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Jin, Xiaochun; Keat, Jane E. – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2010
This study explored how changes in power relations within couples after immigrating from more patriarchal societies contribute to intimate partner violence (IPV). Both subjective decision-making power and objective power bases were examined in Chinese immigrant couples. Batterers and nonviolent men both experienced loss of decision-making power in…
Descriptors: Spouses, Family Violence, Chinese Americans, Immigrants
Fanslow, Janet L.; Robinson, Elizabeth M. – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2010
Efforts to understand and support the process of help seeking by victims of intimate partner violence are of considerable urgency if we are to design systems and responses that are capable of actively and appropriately meeting the needs of victims. Using data from the New Zealand Violence Against Women Study, which drew from a representative…
Descriptors: Help Seeking, Family Violence, Sexual Harassment, Females
Antle, Becky; Barbee, Anita; Yankeelov, Pam; Bledsoe, Linda – Journal of Family Social Work, 2010
This purpose of this research was to evaluate the mandatory reporting law for domestic violence victims in the state of Kentucky through the qualitative interview of 24 female victims of domestic violence. Victims were generally supportive of the law and felt that professionals should be required to report domestic abuse. They did not feel that…
Descriptors: Family Violence, Qualitative Research, Laws, Victims of Crime
Chung, Grace H.; Tucker, M. Belinda; Takeuchi, David – Family Relations, 2008
This study integrates relative resource theory and cultural perspectives on husband-to-wife authority to examine male-to-female physical violence reported by Asian American wives in the National Latino and Asian American Survey. Findings indicated that the association between marital violence and male household dominance is complicated by women's…
Descriptors: Spouses, Family Violence, Income, Asian Americans
Chablani, Anisha; Spinney, Elizabeth R. – Journal of Family Social Work, 2011
This article describes a model designed to engage very high-risk pregnant and parenting young mothers who are not traditionally served by home visiting or other young parent programs. These disengaged young mothers do not live in stable environments: they are street or gang involved, in danger of dropping out of school or have already dropped out,…
Descriptors: Substance Abuse, Family Violence, Mothers, Early Parenthood
Moreno, Claudia L.; Morrill, Allison C.; El-Bassel, Nabila – Health & Social Work, 2011
The authors examined sexual factors for HIV risk in 1,003 women of Puerto Rican heritage who attended a community-based New York City hospital clinic. Participants' ages ranged from 18 to 73 years. Half were born in the continental United States, and half were born in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. All were sexually active within the past 90…
Descriptors: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Intervention, Females, Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Hall, Sioux – Harvard Educational Review, 2011
In this article, Sioux Hall promotes using a strengths-based approach to examine the interruption of the intergenerational cycle of child abuse and explores the strategies that women who were abused by a parent as children used to raise their children without abuse. She documents the mothers' uses of strategies such as vowing to protect and…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Females, Child Rearing, Parenting Styles
Speizer, Ilene S.; Pearson, Erin – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2011
The relationship between intimate partner violence (IPV) and early marriage is explored using the 2005-2006 India National Family Health Survey (NFHS-3). The NFHS-3 collected data from a representative sample of women and men in India with a large enough sample size to have a representative sample at the state level. The focus is on youth from…
Descriptors: Females, Marriage, Foreign Countries, National Surveys
Messinger, Adam M. – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2011
With intimate partner violence (IPV) among same-sex couples largely ignored by policy makers and researchers alike, accurately estimating the size of the problem is important in determining whether this minimal response is justified. As such, the present study is a secondary data analysis of the National Violence Against Women Survey and…
Descriptors: Females, Homosexuality, Data Analysis, Family Violence
Chan, Ko Ling – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2011
Objective: The current study investigated the prevalence and impact of childhood sexual abuse (CSA) on adult sexual victimization (ASV) in Hong Kong, China. This study also examines correlates of demographic characteristics, depression, suicidal ideation, and self-esteem with ASV. Methods: A total of 5,049 Chinese adult respondents were…
Descriptors: Sexual Abuse, Child Abuse, Victims of Crime, Adults
Donovan, Roxanne A. – Psychology of Women Quarterly, 2011
Although intersectional theory and empirical evidence suggest that race impacts how women are perceived, there is a dearth of research on how the dominant culture stereotypes Black women compared to White women. The current study addresses this gap using an intersectional framework to investigate White college students' stereotypes of Black and…
Descriptors: Evidence, College Students, Family Violence, Sexual Abuse
Coogan, Declan – Child Care in Practice, 2011
Until relatively recently, the focus of research, policy and intervention responses to abuse and violence within families has been almost exclusively on the behaviour of adults rather than on the violence within families carried out by children and adolescents. As a consequence, the aggressive and violent behaviour of children and adolescents at…
Descriptors: Family Violence, Parents, Foreign Countries, Cultural Influences
Young Mothers' Experiences of Power, Control and Violence within Intimate and Familial Relationships
Brown, Geraldine; Brady, Geraldine; Letherby, Gayle – Child Care in Practice, 2011
In 2009 the National Society for the Protection of Cruelty to Children published "Partner Exploitation and Violence in Teenage Intimate Relationships". This publication reports on the first major study in the United Kingdom to systematically document the incidence rates and dynamics of intimate partner violence in the lives of young…
Descriptors: Family Violence, Mothers, Pregnancy, Intimacy
Plazaola-Castano, Juncal; Ruiz-Perez, Isabel; Escriba-Aguir, Vicenta; Montero-Pinar, Isabel; Vives-Cases, Carmen – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2011
We aimed to analyze the internal consistency and construct validity of the Spanish version of the Index of Spouse Abuse (ISA) in a representative sample of 8,995 women attending general practice in Spain in 2006-2007. The factor structure analysis shows that the ISA measures four intimate partner violence (IPV) dimensions: emotional, physical, and…
Descriptors: Family Violence, Sexual Harassment, Sexual Abuse, Females
Fusco, Rachel A.; Rautkis, Mary E. – Child Welfare, 2012
The number of people identifying as biracial is rapidly growing, though little is known about the experiences of interracial families. Previous work indicates that biracial children may be at elevated risk of entering the child welfare system. This could underscore additional risks faced by these families. This document includes data from the…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Employment Level, At Risk Persons, Intervention