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Showing 1 to 20 of 48 for “"Domestic and Intimate Partner Violence"”.
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Shelter + A Domestic Violence Response Network in Newfoundland and Labrador
Access to long term affordable housing and community support is a critical component of providing care for domestic violence survivors. In Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, many of the industries that have historically sustained rural life are diminishing and leaving these economies behind. Canada …
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Discrepancies in intimate violence reporting for men and women's violence: A meta-analysis
The report of intimate violence is often taken on face value in research. With no gold standard existing, one partner's report is often an accepted measure of violence in the relationship. This discrepancy in reporting between intimate partners has been thoroughly examined, yet researchers still …
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An exploration of perceptions of an offender's true sorriness in an interpersonal context: An offended intimate partner's perspective
A study by Allan, Allan, Kaminer, and Stein (2006) revealed that forgiveness was enhanced by apology and significantly enhanced by true sorriness. Allan et al. (2006) further observed that little is known about what true sorriness is, or about what factors influence perceptions of true sorriness. …
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The role of a Certified Child Life Specialist within a Child Advocacy Center
<p>Childhood abuse and neglect is currently a prevalent issue in our society. Children who do not receive adequate support and ongoing services experience lasting impacts on their mental health and ability to cope with future events. Child Advocacy Centers (CAC) are community-based agencies that …
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Silencing violence in the family: Making the victim the problem
The title of my research, Silencing Violence in the Family: Making the Victim the Problem, consists of two parts: an autobiography which explores the nature and dynamics of violence against children within an Australian home and the ways in which it is silenced within the family, schools and …
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Millennials Making Meanings: Social Constructions of Sexual Harassment regarding Gender and Power by Generation Y
… the second wave feminist movement in the 1970s, and has since changed in its meaning over the past four decades, influencing policy, legal action, and the way we, as a society, treat this social problem. Millennials, or those born between 1980 and 2000, will be the next generation of working …
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The lived experience of non-offending mothers in cases of intrafamilial child sexual abuse: Towards a preliminary model of loss, trauma and recovery
… body of literature examining victims and perpetrators of child sexual abuse. There is growing evidence that demonstrates that nonoffending mothers’ experience significant loss and trauma following the discovery of their children’s sexual victimisation by a family member, particularly …
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Attributions for Violence in Relationships: Do Battered Women Blame Themselves?
… was to compare attributions of blame for spousal violence made by women who were in violent relationships with those of abused women who had sought shelter and those of women who had never been abused. Both clinicians and researchers (e.g., Frieze, 1979; Walker, 1979) have included victims of …
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Spiritual Coping as a Mediator of Distress and Posttraumatic Growth Among Adult Female Survivors of Sexual Abuse by Religious Leaders
… has been defined as the positive psychological and behavioral changes that come about in the aftermath of a struggle with traumatic life events. The literature notes the existence of posttraumatic growth among survivors of intimate partner violence, childhood and/or adult sexual abuse, …
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Predicting the Likelihood of Dating Violence Perpetration in a Sample of Women: Unidirectional Versus Bidirectional Violence
<p>Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a serious, pervasive problem affecting over 30% of young adults. Although early research focused on men as perpetrators, it is commonly found that women are just as likely, if not more likely, to perpetrate violence in relationships. Some studies have …
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Family-of-origin and current family styles of adults molested as children
… functional status of the family. Harter, Pamela, and Neimeyer (1988) found that sexually abused children reported perceptions of significantly less cohesion and adaptability than nonabused children within their families of origin.
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The Relationship Between Episodes of Dissociative Amnesia, Symptomology of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, and Childhood Sexual Abuse
… of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), and episodes of dissociative amnesia is both relevant and useful in the therapeutic setting. Identifying indicative factors for a history of childhood sexual abuse and including them in a standardized therapeutic assessment will assist therapists in …
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