Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a highly prevalent problem detected frequently in the social work field, and also extends to the personal lives of social workers and students, with compelling evidence that professionals and students are often victims of IPV. However, students continue to lack substantive knowledge of IPV. This article addresses…

Many individuals use prayer to manage negative emotions, but scholars know little about how prayer accomplishes this task. Using in-depth interview data from victims of intimate partner violence, I argue that prayer is an imaginary social support interaction that provides individuals with resources they use to perform individual emotion management…

Surveys of 433 college students and 258 high school students in Appalachia revealed rates of domestic violence similar to those found nationally. However, rates of parent-to-child violence were about 10 percent higher. Among 239 Appalachian adult women, 38 percent reported having at least 1 incestuous experience during childhood. (SV)