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{"title":"Effect of Sexual Violence Bystander Training in High Schools on Adolescent Pregnancy Rates","authors":"Emily R. Clear, Hartley C. Feld, Pratika Goparaju, Ann L. Coker","doi":"10.1007/s10896-024-00711-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10896-024-00711-1","url":null,"abstract":"<h3 data-test=\"abstract-sub-heading\">Purpose</h3><p>Experiencing sexual violence is associated with a significantly increased risk of adolescent pregnancy. The Green Dot bystander intervention training reduced sexual violence (SV) perpetration and victimization in a large high school-based randomized control trial (RCT). The purpose of this paper was to investigate the efficacy of Green Dot training in reducing pregnancy rates among female and male students participating in this RCT.</p><h3 data-test=\"abstract-sub-heading\">Methods</h3><p>Across the four years of the bystander intervention, 63,320 students completed annual surveys. Students’ reports of being or causing pregnancy in the past 12 months (4.0%; <i>n</i> = 2,560) were significantly times higher, 5 to 7-fold, for those disclosing SV victimization or perpetration, respectively. The effect of bystander intervention training was analyzed ‘as randomized’ and ‘as reported’ with self-reported, 12-month pregnancy rates as the primary outcome.</p><h3 data-test=\"abstract-sub-heading\">Results</h3><p>When Green Dot was fully implemented in the last two years of the RCT, this intervention was associated with a modest yet not significant reduction in pregnancy rates (aRR = 0.89; 95% CI:0.77–1.03; ‘as randomized analyses’). Reported receipt of Green Dot training was associated with a 33% reduction in pregnancy rates (aRR = 0.77; 95% CI: 0.64–0.91; <i>p</i> = .01) and this pattern was more pronounced in the latter two years of the RCT (aRR = 0.68; 95%CI: 0.54–0.86).</p><h3 data-test=\"abstract-sub-heading\">Conclusions</h3><p>Green Dot training did reduce sexual violence perpetration and victimization, and this training appears to additionally reduce pregnancy rates over time.</p>","PeriodicalId":48180,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Family Violence","volume":"49 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2024-07-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141864933","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Applying a Socio-Ecological Model to Understanding the Needs of Children and Young People Bereaved by Intimate Partner Homicide across their Life Course","authors":"Zain Kurdi, John Devaney, Claire Houghton, Oliver Eastwood, John Frederick, Kathryn Joy, Katitza Marinkovic Chavez, Ashwini Sakthiakumaran, Eva Alisic","doi":"10.1007/s10896-024-00721-z","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10896-024-00721-z","url":null,"abstract":"<h3 data-test=\"abstract-sub-heading\">Purpose</h3><p>To develop a socio-ecological understanding of the immediate and long-term effects on, and the needs of, children and young people (CYP) in the UK and Ireland bereaved by parental intimate partner homicide (IPH).</p><h3 data-test=\"abstract-sub-heading\">Method</h3><p>The study draws on in-depth interviews from three different informants: those with lived experience (LE) (10); caregivers (12); and professionals (10). In addition to the 10 interviews with those bereaved by maternal IPH, experiences discussed include a further 23 cases of bereavement due to IPH during childhood (when aged under 18). We used thematic analysis to code and extracted themes into the relevant five dimensions of the socio-ecological model.</p><h3 data-test=\"abstract-sub-heading\">Results</h3><p>The circumstances in which the homicide/suicide took place, were crucial in shaping children’s life trajectory. We identified circumstantial predictors in branching of trajectories: witnessing the murder; relatedness to perpetrator; and assumptions on biological relatedness. We found the need for life-long access to therapeutic care to support CYP essential during various developmental stages and life transitions. We recognized that both kinship and foster carers, required support in dealing with the complexity of grieving children. For kinship care, carers require help in managing their own grief, in addition to financial support to account for the new caring responsibilities. We also observed that children’s voice was rarely elicited, with no opportunities to exercise their agency.</p><h3 data-test=\"abstract-sub-heading\">Conclusion</h3><p>Our findings highlight the importance of contextual circumstances for tailored support and the identification of appropriate carers and supporting them holistically. Finally, we highlight the importance of child centered policies and dedicated resources to support relevant services dealing with CYP bereaved by parental IPH.</p>","PeriodicalId":48180,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Family Violence","volume":"73 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2024-07-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141864931","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Lessons Learned in Developing Online Violence Prevention Trainings","authors":"Jessica Willard, Annelise Mennicke, Ann L. Coker","doi":"10.1007/s10896-024-00722-y","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10896-024-00722-y","url":null,"abstract":"<h3 data-test=\"abstract-sub-heading\">Purpose</h3><p>The proliferation of online learning and digital media has both expanded opportunities for violence prevention programming and presented challenges for replicating the benefits of in-person learning environments. The advent of learning management systems (LMS) and online data collection tools has advanced scientific inquiry and reach, while also requiring mastery of an ever-changing digital landscape.</p><h3 data-test=\"abstract-sub-heading\">Methods</h3><p>This paper provides a framework for developing effective online violence prevention trainings, using tenets of bystander intervention, andragogical learning principles, learning taxonomies, and eLearning instructional design.</p><h3 data-test=\"abstract-sub-heading\">Results</h3><p>Our application of online violence prevention training was selected because evidence-based in-person bystander training models exist and can serve as a content model for online adaptation. Specifically, we review how to design interventions that appeal to adult learners’ needs and motivations (andragogical learning principles), organize learning outcomes according to a range of cognitive processes (learning taxonomies), and create engaging digital learning products (eLearning instructional design). Further, we discuss how to promote knowledge retention and skills acquisition through cognitive and behavioral interactivity, role play demonstrations, real-time assessment, and simulation-based learning. We describe practical components of online training development, including technological considerations, creative elements, and evaluative measures. Lastly, we provide direction on vendor selection; ensuring web content accessibility compliance; and optimizing data capture.</p><h3 data-test=\"abstract-sub-heading\">Conclusions</h3><p>By exploring new directions in online interventions for violence research, we seek to bridge existing gaps in training delivered in-person and in digital settings.</p>","PeriodicalId":48180,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Family Violence","volume":"45 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2024-07-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141864936","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Characteristics of Child Fatalities that Occur in the Context of Current or Past Intimate Partner Violence: a Scoping Review","authors":"Laurie M. Graham, Hyun-Jin Jun, Jeongsuk Kim, Luke Power, John Devaney, John Frederick, Gail Betz","doi":"10.1007/s10896-024-00713-z","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10896-024-00713-z","url":null,"abstract":"<h3 data-test=\"abstract-sub-heading\">Purpose</h3><p>Childhood exposure to intimate partner violence (IPV) is a pervasive problem worldwide. In addition to directly observing or indirectly experiencing IPV, children may be killed because of IPV. To date, research on child IPV-related deaths exists in various, disconnected areas of scholarship, making it difficult to understand how IPV contributes to child fatalities. As such, this scoping review located and synthesized research on child fatalities that resulted from IPV, seeking to understand the state of global research concerning the prevalence and circumstances of IPV-related child fatalities.</p><h3 data-test=\"abstract-sub-heading\">Methods</h3><p>Using a combination of keywords and subject terms, we systematically searched PsycINFO, CINAHL Plus, PubMed, and seven research repositories. We located empirical studies published in English in peer-reviewed journals that reported findings concerning children (aged 0–17) who were killed because of IPV and/or people who killed children due to IPV. Among 9,502 de-duplicated records, we identified 60 articles that met review inclusion criteria. We extracted and synthesized information concerning research methods, circumstances and consequences of the fatalities, characteristics of people who committed IPV-related homicide of a child, and characteristics of children who died because of IPV.</p><h3 data-test=\"abstract-sub-heading\">Results</h3><p>Studies were published from 1986–2022 and analyzed data from 23 countries. Most studies did not focus exclusively on IPV-related child homicides, and overall, studies reported sparse information concerning the contexts and circumstances of such fatalities. There were two predominant and distinct groups of children killed due to IPV: children killed by a parent or other adult caregiver and adolescents killed by an intimate partner. It was often difficult to ascertain whether the demographic characteristics of individuals who kill a child in the context of IPV and other contextual details might be similar to or different from child fatalities that occur under different circumstances or for other motivations.</p><h3 data-test=\"abstract-sub-heading\">Conclusions</h3><p>This review highlighted that children die because of IPV. Findings indicated that such fatalities, while maybe difficult to predict, are often preventable if earlier intervention is made available and professionals are alert to key circumstances in which fatality risk is high. Future research and practice efforts should attend to understanding child fatalities resulting from IPV to identify critical intervention points and strategies that will save children’s lives.</p>","PeriodicalId":48180,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Family Violence","volume":"45 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2024-07-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141781248","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Developing a Research Agenda with Victim-Survivors to Improve Health Sector Responses to Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence in Australia","authors":"Katie Lamb, Heather McKay, Surriya Baloch, Kelsey Hegarty","doi":"10.1007/s10896-024-00720-0","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10896-024-00720-0","url":null,"abstract":"<h3 data-test=\"abstract-sub-heading\">Purpose</h3><p>The World Health Organisation acknowledges the health sector as playing a key role in responding to those who experience and use domestic, family and sexual violence. Limited resources need to be well spent to ensure the best outcomes for victim-survivors and their families. This study was undertaken to explore<i>: What do victim-survivors, researchers and practitioners see as the key research priorities for improving health sector responses to domestic, family and sexual violence in Australia?</i></p><h3 data-test=\"abstract-sub-heading\">Methods</h3><p>A Delphi methodology was adopted, with input from those with lived experience. Victim-survivors, researchers, practitioners and policy makers (<i>n</i> = 35) were engaged in a workshop and two rounds of Delphi surveys (<i>n</i> = 72 and 69).</p><h3 data-test=\"abstract-sub-heading\">Results</h3><p>Participants highly rated four themes of research priorities 1) embedding the voices victim-survivors of domestic and family violence in health sector reform; 2) improving outcomes for children, young people and young families: 3) strengthening response to victim-survivors and perpetrators; and 4) better meeting the needs of victim-survivors from diverse backgrounds (including those with a disability, mental health issues, or from culturally diverse or Indigenous backgrounds).</p><h3 data-test=\"abstract-sub-heading\">Conclusions</h3><p>This study identifies a solid research agenda for organisations and individuals interested in conducting or funding research to improve health sector responses to victim-survivors in Australia. It also demonstrates one way in which victim-survivors can be engaged in a meaningful way to inform future research about domestic, family and sexual violence.</p>","PeriodicalId":48180,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Family Violence","volume":"63 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2024-07-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141781330","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Role of Mothering in Portuguese Women’s Decision-Making within Abusive Relationships","authors":"Joana Ferreira","doi":"10.1007/s10896-024-00719-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10896-024-00719-7","url":null,"abstract":"<h3 data-test=\"abstract-sub-heading\">Purpose</h3><p>This article reports on the findings from a larger study focusing on women’s experiences of abuse and subsequent criminal justice interventions. While mothering was not initially the central concern of this research, it soon became clear that it played a key role in informing women’s decision-making within abusive relationships which could not be overlooked. As such, I explore the role of mothering and children in women’s decision-making and responses to the abuse.</p><h3 data-test=\"abstract-sub-heading\">Method</h3><p>This research was underpinned by feminist principles. It involved semi-structured interviews conducted with twenty-nine Portuguese women, between September and December 2017. Data was analyzed thematically.</p><h3 data-test=\"abstract-sub-heading\">Results</h3><p>Findings from this research show that mothering identities surpass victim status. In explaining their decision-making, women more commonly draw on their mothering identities, their behavior being guided by their perceived responsibilities to protect and care for their children. Due to social constructions of motherhood and mothering, in the Portuguese context and beyond, women struggle with the coexistence of both mothering identities and victim status, with the first inevitably <i>erasing</i> the second.</p><h3 data-test=\"abstract-sub-heading\">Conclusion</h3><p>A better understanding of the complex ways in which women act to care for and protect their children within abusive relationships is needed. Contrary to the often perpetuated belief that abused women are incapable of caring for their children, this research highlights how their own victimization and risk is made secondary in their attempts to ensure their children’s safety and wellbeing. The implications of these findings for policy and practice are considered.</p>","PeriodicalId":48180,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Family Violence","volume":"93 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2024-07-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141744531","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"“So Just with every Facet, Every Side of this Journey, They Have Somebody Walking alongside with Them”: Practitioners’ Perspectives of the Lethality Assessment Program as a Collaborative Model","authors":"Amanda Goodson, Sarah Jane Brubaker","doi":"10.1007/s10896-024-00716-w","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10896-024-00716-w","url":null,"abstract":"<h3 data-test=\"abstract-sub-heading\">Purpose</h3><p>As criticism of the criminalization of domestic violence (DV) has gained momentum, programs such as the Lethality Assessment Program (LAP) have been developed to enhance victim safety and improve collaboration between the criminal justice system and victim service community agencies. Few studies, however, have explored practitioners’ perceptions of the LAP, particularly as it relates to collaborative efforts between victim service and law enforcement agencies. This study was interested in identifying (1) how practitioners describe the goals of the LAP, (2) practitioners’ perceptions of and experiences with LAP implementation, 2) the perceived challenges, barriers, and successes of the LAP, and 4) practitioners’ perceptions of the LAP as it relates to its promise and effectiveness in expanding beyond a strictly criminal justice response to DV.</p><h3 data-test=\"abstract-sub-heading\">Methods</h3><p>This descriptive, qualitative case study employed 17 semi-structured interviews to explore victim advocates’ and law enforcement officers’ (LEOs) experiences with the LAP in Virginia as an example of such collaborative efforts.</p><h3 data-test=\"abstract-sub-heading\">Results</h3><p>Findings identify challenges and successes of the program that illustrate tensions and opportunities between the criminal justice system and victim advocacy. Examples of identified challenges included language and cultural barriers, DV victims declining to participate in the LAP, and officer resistance to implementing risk assessment. Successes included connecting DV victims to services and improving their knowledge surrounding abuse. Findings also highlight intended and unintended consequences of the program.</p><h3 data-test=\"abstract-sub-heading\">Conclusions</h3><p>Policy implications regarding the potential for collaboration efforts to diminish exclusive reliance on the criminal justice system and suggestions for future research are discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":48180,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Family Violence","volume":"16 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2024-07-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141608966","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Evaluating a National Academic Mentorship Program to Grow the Next Generation of Gender-based Violence Intervention and Prevention (VIP) Researchers","authors":"Danielle M. Davidov, Emily R. Clear, Xue Ding, Ann L. Coker","doi":"10.1007/s10896-024-00703-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10896-024-00703-1","url":null,"abstract":"<h3 data-test=\"abstract-sub-heading\">Purpose</h3><p>The personal, economic, and societal costs and consequences of gender-based violence are significant. Although much violence intervention and prevention work occurs within academia, there is currently no coordinated workforce development approach to recruiting, training, and supporting the next generation of faculty focused on gender-based violence. Here we present an evaluation of Mentoring mcBEE—a mentorship and professional development program for new faculty from a range of disciplines from across the United States.</p><h3 data-test=\"abstract-sub-heading\">Methods</h3><p>Before and after the mentoring program (2017 – 2019) and at least once during each academic term, fellows (n = 22) completed Redcap surveys to assess improvements in faculty skills, work life balance, job satisfaction, and research productivity. Surveys also included open-ended questions gauging fellows’ training and development needs and the value and limitations of the program. Data were analyzed using conventional content analysis with open-coding of free-text survey responses.</p><h3 data-test=\"abstract-sub-heading\">Results</h3><p>Greater participation in this academic program significantly increased the size and support of participants’ networks, enhanced professorship skills, improved symptoms of poorer mental health, and increased academic productivity.</p><h3 data-test=\"abstract-sub-heading\">Conclusions</h3><p>Gender-based violence continues to disproportionately impact the lives of women, girls, and sexual minorities regardless of biologic sex. Ensuring the educational and financial support needed to create and maintain the workforce who can address this health threat is a critical step in making a ‘future without violence’ a reality.</p>","PeriodicalId":48180,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Family Violence","volume":"46 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2024-07-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141609057","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Understanding Social Workers and Health Professionals’ Public Stigma against Women who Experience Intimate Partner Violence in Spain","authors":"Lara Murvartian, Francisco Javier Saavedra-Macías, Manuel Luis de la Mata, Allison Crowe","doi":"10.1007/s10896-024-00714-y","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10896-024-00714-y","url":null,"abstract":"<h3 data-test=\"abstract-sub-heading\">Purpose</h3><p>Social workers and health professionals play a relevant role in the detection and intervention of intimate partner violence against women (IPVAW). However, these professionals may exert public stigma against IPVAW survivors, which prevents disclosure, help seeking and affects women’s health. There are no comprehensive models that explain stigma functioning in Spain. Our aim was to explore the functioning of such stigma that may be exercised by social workers and health professionals in Spain. Their perceived impact of stigma on survivors was also studied.</p><h3 data-test=\"abstract-sub-heading\">Methods</h3><p>Interviews with 18 providers were conducted and analyzed through template analysis.</p><h3 data-test=\"abstract-sub-heading\">Results</h3><p>The findings confirmed the presence of stigma and revealed that it was often unintentional. Factors about the <i>Roots of stigma</i> were identified (e.g., <i>Privileged social identities</i> or <i>Symptom-focused role of psychology</i>), which triggered several <i>Myths about IPVAW and survivors</i> (e.g., <i>Broken toy</i> or <i>Survivo</i>r-<i>profile</i>) and <i>Stigmatizing responses</i> (e.g., <i>Being paternalistic</i> or <i>Judging</i>) when offering professional help. Several consequences of these myths and responses showed the perceived high <i>Cost of stigma</i> for survivors (e.g., <i>Leaving support services</i> or <i>Internalizing stigma</i>).</p><h3 data-test=\"abstract-sub-heading\">Conclusions</h3><p>The results confirmed the importance of effective professional training to prevent stigmatizing myths and responses. Training should reduce professionals’ patriarchal values, increase their knowledge about IPVAW, self-reflection on how personal experiences and social identity influence their practice, and self-reflection on their own practice in general. Such training should also promote an intersectional perspective on recovery, a view of survivors as agents, a contextual approach, active listening, close contact with survivors, and informed care.</p>","PeriodicalId":48180,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Family Violence","volume":"39 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2024-07-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141608967","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"“Some Handle It in Ways Others See as Insane:” College Individuals’ Meaning-Making about their Motivations for Severe Unwanted Pursuit Behaviors","authors":"Nicholas A. Pierorazio, Christina M. Dardis","doi":"10.1007/s10896-024-00709-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10896-024-00709-9","url":null,"abstract":"<h3 data-test=\"abstract-sub-heading\">Purpose</h3><p>Post-relationship pursuit can range from normative to problematic, including stalking. While there are some theories and research about motivations for engaging in unwanted pursuit behaviors (UPBs), most lack the first-person perspectives of people who pursue. Little is known about the ways these individuals make sense of their behaviors and their related motivations. No qualitative studies have examined such meaning-making in non-forensic, young adult datasets.</p><h3 data-test=\"abstract-sub-heading\">Methods</h3><p>In a larger survey study, 141 undergraduate students who endorsed a history of severe UPBs indicated their personal reasons for engaging in the UPBs. We used reflexive thematic analysis to analyze patterns across the dataset.</p><h3 data-test=\"abstract-sub-heading\">Results</h3><p>Through our analytic co-creation of meaning, we conceptualized participants’ UPBs as located in narratives. Some participants understood their UPBs as instrumental ways to control their stories, using UPBs to grapple with (un)certainty or hold power over their former partner. Other participants understood their UPBs as powerlessly reactive in their story. A subset of participants denied ownership of their UPBs.</p><h3 data-test=\"abstract-sub-heading\">Conclusions</h3><p>Severe UPBs are entwined in personal and social narratives, with people who pursue making sense of the behaviors as having diverse roles and motivations. Meaning-making about UPBs creates social narratives wherein people who pursue create complex realities, including being both victims and offenders, among others. Both personal and social interventions, such as psychotherapy and education respectively, are warranted for the prevention and treatment of severe UPBs. Future research should use more in-depth qualitative methods to understand pathways of UPBs and related processes.</p>","PeriodicalId":48180,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Family Violence","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2024-07-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141608968","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}