Shih-Ying Cheng, Hsiu-Fen Lin, Tina Jiwatram-Negrón, Jill Theresa Messing
{"title":"Does Empowerment Mediate the Association Between Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) and Mental Health? An Analysis Across Multiple Forms of IPV.","authors":"Shih-Ying Cheng, Hsiu-Fen Lin, Tina Jiwatram-Negrón, Jill Theresa Messing","doi":"10.1177/10778012251319316","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10778012251319316","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study explores the extent to which self-reported empowerment mediates the association between intimate partner violence (IPV) victimization and mental health symptomatology. Four forms of IPV-severe, harassment, psychological, and technology-facilitated IPV-and two mental health symptomatologies-depression and posttraumatic stress disorder-are examined. Data were collected from women who sought help from domestic violence service agencies in a U.S. Southwestern state. Results showed that all forms of IPV had both significant direct and indirect effects on mental health symptoms through empowerment, indicating that IPV is associated with increased mental health symptoms by, in part, diminishing one's empowerment levels. The findings underscore the importance of empowering survivors in the practice process.</p>","PeriodicalId":23606,"journal":{"name":"Violence Against Women","volume":" ","pages":"10778012251319316"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-02-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143433698","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 Social Response to Survivors of Attempted Intimate Partner Homicide.","authors":"Hila Avieli","doi":"10.1177/10778012251319318","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10778012251319318","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Research on women survivors of attempted intimate partner homicide and their postattack experiences, including the response from family, friends, and institutions like police and welfare agencies, is limited. Using the disenfranchized grief framework, this study explores survivors' perceptions of the social response to their experiences. Thirteen participants were interviewed using interpretative phenomenological analysis, yielding four themes: (a) detachment and disregard; (b) disbelief and victim blame; (c) lack of institutional support, and (d) marginality in the legal process. The study findings suggest that both individuals and institutions failed to acknowledge and validate the participants' experiences and thereby hindered their healing process.</p>","PeriodicalId":23606,"journal":{"name":"Violence Against Women","volume":" ","pages":"10778012251319318"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-02-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143433699","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":"\"A Fire in My Belly\": The Health of Community Workers Who Support Women Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence.","authors":"Tara Lundy, Joanne Crawford","doi":"10.1177/10778012251319317","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10778012251319317","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Nonprofit community-based workers (CWs) provide vital support to women survivors of intimate partner violence (IPV), and they are repeatedly exposed to secondary trauma in their everyday work lives which may influence health and wellness. Guided by the salutogenesis model, this qualitative study explored 19 CWs' work experiences in relation to health and wellness in the Niagara Region, Canada. Five themes were generated using thematic analysis: (a) mental processing and alternations; (b) unmanageable structural challenges; (c) women empowering women; (d) unique ways of coping; and (e) recommendations for system improvements. Implications for intersectoral collaboration, health promotion, and chronic disease prevention are discussed to inform the development of tailored support strategies for CWs.</p>","PeriodicalId":23606,"journal":{"name":"Violence Against Women","volume":" ","pages":"10778012251319317"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-02-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143383327","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 : 2025-02-01Epub Date: 2023-11-19DOI: 10.1177/10778012231214772
Marianne Hester, Emma Williamson, Nathan Eisenstadt, Hilary Abrahams, Nadia Aghtaie, Lis Bates, Geetanjali Gangoli, Amanda Robinson, Sarah-Jane Walker, Elizabeth McCarthy, Andrea Matolcsi, Natasha Mulvihill
{"title":"What Is Justice? Perspectives of Victims-Survivors of Gender-Based Violence.","authors":"Marianne Hester, Emma Williamson, Nathan Eisenstadt, Hilary Abrahams, Nadia Aghtaie, Lis Bates, Geetanjali Gangoli, Amanda Robinson, Sarah-Jane Walker, Elizabeth McCarthy, Andrea Matolcsi, Natasha Mulvihill","doi":"10.1177/10778012231214772","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10778012231214772","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This article explores \"how do victims-survivors of gender-based violence (GBV) experience and perceive justice?\" based on interviews with 251 victims-survivors with experience of different types of GBV and criminal, civil, and family justice systems. Victims-survivors were found to have multiple perceptions of justice, related to different points in their journey following abuse and regarding individual, community, and societal responses. Perceptions relate to accountability; fairness in outcome and process; protection from future harm; recognition; agency; empowerment; affective justice; reparation; and social transformation. Current understandings of justice in legislative and policy approaches reproduce the \"justice gap\" by failing to take account of how survivors themselves understand and demand justice.</p>","PeriodicalId":23606,"journal":{"name":"Violence Against Women","volume":" ","pages":"570-597"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138048061","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 : 2025-02-01Epub Date: 2023-11-16DOI: 10.1177/10778012231214774
Shon M Reed
{"title":"\"It's Not Something That I Realized Until I Started Working Here\": A Constructivist Grounded Theory of Knowledge Transmission in Victim Service Providers.","authors":"Shon M Reed","doi":"10.1177/10778012231214774","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10778012231214774","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>National estimates indicate that intimate partner violence (IPV) impacts people of all social demographics. Although IPV is a pervasive issue, LGBTQ+ individuals and heterosexual men note stark disparities in responses from victim advocates compared to heterosexual women. To highlight the influence of agency training on advocates' perceptions of IPV and diverse survivor populations, interviews were conducted with victim advocates and constructivist grounded theory methods were employed. Analyses show that advocates undergo a three-phase process of learning about IPV when starting at their agencies. Advocate's narratives highlight limitations in training and the importance of workplace experiences in growing understanding of IPV.</p>","PeriodicalId":23606,"journal":{"name":"Violence Against Women","volume":" ","pages":"498-523"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136399445","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 : 2025-02-01Epub Date: 2023-11-27DOI: 10.1177/10778012231216719
Marcos Claudio Signorelli, Raiza Wallace Guimarães da Rocha, Casey D Xavier Hall, Sandra Marques Prado, Dabney P Evans
{"title":"\"Everything That Is Here, I Have Lived\": A Triangulated Analysis of an Intimate Partner Violence Assessment Tool in Curitiba, Brazil.","authors":"Marcos Claudio Signorelli, Raiza Wallace Guimarães da Rocha, Casey D Xavier Hall, Sandra Marques Prado, Dabney P Evans","doi":"10.1177/10778012231216719","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10778012231216719","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Using a mixed-methods triangulation approach we piloted the Composite Abuse Scale-Brazilian version (CAS-Brazil) at the House of the Brazilian Woman of Curitiba among 62 survivors of intimate partner violence and four professionals serving survivors to assess its feasibility for use. Quantitative data were tabulated using descriptive statistics while qualitative data were recorded, coded, and thematically analyzed. Four qualitative domains emerged: (a) conceptual understanding; (b) item definitions; (c) women's experiences; and (d) professionals' perspectives. Comprehension of the CAS-Brazil appeared high across participants from diverse backgrounds. Professionals viewed it as highly feasible for use in Brazilian cross-sectoral services to support survivor decision-making.</p>","PeriodicalId":23606,"journal":{"name":"Violence Against Women","volume":" ","pages":"351-375"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138446386","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 : 2025-02-01Epub Date: 2023-11-23DOI: 10.1177/10778012231216714
Lisa Young Larance, Susan L Miller, Pamela Collins, Lin Liu
{"title":"Department of the Air Force Family Advocacy Program: Exploring the Impact of an Antiviolence Intervention Program for Women.","authors":"Lisa Young Larance, Susan L Miller, Pamela Collins, Lin Liu","doi":"10.1177/10778012231216714","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10778012231216714","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This mixed-methods study explores the impact of the Vista curriculum, a trauma-informed antiviolence intervention program for women who have used force in their intimate relationships, delivered by the Department of the Air Force Family Advocacy Program clinicians. Questions sought to understand any changes in personal growth, self-awareness, beliefs, and relationship interaction skills for 62 cisgender women. Findings suggest that women gained personal growth, self-awareness, and increased relationship tools. Women identified the positive impact cofacilitator support and non-judgment had on them and their ability to heal from their experiences and increase their awareness of viable non-forceful alternatives. Policy and practice implications are discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":23606,"journal":{"name":"Violence Against Women","volume":" ","pages":"475-497"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138300130","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 : 2025-02-01Epub Date: 2023-11-23DOI: 10.1177/10778012231216711
Jacquelyn C A Meshelemiah, Atelma C Thanises, Philomina Oyeh Yeboah
{"title":"Sex Trafficked Women, Drug Dealers, and Men Who Buy Sex: A Look at \"Race\".","authors":"Jacquelyn C A Meshelemiah, Atelma C Thanises, Philomina Oyeh Yeboah","doi":"10.1177/10778012231216711","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10778012231216711","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Black, Native American, Latinx, Asian, and Pacific Islander women all have histories of sexual violence in the United States. Their historical victimizations have set a precedence for contemporary commercial sex victimization. The purpose of this study was to examine the role of \"race\" in sex trafficking. Data from 50 women with sex trafficking histories resulted in three candidate themes and five subthemes that include (a) sex trafficked women (White women, Black women vs. White women, and all women with unique subthemes related to drug use and locations); (b) Black male traffickers; and (c) Black and White male customers.</p>","PeriodicalId":23606,"journal":{"name":"Violence Against Women","volume":" ","pages":"637-663"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138300132","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 : 2025-02-01Epub Date: 2023-11-17DOI: 10.1177/10778012231214775
Balawyn Jones, Akuch Kuol Anyieth
{"title":"CALD Communities as \"Collateral Damage\" in the Criminalization of Coercive Control: An Argument for Prioritizing Civil System Reform Over Further Criminalization in Victoria.","authors":"Balawyn Jones, Akuch Kuol Anyieth","doi":"10.1177/10778012231214775","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10778012231214775","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>When posing the question of whether Victoria should follow other Australian states in criminalizing coercive control as a form of domestic and family violence (DFV), there are many arguments in favor of and against in the literature. However, scholars and advocates from marginalized communities, or in allyship with marginalized communities, tend to be cautious of embracing further criminalization, particularly due to the risks such an approach poses for women from culturally and linguistically diverse communities. This paper argues that women from marginalized communities are treated as \"collateral damage\" in the campaign to eliminate DFV via criminal law interventions.</p>","PeriodicalId":23606,"journal":{"name":"Violence Against Women","volume":" ","pages":"598-616"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136399446","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 : 2025-02-01Epub Date: 2023-11-27DOI: 10.1177/10778012231216715
Tina Jiwatram-Negrón, Iris Cardenas, Melissa Meinhart, Nathaly Rubio-Torio
{"title":"Different Types of Intimate Partner Violence Among Latinx Women: A Call for Expanded Measurement, Screening, and Safety Planning.","authors":"Tina Jiwatram-Negrón, Iris Cardenas, Melissa Meinhart, Nathaly Rubio-Torio","doi":"10.1177/10778012231216715","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10778012231216715","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Despite increased attention on intimate partner violence (IPV) among Latinx women in the United States, measurement often overlooks economic abuse, reproductive coercion, institution-related threats, and technology-facilitated abuse. Using a broad range of measures, this paper examines prevalence and correlations between different types of IPV among a sample of 38 Latinx women enrolled into a pilot study. Results indicate consistently high prevalence of IPV types and significant correlations between several types of abuse (including sexual abuse, technology-facilitated abuse, and institution-related threats). Findings emphasize the need for comprehensive IPV measurement, screening, expanded safety planning, and research on the impact of these types of abuse.</p>","PeriodicalId":23606,"journal":{"name":"Violence Against Women","volume":" ","pages":"376-397"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138441266","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}