{"title":"Re-reading Pistorius. How Do Hegemonic Masculinity, Celebrity Status, and Affective Atmosphere Help Us Understand Pistorius's Crime?","authors":"Przemysław Nosal, Natalia Organista","doi":"10.1177/10778012241309364","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10778012241309364","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Oscar Pistorius's parole in January 2024 offers a new perspective on the South African runner. This article examines Pistorius within the context of social factors that influenced his behavior and the murder of Reeva Steenkamp. Drawing on Connell's gender order theory, Messner's triad of violence, and affective atmosphere, it reveals how Pistorius, despite his disability, embraced hegemonic masculinity and became a sports star. The case highlights professional men's sports as a potential risk factor for violent behavior but underscores the need for contextualizing violence in sports, as predicting its occurrence is complex.</p>","PeriodicalId":23606,"journal":{"name":"Violence Against Women","volume":" ","pages":"10778012241309364"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143012495","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}
Lucille Kelsall-Knight, Jacky Mulveen, Anna Clarke, Molly Cripps, Caroline Bradbury-Jones
{"title":"Understanding Resistance Among Survivors of Domestic Violence and Abuse: A Co-Produced Study in the United Kingdom.","authors":"Lucille Kelsall-Knight, Jacky Mulveen, Anna Clarke, Molly Cripps, Caroline Bradbury-Jones","doi":"10.1177/10778012241309366","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10778012241309366","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Domestic violence and abuse (DVA) is a global problem that affects approximately one in four women in their lifetime. An area of unexplored research is how women use a range of strategies to honor resistance, manage the risk, avoid abuse, and cope with the pain of DVA. Art-based methodology and interpretative phenomenological analysis approaches were used which determined seven strategies employed by women in order to survive DVA: apparent compliance; maintaining a sense of self; knowing boundaries; keeping hope in sight; imagining freedom; degrees of rebellion; and denial. This created a conceptual model for understanding DVA survivorship (The SEED Model).</p>","PeriodicalId":23606,"journal":{"name":"Violence Against Women","volume":" ","pages":"10778012241309366"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142972321","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":"Gender Data, Intersectionality, and a Feminist Politics of \"Negotiated Refusal\".","authors":"Tara Patricia Cookson, Lorena Fuentes","doi":"10.1177/10778012241309362","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10778012241309362","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Gender and intersectional data are recognized as vital to addressing gender-based violence. We engage this thesis through a case study of a gender data project at the Colombia-Venezuela border. Coming from an underexplored vantage point in the literature, we trouble the assumption that more data are always better for advancing feminist objectives around GBV. We advance the concept of \"negotiated refusal\" to make sense of the decision of the project's frontline implementers to collect less data. We argue that the complex character of inequalities and the dynamic nature of context requires flexibility in what gender and intersectional data should consist of and that top-down frameworks may ultimately prove counter-productive to gender equality efforts.</p>","PeriodicalId":23606,"journal":{"name":"Violence Against Women","volume":" ","pages":"10778012241309362"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142955755","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":"Adolescent Football Players' Attitudes in Cyprus Toward Gender Stereotypes, Masculinity, and Gender-Based Violence.","authors":"Monica Shiakou, Antonis Alexopoulos, Celia Vasou, Pantelitsa Nicolaou, Maria Epaminonda, Spyros Neofitides","doi":"10.1177/10778012241309361","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10778012241309361","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study examined how toxic masculinity, gender-based violence, and sports engagement intersect among adolescent football players in Cyprus. Focus groups with 34 participants (average age 15.3 years, <i>M</i> = 28, <i>F</i> = 6) explored three key areas: (1) perceptions of gender stereotypes and traditional masculinity in sports; (2) attitudes toward gender-based violence and their behavioral impacts; and (3) how sports involvement influences traditional gender norms. Findings showed that male players held sexist views, saw men as protectors and women as vulnerable, and frequently encountered gender-based violence, though they struggled to define and address it. The study supports prior research linking sports to traditional masculinity and gender-based violence and suggests ways of engaging men and boys in ending gender-based violence.</p>","PeriodicalId":23606,"journal":{"name":"Violence Against Women","volume":" ","pages":"10778012241309361"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142955754","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":"Validation of the Slovenian Intimate Violence and Traumatic Affect Scale (S-VITA).","authors":"Nina Krohne, Diego De Leo, Vita Poštuvan","doi":"10.1177/10778012241307331","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10778012241307331","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study addresses the scarcity of quantitative tools for assessing the mental health consequences of intimate partner violence on women, focusing on validating the Slovenian translation of the Intimate Violence and Traumatic Affect Scale (S-VITA). Using an online cross-sectional design, we surveyed a representative sample of 1,016 Slovenian women, with 275 experiencing intimate partner violence (IPV). Confirmatory factor analysis, performed on the IPV subsample, supported the proposed four-factor model (Fear, Terror, Guilt, and Shame) with strong internal consistency. The scale demonstrated robust construct and divergent, convergent, and cross-cultural validity. With compelling psychometric properties, we recommend its adoption by Slovenian professionals and researchers, suggesting its applicability in diverse linguistic contexts.</p>","PeriodicalId":23606,"journal":{"name":"Violence Against Women","volume":" ","pages":"10778012241307331"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142955757","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":"Framing Public vs Private Violence: An Inductive Thematic Analysis of The Australian, The Sydney Morning Herald, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, and The West Australian.","authors":"Jade McGarry","doi":"10.1177/10778012241309367","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10778012241309367","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In Australia, <i>domestic and family violence</i> (DFV) has reached epidemic proportions. This research argues that it constitutes a form of <i>terrorism</i>, although the news media, governments, or public rarely refer to DFV in this way. This paper examines how Australian news media outlets-<i>The Australian,</i> the <i>Australian Broadcasting Corporation</i>, <i>The Sydney Morning Herald</i> and <i>The West Australian-</i>reported on and at times connected DFV and terrorism, finding that DFV and terrorism were connected in several ways, and that DFV was described as terrorism by several academics, advocates, journalists, and victims. The research also found that the framing of each issue differed, subsequently affecting public perceptions of the perceived severity, impact, and pervasiveness of each issue.</p>","PeriodicalId":23606,"journal":{"name":"Violence Against Women","volume":" ","pages":"10778012241309367"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142923616","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 : 2025-01-01Epub Date: 2023-09-26DOI: 10.1177/10778012231202999
Jane Meyrick, Amelia Anning
{"title":"Exploring the Experiences of Sexual Violence/Abuse Survivors Attending a Recovery Group: A Qualitative Study of Recovery and Evaluation Implications.","authors":"Jane Meyrick, Amelia Anning","doi":"10.1177/10778012231202999","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10778012231202999","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Sexual violence/abuse (SV/A) is increasingly recognized requiring improved, evidence-based treatments. Delivery of group-based support in survivor services is common but often lacks evaluation. This qualitative study explored how survivors experienced groups and wanted recovery measured. Semistructured interviews with survivors of SV/A from two groups (<i>N</i> = 13, female: 25-64 years: mainly White British, heterosexual) were analyzed using an inductive approach to thematic analysis. Three overarching themes were identified including \"anger,\" recovery \"in the company of\" others and \"different destinations.\" The work contributes recognition of the need for evaluation with meaning to survivors and the potential for anger to be used in group activism.</p>","PeriodicalId":23606,"journal":{"name":"Violence Against Women","volume":" ","pages":"245-265"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11610201/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41130525","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 : 2025-01-01Epub Date: 2024-09-02DOI: 10.1177/10778012241275694
Patrycja Sosnowska-Buxton, Ingunn Studsrød
{"title":"Peripheral Embodiment: Polish Women Rebuilding Their Lives After Domestic Violence Through Their Bodies.","authors":"Patrycja Sosnowska-Buxton, Ingunn Studsrød","doi":"10.1177/10778012241275694","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10778012241275694","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In deeply Catholic Poland, domestic violence (DV) is often denied, downplayed, or justified, hindering its recognition as a pressing societal issue. This study addresses the scarcity of research on the experiences and recovery of Polish women from DV. Through feminist interviews with 13 women in Norway and Poland who survived DV, our findings reveal a complex entanglement of embodied experiences with history, religion, society, and gender hierarchies during their recovery processes. Participants emphasized the significance of \"body works,\" such as running and using makeup, as essential for empowerment and regaining control of their battered bodies and minds.</p>","PeriodicalId":23606,"journal":{"name":"Violence Against Women","volume":" ","pages":"61-78"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11610187/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142112516","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 : 2025-01-01Epub Date: 2023-09-26DOI: 10.1177/10778012231203622
Helena Draxler, Fredrik Hjärthag, Maria Tillfors, Kjerstin Almqvist
{"title":"Changes in Psychiatric Symptoms in Swedish Mothers Who Took Part in Project Support: An Intervention for Mothers Exposed to Intimate Partner Violence With Children Who Have Developed Conduct Problems.","authors":"Helena Draxler, Fredrik Hjärthag, Maria Tillfors, Kjerstin Almqvist","doi":"10.1177/10778012231203622","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10778012231203622","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Project Support (PS) is an evidence-based individual support and parenting program developed for mothers exposed to intimate partner violence (IPV) whose children have developed conduct disorders. This Swedish feasibility study focuses on changes in the mothers' psychiatric symptoms, in relation to social and emotional support received as part of PS. In a within-subject design in a naturalistic setting (i.e., 10 social service units), mothers (<i>n</i> = 35) reported a significant decrease in symptoms, but from an individual perspective, most mothers still suffered from clinical levels of psychiatric symptoms. The need for additional interventions for mothers exposed to IPV is discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":23606,"journal":{"name":"Violence Against Women","volume":" ","pages":"224-244"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11610191/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41141660","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}
{"title":"Relationship Between Intimate Partner Violence and Quality of Life Among Women With Chronic Diseases: Mediating and Moderating Role of Sense of Coherence.","authors":"Razieh Bagherzadeh, Tayebeh Gharibi, Azemat Sayad Nik, Hakimeh Vahedparast","doi":"10.1177/10778012241309363","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10778012241309363","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study examined the mediating and moderating roles of the sense of coherence (SOC) on the relationship between intimate partner violence (IPV) and quality of life (QOL) in women with chronic diseases. Structural equation modeling was conducted on data from 400 women with chronic diseases. The moderating effect was not statistically significant. The mediating model indicates that SOC partially mediates the relationship between IPV and both mental (direct effect = -0.313; indirect effect = -0.147) and physical (direct effect = -0.258; indirect effect = -0.100) QOL. IPV, both directly and indirectly through a negative impact on SOC, reduces QOL among women with chronic diseases.</p>","PeriodicalId":23606,"journal":{"name":"Violence Against Women","volume":" ","pages":"10778012241309363"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142915675","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}