The purpose of this qualitative descriptive study was to explore how clergies in Pennsylvania described their experiences when responding to adult female victims of domestic violence. The social learning theory was the theoretical framework that guided the research. The research…
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Transgender and nonbinary young people experience some of the highest rates of violence of any group of young people. Violence is associated with a host of health concerns, including depression, anxiety, and suicidality. Gender minority stress theory describes increased risks fo…
This study investigated how trauma impacts the brain at both the structural and functional level. Archival data from the charts of 14 patients with a history of trauma who complete neuropsychological assessments and qEEG brain mapping were reviewed. Independent t-tests, Pearson …
Providing effective risk assessments of the likelihood of recurrent maltreatment is one of the key responsibilities of child welfare services in preventing subsequent maltreatment of a child who is a victim of abuse or neglect. This dissertation aimed to address foundational res…
Estimates by the U.S. Bureau of Statistics point to over 30% of women being victims of intimate partner violence (IPV) yearly. Severity and frequency of violence in childhood have been shown in several studies to predict adult interpersonal violence. Research has shown that emot…
Background: Child maltreatment is a worldwide problem affecting around one billion children. In the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the Saudi Ministry of Social Affairs legally mandated in 2009 that educational and healthcare divisions report suspected cases of child abuse and neglect …
Your Tenderness for Truth examines a spectrum of wounding personal violations in their entwinement with loving companionship and larger histories of colonial and imperial trespasses. With attention to what I term “intimate violations”—gendered transgressions against a person’s s…
A wealth of past research has documented the experiences and outcomes following social service and dependency case involvement in maltreated children. However, the experiences of parents and caregivers, two key contributors to dependency cases, are equally important. The current…
This dissertation is comprised of three essays. Chapter 1 is about a house titling program, called Khaya Lam, in South Africa. Despite it being legal in South Africa to acquire a title deed to a government-issued home, roughly 20 million South Africans do not hold title to their…
Although emotional and psychological abuse, in addition to physical assault, are now commonly accepted as aspects of Intimate Partner Violence (IPV), narcissistic abuse as a subset of IPV is not widely recognized or understood. Due to the extremely debilitating, chronic mental h…
This work examines the interface between adaptation and acculturation to the experience of colonialism and the etiology of maladaptive parenting skills in a subjugated population, specifically the Latinx diaspora. It explores intergenerational trauma through the lens of the Dark…
Purity culture, a conservative Christian movement that builds on traditional sexual ethics by proscribing additional rules and regulations to govern sexual behaviors and prioritize virginity, has been critiqued in popular culture as spreading harmful messages related to guilt, s…
Domestic and sexual violence against women has been rampant in the world today. Studies show that 1:4 women and 1:7 men have suffered sexual or domestic violence. Therefore, this thesis aims to assess the church's role in supporting these women with pastoral counseling, preachin…
Many pastors apply the seven components of pastoral care to their congregations but there is a gap in the moral support and guidance they are able to provide to help members deal with or recover from a domestic violence relationship. A generic qualitative design was used in this…
One of the major problems that face women in Haiti, especially those in the department of Artibonite, is domestic violence also called domestic or relationship abuse, and intimate partner violence. In the department of Artibonite (Artibonite county), violation of women’s rights …
Current research indicates exponential growth in the occurrence of intimate partner violence (IPV), the increasing severity of harm inflicted, and the possibility of lifelong effects. The effects on victims who have left abusive relationships have produced no specific predictors…
This is the thesis component of a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) by Published Works at the University of Salford, United Kingdom (UK). The overall submission is a portfolio of seven published works supported by five associated publications and a critical appraisal focusing on the co…
Since the feminist Ni Una Menos collective (est. 2015- ) first launched in Argentina, transnational protests against gender violence in Latin America have brought attention to the staggering rates of rape, domestic violence, and femicide in the region as a silent genocide. Femic…
This study uses quantitative analysis to examine whether individuals arrested for animal cruelty have a higher likelihood of domestic violence chargers compared to a control group of property offenders. Examination of a secondary data set provided by the Texas Department of Publ…