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}
{"title":"\"Cruel Fathers,\" Assortative Matching and Spousal Violence: Does Witnessing Spousal Violence as a Child Increase the Chances of Adult Victimhood?","authors":"Richa Kothari, Zakir Husain, Diganta Mukherjee","doi":"10.1177/10778012251329359","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10778012251329359","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The association between witnessing spousal violence (SV) as a child and the increased adult victimization is well-established, and explained in terms of neural adaptation. But establishing causation requires addressing issues of underreporting of both witnessing and facing violence, and endogeneity due to confounding variables. Moreover, the role of social pathways like nonrandom selection of partners also needs to be analyzed. Using India's Demographic Health Survey data (2019-2021), an endogenous treatment effects model is estimated allowing for different levels of predicted underreporting. Witnessing violence increases the chances of subsequent exposure to SV by 39-70% and may be explained in terms of assortative matching.</p>","PeriodicalId":23606,"journal":{"name":"Violence Against Women","volume":" ","pages":"10778012251329359"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143701420","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}
Marta Garcia-Molsosa, Carme Montserrat, Pere Soler-Masó, Edgar Iglesias, Anna Planas-Lladó
{"title":"Is Detecting Gender-Based Violence Part of Teachers' Work?","authors":"Marta Garcia-Molsosa, Carme Montserrat, Pere Soler-Masó, Edgar Iglesias, Anna Planas-Lladó","doi":"10.1177/10778012251323233","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10778012251323233","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Schools could play a role in detecting gender-based violence at home, but some difficulties are detected by literature, including teachers' anxieties and distress. The aim of this study is to analyze teachers' perceptions and beliefs about their role, and what obstacles they perceive in detecting these situations. 322 teachers from 86 schools answered a questionnaire. The results show that students do not tend to communicate these situations, and teachers consider that they need to be more involved. Lack of training, difficulties in coordination, lack of trusting relationships with students, and mistaken beliefs among teachers, were the main obstacles.</p>","PeriodicalId":23606,"journal":{"name":"Violence Against Women","volume":" ","pages":"10778012251323233"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143701425","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}
Olivia M Kleinsmith, Olivia N Hahn, Dayna Henry, Laura Merrell, Sarah Blackstone, Abigayle Y Tomchik, Julia Sell, Meredith Gramstad, Jordan E Schuetz, Callie M Doyle, Brittany M Haney
{"title":"Are Rape Myths Inherently Gendered? Examining Assumed Gender Ascribed to Gender-Neutral Versions of the Illinois Rape Myth Acceptance Scale Among College Students.","authors":"Olivia M Kleinsmith, Olivia N Hahn, Dayna Henry, Laura Merrell, Sarah Blackstone, Abigayle Y Tomchik, Julia Sell, Meredith Gramstad, Jordan E Schuetz, Callie M Doyle, Brittany M Haney","doi":"10.1177/10778012251329222","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10778012251329222","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Rape myths are false beliefs about sexual violence that shift blame to the victim rather than the perpetrator. The Illinois Rape Myth Acceptance (IRMA) scale measures these myths, but critiques have led to the creation of gender-neutral versions. This study aimed to investigate how participants perceive gender in these versions. Surveys were given to U.S. college students, with variations in victim and perpetrator gender. Results showed no significant differences in IRMA scores based on gender-neutral versions. However, most participants still associated a female victim and a male perpetrator with sexual assault, indicating the persistent gendered nature of rape myths.</p>","PeriodicalId":23606,"journal":{"name":"Violence Against Women","volume":" ","pages":"10778012251329222"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143658792","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":"Omnipresence, Victim-Shaming and Non-Action: Young People's Views on Sexual Harassment in the #Metoo Era.","authors":"Satu Venäläinen","doi":"10.1177/10778012251329176","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10778012251329176","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study explores the views and experiences of sexual harassment among youth and young adults aged 15-29 years in the wake of the #metoo movement in Finland. The data were collected through a qualitative survey and interviews and analyzed using reflexive thematic analysis. The study contributes to the literature that foregrounds young people's own voices by shedding light on the participants' experience-based knowledge of sexual harassment. The analysis generated three predominant themes: the insidious omnipresence of sexual harassment, the persistence of victim-shaming, and non-action as the prevalent norm. Together, these themes highlight the participants' readiness to engage in a critique of sexual harassment while simultaneously showing its intense and continuing salience and harmfulness in their everyday lives.</p>","PeriodicalId":23606,"journal":{"name":"Violence Against Women","volume":" ","pages":"10778012251329176"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143658847","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}