Malachi Willis, Clare Tanton, Anne Conolly, Andrew J. Baxter, Raquel Bosó Pérez, Julie Riddell, Emily Dema, Andrew J. Copas, Wendy Macdowall, Chris Bonell, Catherine H. Mercer, Pam Sonnenberg, Nigel Field, Kirstin R. Mitchell
{"title":"Prevalence and Correlates of Fearing a Partner During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Britain: Findings from Natsal-COVID","authors":"Malachi Willis, Clare Tanton, Anne Conolly, Andrew J. Baxter, Raquel Bosó Pérez, Julie Riddell, Emily Dema, Andrew J. Copas, Wendy Macdowall, Chris Bonell, Catherine H. Mercer, Pam Sonnenberg, Nigel Field, Kirstin R. Mitchell","doi":"10.1007/s10896-023-00665-w","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10896-023-00665-w","url":null,"abstract":"<h3 data-test=\"abstract-sub-heading\">Purpose</h3><p>The COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown restrictions introduced personal and relationship stressors that potentially increased the risk of intimate partner violence (IPV) for some. We estimated the population prevalence and correlates of fearing a partner in the first year of the pandemic in Britain.</p><h3 data-test=\"abstract-sub-heading\">Method</h3><p>We used data from Natsal-COVID Wave 2—a web-panel survey undertaken one year after the initial British lockdown from 23 March 2020. Quotas and weighting were used to achieve a quasi-representative sample of the general population. Participants were asked about fearing a partner, which is a simple and valid screening tool to identify IPV experiences.</p><h3 data-test=\"abstract-sub-heading\">Results</h3><p>In our sample (unweighted <i>n</i> = 6302, aged 18–59), 9.0% of women and 8.7% of men reported fearing a partner in the first year of the pandemic. Women (73.3%) were more likely than men (49.9%) to indicate that fearing a partner made them feel anxious or depressed; men were more likely to report increased substance use (30.8% vs. 18.4%) and affected work/studies (30.0% vs. 20.0%). For both women and men, fearing a partner during the first year of the pandemic was associated with established health and wellbeing outcomes like anxiety/depression, alcohol use, accessing sexual/reproductive health services, and relationship dissolution as well as feeling that the “pandemic made things worse” across various life domains.</p><h3 data-test=\"abstract-sub-heading\">Conclusions</h3><p>Population-level estimates of IPV during the COVID-19 pandemic highlight harmful experiences that occurred alongside other wide-ranging hardships, and the associations presented identify key populations with potential ongoing need. We make recommendations for primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention of IPV.</p>","PeriodicalId":48180,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Family Violence","volume":"143 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2023-11-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138529353","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}
Jane E M Callaghan, Lisa C Fellin, Stavroula Mavrou, Joanne H. Alexander, Vasiliki Deligianni-Kouimtzi, Maria Papathanassiou, Judith Sixsmith
{"title":"Part of the Family: Children’s Experiences with Their Companion Animals in the Context of Domestic Violence and Abuse","authors":"Jane E M Callaghan, Lisa C Fellin, Stavroula Mavrou, Joanne H. Alexander, Vasiliki Deligianni-Kouimtzi, Maria Papathanassiou, Judith Sixsmith","doi":"10.1007/s10896-023-00659-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10896-023-00659-8","url":null,"abstract":"<h3 data-test=\"abstract-sub-heading\">Purpose</h3><p>Children who experience Domestic Violence and Abuse (DVA) draw on a range of strategies to manage the complex dynamics of family life. This article explored children’s experiences of their relationships with pets and other animals, considering how children understood these relationships.</p><h3 data-test=\"abstract-sub-heading\">Methods</h3><p>This qualitative study is based on semi-structured interviews and visual methods-based research with 22 children (aged 9–17), drawn from a larger study on how children cope with DVA. The data were analysed using reflexive thematic analysis.</p><h3 data-test=\"abstract-sub-heading\">Findings</h3><p>Five themes are discussed: <i>Part of the family</i> explores how children positioned animals as relational beings who occupied an important place in their lives; <i>caring for animals</i> considers the reciprocal caring relationship children described; l<i>istening and support</i> details how children interacted with animals to allow themselves to feel more heard and supported; in the theme <i>control and abuse</i>, we consider children’s experiences of perpetrators’ use of companion animals as part of a pattern of abuse and control; and <i>in disruption, uncertainty and loss</i>, we discuss how children feel and relate to their animals when leaving situations of domestic abuse.</p><h3 data-test=\"abstract-sub-heading\">Conclusions</h3><p>The implications of our analysis are considered in relation to providing support for children impacted by domestic abuse, and the importance of ensuring companion animals are provided for in housing policy and planning for domestic abuse survivors.</p>","PeriodicalId":48180,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Family Violence","volume":"66 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2023-11-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138529349","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":"Seeding a Change in Knowledge about, Attitudes towards and Perceptions of Dating Violence in Turkish Prospective Counselors: The Effectiveness of a Train-the-Trainer Prevention Program","authors":"Ezgi Toplu-Demirtaş, Aysegül Aracı-İyiaydın","doi":"10.1007/s10896-023-00666-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10896-023-00666-9","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48180,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Family Violence","volume":" 69","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135340643","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":"“He’s been trying to get me …”: The lived experience of survivors of intimate partner strangulation after leaving the abusive relationship","authors":"Vicki Lowik, Nicola Cheyne, Heather Lovatt","doi":"10.1007/s10896-023-00664-x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10896-023-00664-x","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48180,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Family Violence","volume":"56 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135774582","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":"Cross-Language Validation of the Scale of Economic Self-Efficacy for Spanish-Speaking Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence","authors":"Iris Cardenas, Hsiu-Fen Lin, Gretchen L. Hoge","doi":"10.1007/s10896-023-00658-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10896-023-00658-9","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48180,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Family Violence","volume":"80 7","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135773723","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}
María J. Navas-Martínez, Samuel P. León, M. Carmen Cano-Lozano
{"title":"Mediating Effects of Insecure Parental Attachment on the Relationship Between Direct and Vicarious Family Victimization and Child-to-Parent Violence","authors":"María J. Navas-Martínez, Samuel P. León, M. Carmen Cano-Lozano","doi":"10.1007/s10896-023-00649-w","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10896-023-00649-w","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48180,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Family Violence","volume":"252 6","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135320572","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 Importance of Grey and Qualitative Literature in Developing Domestic Violence and Abuse and Child Maltreatment Core Outcome Sets: A Brief Report","authors":"Claire Powell, Siofra Peeren, Ania Ostrowska, Shehzore Adil, Jamie Botevyle, Heather Chesters, Jeanne Wolstencroft, Emma Yapp, Gene Feder, Ruth Gilbert, Emma Howarth","doi":"10.1007/s10896-023-00662-z","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10896-023-00662-z","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Purpose Core Outcome Sets (COS) are agreed sets of outcomes to be used in all trials that evaluate the effect of interventions. This report considers the added value of including grey and qualitative literature in a study to identify COSs of family-focused interventions for CM and DVA. Methods We identified outcomes of interventions for DVA or CM through systematically searching 12 academic databases and 86 organisation websites, leading to the inclusion of 485 full-text reports across 6 reviews. We developed a candidate outcome longlist comprising 347 extracted outcomes. Results We identified 87% (282/347) of candidate outcomes from the grey and qualitative literature, and 37% (127/347) from the trial literature. Of the candidate outcomes on the longlist, 22% (75/347) were identified solely from the grey or qualitative literature and 7% (26/347) from trial literature. Three of the eight outcomes in the final core outcome sets may have been missed if grey or qualitative literature had not been searched. Conclusions The qualitative and grey literature adds DVA and CM outcomes that are relevant to survivor perspectives but not reported in trials; this had an impact on the final COSs. It is important for COS developers to consider what they may be missing if they do not search the qualitative and grey literature.","PeriodicalId":48180,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Family Violence","volume":"36 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135870961","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}
Jordan Tomkins, Apriel D. Jolliffe Simpson, Devon L. L. Polaschek
{"title":"High-risk Victims of Intimate Partner Violence: An Examination of Abuse Characteristics, Psychosocial Vulnerabilities and Reported Revictimization","authors":"Jordan Tomkins, Apriel D. Jolliffe Simpson, Devon L. L. Polaschek","doi":"10.1007/s10896-023-00661-0","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10896-023-00661-0","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Purpose To support service provision, we sought to advance the existing evidence base about the characteristics of—and potential predictors of reported revictimization for—women identified as being at high risk of experiencing ongoing intimate partner violence (IPV). Method Our sample included 165 high-risk IPV cases with a female victim and a male aggressor managed by the Integrated Safety Response in New Zealand. Based on police and multi-agency risk assessment information, we (a) described the characteristics of these cases, focusing on victims’ abuse experiences and psychosocial vulnerabilities; (b) examined rates of reported recurrence and physical recurrence; and (c) explored which variables predicted these two outcomes across a 12-month follow up, using the Nested Ecological Model as an organizing framework. Results In addition to experiencing harmful patterns of IPV, victims had relatively high rates of mental health issues, drug use, housing instability and unemployment. Reported revictimization was common: 62.8% of cases involved (at least one) recurrence, and 35.8% of cases involved physical recurrence. Most variables did not predict either outcome; but two variables predicted decreased rates of recurrence and physical recurrence: prior strangulation and a victim’s initial engagement with IPV interventions. Conclusions As predicted, reported revictimization rates were high. Victims also experienced other psychosocial vulnerabilities, confirming their need for wide-ranging support. However, this study raises questions about whether these needs are relevant to predicting reported revictimization within high-risk cohorts, and highlights the difficulties of empirically validating treatment targets that could minimize further IPV harm for this group.","PeriodicalId":48180,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Family Violence","volume":"245 ","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135814230","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}
Elizabeth A. Tomsich, Julia P. Schleimer, Chris D. McCort, Garen J. Wintemute
{"title":"Trends in Domestic Violence and Firearm Domestic Violence During COVID-19 in Five US Cities","authors":"Elizabeth A. Tomsich, Julia P. Schleimer, Chris D. McCort, Garen J. Wintemute","doi":"10.1007/s10896-023-00613-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10896-023-00613-8","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Purpose The COVID-19 pandemic and resulting social and economic disruptions may be associated with increased risk for reported domestic violence (DV) and firearm-involved DV (FDV). This study examines trends in DV, FDV, and the proportion of DV incidents that involved firearms (FDV/DV) in five large US cities before and during the coronavirus pandemic. Method We examined monthly trends in DV and FDV during January 1, 2018 through December 31, 2020, which included the early part of the pandemic, using Poisson or negative binomial regressions. We used binomial regressions to assess trends in FDV/DV. We considered the onset of the pandemic to be March 2020. Results Findings varied across outcomes and cities. DV decreased in three cities: Kansas City (Incidence Rate Ratio (IRR), 0.88; 95% confidence interval (CI), 0.86–0.90), Los Angeles (IRR, 0.99; 95% CI, 0.99–1.00), and Nashville (IRR, 0.99; 95% CI, 0.99–1.00) relative to trends pre-pandemic. FDV increased in three cities: Chicago (IRR, 1.05; 95% CI, 1.02–1.08), Los Angeles (IRR, 1.08; 95% CI, 1.06–1.10), and Nashville (IRR, 1.03; 95% CI, 1.01–1.05) and decreased in one: Kansas City (IRR, 0.89; 95% CI, 0.87–0.90). FDV/DV increased in three cities: Chicago (Risk Ratio (RR), 1.04; 95% CI, 1.02–1.06), Los Angeles (RR, 1.09; 95% CI, 1.07–1.11), and Nashville (RR, 1.04; 95% CI, 1.02–1.06). Conclusions We found variation among cities in trends in reported DV, FDV, and FDV/DV during the first months of the coronavirus pandemic. Variation may be due to a number of factors, including differences in baseline DV and FDV rates; economic strain and unemployment; compliance with social distancing; firearm ownership and purchasing; the availability of DV services; delays in court processing and the early release of prisoners; and community-law enforcement relations.","PeriodicalId":48180,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Family Violence","volume":"10 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136022927","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 Transformation of LGBTQ+ Relationships in Turkey from Digital Dating to Digital Violence","authors":"Burcu Gümüş","doi":"10.1007/s10896-023-00663-y","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10896-023-00663-y","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48180,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Family Violence","volume":"37 11","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136160884","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}