Violence Against WomenPub Date : 2025-01-01Epub Date: 2023-09-29DOI: 10.1177/10778012231203659
Klea Ramaj, Manuel Eisner
{"title":"Adverse Childhood Experiences, Intimate Partner Violence, and Mental Well-Being Among Mothers of Toddlers in Tirana, Albania: A Cross-Sectional Mediation Analysis.","authors":"Klea Ramaj, Manuel Eisner","doi":"10.1177/10778012231203659","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10778012231203659","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This article examines the relationship between maternal exposure to adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), intimate partner violence (IPV), and two aspects of maternal mental well-being-stress and depressive symptoms in the context of Tirana, Albania. Data were obtained from a representative sample of 328 mothers of 2-3-year-old children, who were registered in Tirana's public nurseries. Findings show that maternal ACEs are positively associated with stress levels (<i>β</i> = .210, <i>z</i> = 4.03, <i>p</i> < .001) and depressive symptoms (<i>β</i> = .129, <i>z</i> = 2.62, <i>p</i> < .01). In addition, IPV partially mediates the effect of ACEs on maternal stress (<i>β</i> = .081, <i>z</i> = 3.75, <i>p</i> < .001) and fully mediates the effect of ACEs on depressive symptoms (<i>β</i> = .054, <i>z</i> = 2.87, <i>p</i> < .01). These results suggest that among mothers of toddlers in Tirana, ACEs influence stress levels both directly and via IPV, while they influence depressive symptoms only via IPV. The findings demonstrate long-term effects of maternal exposure to interpersonal violence on mental well-being.</p>","PeriodicalId":23606,"journal":{"name":"Violence Against Women","volume":" ","pages":"206-223"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11610198/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41146999","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: 2023-10-25DOI: 10.1177/10778012231209011
Lisa Lazard, Rose Capdevila, Jim Turner
{"title":"Calling it out? A Q Methodological Study of Sexual Harassment Labelling.","authors":"Lisa Lazard, Rose Capdevila, Jim Turner","doi":"10.1177/10778012231209011","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10778012231209011","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The public condemnation of high-profile men accused of gendered violence in 2017 resulted in an upsurge of women labelling past experiences as sexual harassment. This study used Q methodology to explore understandings of sexual harassment in the UK. Forty participants sorted 62 statements into quasi-normal grids which were factor analyzed (by person). Eight factors were identified which were titled: Sex Not Sexism, Sexualized Discriminations, Victim Voice, Sameness and Difference, Power/Sex, Repeated Power Abuse, Personal Boundaries, and Masculinity and Heterosexism. Taken together, they signal that feminist efforts to articulate the experience of sexual harassment have gained ground during this period.</p>","PeriodicalId":23606,"journal":{"name":"Violence Against Women","volume":" ","pages":"328-347"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11610199/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"50162979","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: 2024-10-07DOI: 10.1177/10778012241283044
Amber Tucker
{"title":"Time and Flesh: Exploring the Embodied Experiences of Black Mothers.","authors":"Amber Tucker","doi":"10.1177/10778012241283044","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10778012241283044","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Drawing on Black feminist theories of intersectionality and concepts of temporality and embodiment, this study centers Black girlhood to understand Black girls embodied journeys of \"becoming\" Black women. Findings revealed that: (a) Black girls often have complicated histories that lead to constrained and liberatory choices in adulthood and motherhood; (b) becoming a Black woman involves continual adaptations to temporal and historical contexts; and (c) Black motherhood is a contested space, deeply shaped by remembering Black girlhood and navigating maternal responses to legacies of harm. This study highlights the challenges and strengths in the transitory states of Black womanhood.</p>","PeriodicalId":23606,"journal":{"name":"Violence Against Women","volume":" ","pages":"41-60"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142381750","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":"Down the \"Black Hole\" of Sexual Violence in the Brussels Nightlife: A Qualitative Exploration of Social Media Testimonials.","authors":"Danielle Fernandes, Maïté Meeûs, Gily Coene","doi":"10.1177/10778012241307335","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10778012241307335","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The Instagram account (@Balance_ton_bar) highlighted the issue of sexual violence in Brussels nightlife sharing testimonials from victim-survivors. Set up in response to reports of drug-facilitated sexual assault at nightlife establishments, the account aimed to raise awareness and hold establishments accountable. This study examines these testimonials to explore how violence was perpetrated-through chemical drugging, alcohol use, isolation, and social power-the socio-emotional consequences for victim-survivors, and their journeys in seeking support. Key insights reveal (a) the demand for long-term, trauma-informed care, (b) the role of digital platforms for healing and activism, and (c) the need for community-level, norms-focused preventive actions to effectively combat sexual violence across European nightlife settings.</p>","PeriodicalId":23606,"journal":{"name":"Violence Against Women","volume":" ","pages":"10778012241307335"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142915671","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":"Lost Prevention? Assessing Secondary and Tertiary Prevention Potential in Sexual Assault Awareness Month Events.","authors":"Alicia Papanek, Katelyn Sowell, Kimberly Wiley","doi":"10.1177/10778012241309365","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10778012241309365","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>During Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM), nonprofits place heavy value on delivering events, often with little evidence of their value to tertiary, secondary, and primary prevention. This multiple case design employed ethnographic methods to assess five SAAM events and the logic by which they contribute to prevention. Articulated through a pairing of communication and planned behavior theories, the findings indicated that events were mainly deployed in service of today's survivors, almost as an extension of intervention programming. Art exhibits, panel discussions, and group activities centered on survivor stories. The events' functions were not to prevent future sexual assault or target perpetrator accountability but, instead, to increase awareness of survivor impact.</p>","PeriodicalId":23606,"journal":{"name":"Violence Against Women","volume":" ","pages":"10778012241309365"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142915673","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: 2024-09-05DOI: 10.1177/10778012241275693
Noelle Brigden, Heather R Hlavka
{"title":"Embodied Empowerment: Somatic Approaches to Gender Violence and Trauma.","authors":"Noelle Brigden, Heather R Hlavka","doi":"10.1177/10778012241275693","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10778012241275693","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This special issue brings together recent research on embodiment and practitioner-based somatic approaches to examine trauma and healing from violence. Contributors address the long-term somatic impact of oppression and the effects of structural inequalities enacted and perpetuated through bodies and in interaction with other bodies. Somatic practices and embodiment are addressed through the lens of intergenerational trauma, gendered, racialized, political, and colonial violence, and interpersonal and collective trauma. The introductory article contextualizes embodied empowerment, collective healing, and activist-research possibilities.</p>","PeriodicalId":23606,"journal":{"name":"Violence Against Women","volume":" ","pages":"6-21"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142133951","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 Role of Gender Norms on Intimate Partner Violence Among Newly Married Adolescent Girls and Young Women in India: A Longitudinal Multilevel Analysis.","authors":"Lakshmi Gopalakrishnan, Stefano Bertozzi, Patrick Bradshaw, Julianna Deardorff, Holly Shakya Baker, Sophia Rabe-Hesketh","doi":"10.1177/10778012231208999","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10778012231208999","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Gender norms have been posited to impact intimate partner violence (IPV), but there is scant evidence of the longitudinal association between community-level gender norms and IPV. Using longitudinal data on 3,965 married girls surveyed in India, we fitted mixed-effects ordinal and binary logistic regression models for physical IPV intensity and occurrence of sexual IPV. We found a 26% increase in the odds that women experience frequent physical IPV per one unit increase in greater community-level equitable gender norms. We did not find an association between community-level equitable gender norms and sexual IPV. Findings suggest that the relationship between gender norms and physical and sexual IPV differs, indicating the need for tailored interventions for different types of IPV.</p>","PeriodicalId":23606,"journal":{"name":"Violence Against Women","volume":" ","pages":"182-205"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11610204/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"54231220","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: 2024-08-28DOI: 10.1177/10778012241275692
Celina M Doria
{"title":"\"I Can Feel It in My Spine\": Indigenous Women's Embodied Experiences of Violence and Healing.","authors":"Celina M Doria","doi":"10.1177/10778012241275692","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10778012241275692","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This article draws on the stories told by Indigenous women in the midwestern United States to explore embodied experiences of violence and how they conceptualize healing in the aftermath of violence. Two focus groups-conducted as talking circles-were completed with 16 Indigenous women. Findings highlight four salient themes: embodied impacts of violence; normalization of violence; (im)possibilities of healing; and strategies for healing. In particular, the women highlighted embodied practices like collective storytelling as a means of healing. This study deepens our understanding of violence against women by promoting Indigenous ways of knowing and uplifting the voices of Indigenous women.</p>","PeriodicalId":23606,"journal":{"name":"Violence Against Women","volume":" ","pages":"22-40"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142086251","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: 2023-09-21DOI: 10.1177/10778012231203000
Frida Carlberg Rindestig, Katja Gillander Gådin, Inga Dennhag
{"title":"Experiences of Online Sexual Violence: Interviews With Swedish Teenage Girls in Psychiatric Care.","authors":"Frida Carlberg Rindestig, Katja Gillander Gådin, Inga Dennhag","doi":"10.1177/10778012231203000","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10778012231203000","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Research about online sexual violence (OSV) is needed to be able to better meet the needs of girls in psychiatric care. The objectives of this study are to explore experiences of online sexual violence among young female psychiatric service users. Interviews with nine girls with psychiatric care needs were analyzed with thematic analysis. The findings are summarized in four themes which contribute to the notion that online sexual violence is only one, albeit important, part of a more complex picture of violence among young girls in psychiatric care. The girls' narratives are shaped by, as well as reproducing gender norms.</p>","PeriodicalId":23606,"journal":{"name":"Violence Against Women","volume":" ","pages":"266-290"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11610211/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41171570","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: 2023-12-06DOI: 10.1177/10778012231205591
Rodante van der Waal, Inge van Nistelrooij, Carlo Leget
{"title":"The Undercommons of Childbirth and Their Abolitionist Ethic of Care. A Study into Obstetric Violence Among Mothers, Midwives (in Training), and Doulas.","authors":"Rodante van der Waal, Inge van Nistelrooij, Carlo Leget","doi":"10.1177/10778012231205591","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10778012231205591","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Engaging in dialogue with critical mothers, midwives, midwives in training, and doulas in the Netherlands, this study furthers the theoretical understanding of both obstetric violence and the activist resistance against it. Obstetric violence is understood as part of a process of relational separation, leaving the pregnant person isolated. The activist resistance against it is consequently theorized as the abolitionist building of an alternative \"otherworld\" of radical relational care. The themes established are: (1) \"institutionalized separation\" with the subtheme's \"expropriation,\" \"carcerality,\" and \"obstetric violence;\" and (2) \"undercommoning childbirth\" with subthemes \"fugitive planning,\" \"anarchic relationality,\" and \"obstetric abolition.\"</p>","PeriodicalId":23606,"journal":{"name":"Violence Against Women","volume":" ","pages":"155-181"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11610184/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138499554","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}