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Showing 1 to 20 of 68 for “"interpersonal violence"”.
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The Impact of Interpersonal Violence on Depression and Social Support
… study explores the impact of sexual assault, interpersonal trauma, and non-interpersonal trauma on depression and social support. Female adult, Seventh-day Adventists in the Biopsychosocial Religion and Health Study were surveyed and regressions controlling for age, difficulty meeting …
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The link between recurrent childhood animal cruelty and recurrent interpersonal violence
… link between childhood animal cruelty and future interpersonal violence. Findings since then have been inconsistent in establishing a relationship between the two. This may be due to researchers failing to measure the recurrency of childhood animal abuse and the recurrency of later violent acts …
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Childhood animal cruelty methods and their link to adult interpersonal violence
… childhood acts of animal cruelty and later violence against humans. However, few studies have focused on the influence of animal cruelty methods on later interpersonal violence. In a replication of a study by Hensley and Tallichet (2009) and based on a sample of 180 inmates at medium- and …
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Interpersonal violence and fracture patterns in 18th and 19th century London.
… the possible presence of fracture patterns and interpersonal violence in London during the 18th and 19th centuries by analysing the fracture patterns observed on six skeletal collections from the geographical area and characterised by various social and economic contexts. The contextualisation …
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Patterns of interpersonal violence and contexts of risk: A latent class analysis
Survivors of interpersonal violence often report experiencing multiple forms of violence during their lifetime. These exposures to violence are often interconnected with contextual factors being an understudied contributor to these associations. Using a large sample of women aged 18-25 (N=1,303), a …
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The Potential for Screening for Interpersonal Violence in Community Pharmacies: an Exploratory Study
Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a public health problem of epidemic proportion; the only known effective health care intervention is routine screening for IPV exposure. Despite professional guidelines for routine screening, this intervention has been poorly adopted. Expansion of screening …
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Identity and the Prosecution of Interpersonal Violence in Late Medieval Yorkshire, 1340-85
… this thesis is a study of those prosecuted for interpersonal violence; the main point is that despite the overrepresentation of lay men, the legal identity of married women and clergy did not shield them from criminal prosecution. The second section is a study of victims and argues that although …
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Interpersonal violence: expanding the search for long-term sequelae within a sample of battered women
… distress, intrapersonal functioning, and interpersonal functioning. General psychological distress was an important measure of psychological adaptation which was specifically linked to the severity of more recent victimization, including current sexual abuse and interim physical abuse. …
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DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN A CHILD WELFARE CONTEXT: INTERPERSONAL VIOLENCE, POVERTY, AND THEIR LINK TO PARENTING ABILITIES
… sought to determine the extent to which domestic violence and poverty influence the parenting abilities of single mothers by examining parenting capacity scores on the Ontario Risk Assessment Model (ORAM). The findings indicated that poverty compromised the parenting abilities of mothers in this …
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The Experiences of Registered Nurses Injured by Interpersonal Violence while on Duty in an Emergency Department
… identify the concerning incidence of work place violence directed toward healthcare workers (Centers for Disease Control, 2013; Gerberich et al., 2004; Government Accountability Office, 2016; U.S. Department of Labor, 2016). Despite efforts over the past few years to reduce workplace violence in …
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Expanding the scope of interpersonal violence: An examination of violence, authority, and status within street harassment
… offers a unique opportunity to examine interpersonal violence among strangers and loose acquaintances. In this project, I conceptualized the issue of street harassment by foregrounding inequalities—positioning cultural understandings of gender, race-ethnicity, and sexuality—as central to …
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The Impact and Influence of Sexual Interpersonal Violence and Beliefs on Barriers in Help-Seeking for College Students
<p>Sexual interpersonal violence (SIPV) has significant negative impacts on college students yet there is frequent underuse of formal support resources. Consequently, understanding help-seeking for this population is vital. Current research has examined SIPV experiences, rape myth beliefs, and …
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The Relationship Between Pre-Deployment Experiences of Interpersonal Violence and Moral Injury: The Moderating Role of Social Support
… also been shown to be related to experiences of interpersonal violence occurring pre-deployment. Given that social support has consistently been found to play a key role in moderating the relationship between experiences of interpersonal violence and stress and trauma related symptoms and …
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Grassroots Community Peacebuilding in Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia, Canada. Identifying Local Perceptions of the Causes of and Means of Preventing Interpersonal Violence
… the impact of persistently high rates of interpersonal violence throughout the world, and particularly violence against women (Flaherty, 2010). This violence is epidemic and constitutes a global health problem and pervasive human rights violation. Responses are critiqued as narrow in …
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Childhood animal cruelty motives and their relationship to recurrent adult interpersonal crimes
… link between childhood animal cruelty and adult interpersonal violence dates back to the early 1960s, few scholars have examined the predictive ability of childhood animal cruelty motives and their relationship to later violence toward humans. Based on a sample of 257 male inmates, the present …
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Violence against foreign-born women in Sweden
Violence against women (VAW) is an increasing public health concern. Prevalence of such violence may potentially be greater among foreign-born women due to lack of empowerment and other contributing factors. Research concerning violence against foreign-born women in Sweden is scarce. Thus, the …
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THE HUMAN SERVICE PROVIDER COMPETENCE ABOUT REPORTING VIOLENCE ON WOMEN WITH DISABILITY SCALE: DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION
Statistics about violence experienced by women with disabilities are alarming, and yet, the reporting of this specific form of violence is neglected. Previous research indicates that though interpersonal violence affects women with disabilities like a hidden “epidemic”, the phenomenon is severely …
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Violence and society in post-apartheid Cape Town
High levels of crime and violence continue to plague South Africa after nearly two decades of peace and democratic rule. While collective violence continues to occur in the form of violent protests and community mob justice, the majority of violent incidents in South Africa are instances of …
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Providing Trauma and Violence Informed Care to Preservice Teachers: A look into perceived behaviours and self-efficacy when working with children impacted by interpersonal and structural violence
Trauma-and-violence-informed-care (TVIC) and its active and anti-oppressive lens, allows for a thorough understanding of traumatic experiences and the impacts these experiences have had on student behaviours (EQUIP Health Care, 2017). Giving preservice teachers education on how to employ TVIC, may …
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