p>","PeriodicalId":23606,"journal":{"name":"Violence Against Women","volume":" ","pages":"10778012251320582"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-02-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143516462","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}
Rachel E Lovell, Danielle N Sabo, Margaret J McGuire
{"title":"\"There's Gotta' be a Better way … There was Nothing Empowering About any of it\": Survivors' and Stakeholders' Narratives on the Barriers and Facilitators of Getting a Sexual Assault Kit.","authors":"Rachel E Lovell, Danielle N Sabo, Margaret J McGuire","doi":"10.1177/10778012251319303","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10778012251319303","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We examine the experiences of survivors immediately after a sexual assault and the barriers and facilitators to care-when survivors face numerous urgent decisions including possible help-seeking and sexual assault kit collection. We find their choices are often based on incomplete knowledge about the medical process and influenced by misleading media tropes of postassault experiences. Survivors must navigate complex decision-making while coping with trauma, constantly evaluating if each step is \"worth it.\" Interviews with key stakeholders substantiated these barriers and underscored issues related to their own role in this process. Implications and recommendations for formal social support systems are discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":23606,"journal":{"name":"Violence Against Women","volume":" ","pages":"10778012251319303"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-02-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143504225","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}