This study contributes to literature on gender-based violence, help-seeking, legal cynicism, betrayal trauma, and empowerment using a sequential mixed method design. Beginning with a web-based survey (n = 170) followed by in-depth interviews with purposefully selected participan…
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Domestic violence affects one in three women in the United States, many of whom turn to their faith leaders for help only to find a lack of understanding. The Ministry Project was designed to train pastors and church leaders in domestic violence awareness focusing on a three-cou…
Globally, intimate partner violence (IPV) is a very serious and significant health concern. Many researchers have attempted to postulate on the variables that may be the source of intimate partner violence, with one area of focus being attitudes towards women. This study aimed t…
Intimate partner violence (IPV) violates human rights, specifically, the right to life and bodily integrity. Although considerable knowledge about the prevalence of and risk factors for IPV in developing countries has been amassed, little attention has been paid to the attitudes…
Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) is a common occurrence that poses health risks to individuals, especially women, and to families and communities. The Indonesian National Commission on Violence Against Women compile annual reports on reported violence against women, yielding an e…
Empirical evidence suggests women’s empowerment, defined variously, and fertility mutually influence one another. Research on this relationship is most abundant in classic patriarchies; historically in these settings proof of fertility and the birth of sons have been critical fo…
Although prior research has looked at the role of intimate relationships and desistance from crime, fewer have considered how involvement in the criminal justice system affect high-quality intimate relationships. Formal contact with the criminal justice system (i.e., arrest or i…
The relationship between communities and the occurrence of intimate partner violence (IPV) against women is an expanding area of global research. In Bangladesh, however, few researchers have examined community-level correlates of IPV against women. We addressed this gap in the l…
Using data from the 1998 and 2003 Turkey Demographic and Health Surveys, this study explores the factors that associated with married women's attitudes toward intimate partner violence (IPV) against women in Turkey. Guided by both the structural and cultural explanations, seven …
Background: Intimate partner violence (IPV) against women has been identified as a global public health problem with the profound impacts on the women's health. Screening for IPV is advocated for early identification and intervention with suspected victims. However, the informat…
In the Arab world, individual stories of intimate partner violence are often hidden and cultural narratives frame intimate partner violence as a personal problem to be solved by the family, an extremely private and protective unit. As second-generation immigrants, Arab American …
The purpose of this study was to examine risk and demographic factors associated with Intimate Partner Homicide (IPH) between opposite-sex and same-sex couples. This study utilized the only multiple state, state-based, surveillance database that collects data on violent deaths. …
Domestic violence is prevalent in every community, crossing all social, economic, racial, and ethnic groups. According to the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence (NCADV), an estimated 1.3 million American women will experience domestic violence and/or intimate partner v…
Intimate Partner Violence (IPV), the methodical abuse of a person by either a current or former romantic partner, is a multifaceted issue, including various forms of abuse (e.g. physical, sexual, emotional and economic). Researching emotional IPV is important given the dearth of…
The influence of social support, religiosity, and spirituality on the decision to leave (DTL) and the barriers to leaving (DTL Score) an abusive relationship in African American females, who experienced intimate partner violence (IPV) within the past 12 months, was examined. Spi…
Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a widespread public health problem in the United States (U.S.) linked to physical, mental, emotional, and psychological problems for women who experience it. Previous researchers indicated that African American (AA) women in the U.S. experience…
There is ample research concerning the ways that witnessing domestic violence affects children, but fewer studies investigate how children's relationship to the perpetrator influences their overall functioning. This research investigates the hypothesis that violence perpetrated …
A scarce body of scientific knowledge is available on IPV in the transitional countries of the former Soviet Union/fSU and the magnitude, risk factors, and acute and lifetime health consequences of IPV remain unknown in the fSU region. The fact that the transitional countries of…
The Personal Empowerment Program© (PEP) is a 10-session weekly psycho-educational group designed to empower victims of domestic violence by increasing participants' knowledge about healthy relationships in order to recognize warning signs of abuse, access resources to improve sa…