The Relationship among Housing Instability, Race/Ethnicity, Depressive Symptoms, and Exposure to Intimate Partner Violence among Mothers

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patty Wilson
Keyword(s):  
Intimate Partner Violence ◽  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Intimate Partner ◽  
Housing Instability ◽  
Race Ethnicity ◽  
The Relationship

Firearm-related Abuse and Protective Order Requests Among Intimate Partner Violence Victims

2021 ◽  
pp. 088626052110014
Author(s):  
Kellie R. Lynch ◽  
Denise Paquette Boots ◽  
Dylan B. Jackson ◽  
Claire M. Renzetti
Keyword(s):  
Intimate Partner Violence ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
Intimate Partner ◽  
Domestic Violence Shelters ◽  
Protective Order ◽  
Female Victims ◽  
Race Ethnicity ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Shed Light

Firearms play a critical role in the murder of intimate partner violence (IPV) victims and there is evidence that laws prohibiting protective order (PO) respondents from possessing a firearm reduce IPV fatalities. However, little research has compared specific abuse tactics involving firearms among victims who have and have not sought a PO against an abuser. This study investigates IPV victims’ experiences with a range of firearm-related abuse tactics across victim race/ethnicity, in addition to the relationship between firearm IPV and PO requests, above and beyond IPV not involving firearms. Questionnaires were administered to 215 female victims recruited from six domestic violence shelters in Texas. Over one-half of victims who sought a PO were threatened to be shot by their abuser and victims who experienced high levels of firearm abuse incurred a 302% increase in the odds of requesting a PO. There were no significant differences between White, Black, and Hispanic victims regarding firearm IPV tactics. The results shed light on the magnitude of risk IPV victims can experience when seeking a PO against an abusive partner.

Does Antenatal Social Support Affect the Relationships Between Intimate Partner Violence During Pregnancy And Perinatal Mental Health?

2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (6-7) ◽  
pp. 573-589 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sachiko Kita ◽  
Megumi Haruna ◽  
Masayo Matsuzaki ◽  
Kiyoko Kamibeppu
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Social Support ◽  
Intimate Partner Violence ◽  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Health Outcomes ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Intimate Partner ◽  
Mental Health Outcomes ◽  
Antenatal Depressive Symptoms ◽  
The Relationship

Intimate partner violence (IPV) causes adverse perinatal mental health outcomes; however, few studies have identified why. We focused on antenatal social support to reveal how it affects the relationship between IPV during pregnancy and mental health outcomes. A prospective cohort study was conducted during the third trimester and 1-month postnatal. The relationship between IPV during pregnancy and antenatal depressive symptoms, which were associated with mother–infant bonding failure and postnatal depressive symptoms, was affected by mother’s satisfaction with antenatal social support. Perceived social support for abused women must be increased to prevent antenatal depressive symptoms and adverse postnatal mental health outcomes.

scholarly journals From Exposure to Violence between Mother and Her Intimate Partner to Suicidality Experienced by Urban Adolescents in Chicago’s Southside

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (15) ◽  
pp. 7870
Author(s):  
Jun Sung Hong ◽  
Saijun Zhang ◽  
Viktor Burlaka ◽  
Mieko Yoshihama ◽  
Yueqi Yan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Intimate Partner Violence ◽  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Urban Adolescents ◽  
Exposure To Violence ◽  
Intimate Partner ◽  
Psychological Wellbeing ◽  
Youth Depression ◽  
Verbal Conflict ◽  
The Relationship

Although the relationship between exposure to intimate partner violence and youths’ psychological and other wellbeing has been widely studied, there is limited research about how youths’ exposure to violence between mother and her intimate partner may be related to youth psychological wellbeing. The study used a sample of urban adolescents in Chicago Southbound to examine whether youths’ exposure to verbal conflict between mother and her intimate partner is related to their suicidality and whether youth depression and aggression may be in between such a linkage. Our findings indicated that one-third of the youth had suicidal thoughts or suicidal/self-hurting attempts. Youths’ exposure to verbal conflict between mother and her intimate partner was associated with their depressive and aggressive symptoms, and depressive symptoms subsequently were linked to suicidality. The findings also showed that youth depressive symptoms and aggressive symptoms were positively correlated, which may influence their associations with suicidality. We concluded that youth exposure to parental intimate partner violence, even comparatively mild forms such as a verbal conflict between mother and her intimate partner, may increase their risk of suicidality by worsening psychological wellbeing. The findings highlight the importance of tackling youth suicidality risks while accounting for their exposure to intimate partner violence including verbal conflicts between parents.

Abusive Men's Use of Children to Control Their Partners and Ex-Partners

2007 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 54-61 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marisa L. Beeble ◽  
Deborah Bybee ◽  
Cris M. Sullivan
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Intimate Partner Violence ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Emotional Abuse ◽  
The United States ◽  
Intimate Partner ◽  
Anecdotal Evidence ◽  
Multiple Variables ◽  
The Relationship

While research has found that millions of children in the United States are exposed to their mothers being battered, and that many are themselves abused as well, little is known about the ways in which children are used by abusers to manipulate or harm their mothers. Anecdotal evidence suggests that perpetrators use children in a variety of ways to control and harm women; however, no studies to date have empirically examined the extent of this occurring. Therefore, the current study examined the extent to which survivors of abuse experienced this, as well as the conditions under which it occurred. Interviews were conducted with 156 women who had experienced recent intimate partner violence. Each of these women had at least one child between the ages of 5 and 12. Most women (88%) reported that their assailants had used their children against them in varying ways. Multiple variables were found to be related to this occurring, including the relationship between the assailant and the children, the extent of physical and emotional abuse used by the abuser against the woman, and the assailant's court-ordered visitation status. Findings point toward the complex situational conditions by which assailants use the children of their partners or ex-partners to continue the abuse, and the need for a great deal more research in this area.

The Effects of Religion and Modernization on Egyptian Women’s IPV Attitudes

2021 ◽  
pp. 107780122097880
Author(s):  
Golshan Golriz ◽  
Skye Miner
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Intimate Partner Violence ◽  
Latent Class Analysis ◽  
Significant Relationship ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Latent Class ◽  
Intimate Partner ◽  
Wife Beating ◽  
Multinomial Regression ◽  
The Relationship

This article uses the 2008 Egypt Demographic and Health Survey to explore the relationship between religion and women’s attitudes toward intimate partner violence (IPV). It also asks whether modernization, as measured by having a higher education or living in an urban area, can mediate or moderate this relationship. Using latent class analysis to create categories of women’s wife-beating attitudes, and multinomial regression to explore the relationship between religion, education, and urbanity, we find no significant relationship between being Muslim and justifying wife beating. Our data further suggest that neither education nor urbanity mediate or moderate this relationship.

Coercive Controlling Behaviors and Reporting Physical Intimate Partner Violence in Australian Women: An Exploration

2021 ◽  
pp. 107780122098593
Author(s):  
Brittany Patafio ◽  
Peter Miller ◽  
Arlene Walker ◽  
Kerri Coomber ◽  
Ashlee Curtis ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Intimate Partner Violence ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Physical Violence ◽  
Intimate Partner ◽  
Physical Intimate Partner Violence ◽  
Differential Utility ◽  
And Control ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Controlling Behaviors

This study explores two approaches to measuring coercive controlling behaviors (CCBs)—counting how many different CCB types and examining the frequency of each CCB experienced—to examine their utility in explaining the relationship between CCBs and physical intimate partner violence (IPV). Australian women aged 18–68 years ( n = 739; Mage = 31.58, SDage = 11.76) completed an online survey. Count and frequency CCB approaches yielded similar significant associations with increased physical IPV. Both approaches suggest that frightening behaviors in particular are significantly indicative of also experiencing physical IPV; however, when you count CCB types, public name-calling becomes important, whereas when you examine the frequency of each CCB type, jealousy/possessiveness becomes important. These findings suggest differential utility between measures of CCBs, which examine the frequency of specific CCB types and which count CCB types, and that both approaches are useful in understanding how coercion and control relate to physical violence within intimate relationships.

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