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Ackerman, Jeffrey M. – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2012
In prior research, Ackerman and Field (2011) found that intimate partner violence (IPV) affects the relationship satisfaction of females more than the relationship satisfaction of males. The current research replicated those findings on a different sample of men and women. In addition to confirming past findings, it also found that gendered…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Family Violence, Interpersonal Relationship, Victims
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Post, Lori Ann; Klevens, Joanne; Maxwell, Christopher D.; Shelley, Gene A.; Ingram, Eben – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2010
This study tests the impact of coordinated community response (CCR) on reducing intimate partner violence (IPV) and on modifying knowledge and attitudes. The authors conduct hierarchical linear modeling of data from a stratified random-digit dial telephone survey (n = 12,039) in 10 test and 10 control sites, which include 23 counties from…
Descriptors: Family Violence, Telephone Surveys, Counties, Emergency Programs
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Tokuc, Burcu; Ekuklu, Galip; Avcioglu, Serap – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2010
The aim of this study is to assess the prevalence and risk factors of domestic violence against married women in Edirne, Turkey. This is a cross-sectional study which included a representative sample of the married women living in the Provincial Center of Edirne. The total past year prevalence of some forms of physical domestic violence is 34% in…
Descriptors: Family Violence, Marital Status, Females, Incidence
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Paterson, Janis; Feehan, Michael; Butler, Sarnia; Williams, Maynard; Cowley-Malcolm, Esther Tumama – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2007
Maternal reports of intimate partner violence (IPV) were obtained from a cohort of Pacific mothers living in New Zealand. The Conflict Tactics Scale was completed by 1,095 women who had given birth in the past 12 months, and who were married or living with a partner as married. The 12-month prevalence of "victimization" through verbal…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Victims of Crime, Family Income, Incidence
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Titterington, Victoria B.; Harper, Laura – Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 2005
Objective: The purpose of this study was to inform the ongoing quest for efficacious treatment of domestically violent women by (a) describing their representation in cases of intimate partner homicide over the period of 1985-1999 in Houston, Texas, and (b) by utilizing a measure known as the spousal sex ratio of killing (SROK), determining…
Descriptors: Racial Differences, Ethnicity, Females, Homicide