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Luxardo, Natalia; Colombo, Graciela; Iglesias, Gabriela – Qualitative Report, 2011
The purpose of this article is to examine some obstacles and dilemmas related to methodological strategies and ethical considerations that arose during the fieldwork of research focused on family violence during the stages of pregnancy and childbirth in adolescent females in Buenos Aires during 2007. From this study, we are able to contribute some…
Descriptors: Family Violence, Females, Research Methodology, Pregnancy
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Haselschwerdt, Megan L.; Hardesty, Jennifer L.; Hans, Jason D. – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2011
Approximately, 20% of divorcing couples in the United States require judicial intervention to reach a custody agreement. In such cases, courts often call on child custody evaluators to conduct comprehensive evaluations and recommend custody agreements and services that meet children's best interests. Estimates suggest that allegations of domestic…
Descriptors: Grounded Theory, Evaluators, Family Violence, Courts
Chiacchia, Monique – Online Submission, 2012
Domestic violence has been a reality in civilized society since a time prior to the Bible, but it has only been within the last thirty years that public recognition of its effects has infiltrated the media and the law. This has been due in part to the writings and research of Lenore Walker, who has been called the "Mother of The Battered…
Descriptors: Family Violence, Victims, College Students, Distance Education
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Rahman, Mosfequr; Sasagawa, Toshiyuki; Fujii, Ryota; Tomizawa, Hideki; Makinoda, Satoru – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2012
This study examined the relationship between intimate partner violence (IPV) and unintended pregnancy using data from women reporting IPV in the 2007 Bangladesh Demographic Health Survey. The analysis included 4,695 married women, aged 15 to 40 years, who had at least one birth in the last 5 years. Bivariate and multiple logistic regression…
Descriptors: Pregnancy, Females, Foreign Countries, Family Violence
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Sprague, Sheila; Madden, Kim; Dosanjh, Sonia; Petrisor, Brad; Schemitsch, Emil H.; Bhandari, Mohit – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2012
Accurately identifying victims of intimate partner violence (IPV) can be a challenge for clinicians and clinical researchers. Multiple instruments have been developed and validated to identify IPV in patients presenting to health care practitioners, including the Woman Abuse Screening Tool (WAST) and the Partner Violence Screen (PVS). The purpose…
Descriptors: Females, Incidence, Patients, Clinics
Fletcher, Richard; St. George, Jennifer; May, Chris; Hartman, Deborah; King, Andrew – ZERO TO THREE, 2015
Because fathers are clearly important to family well-being, including fathers in services for families seems a straightforward idea. How hard can it be? Yet across health, education, and welfare services it is still mothers who attend and engage on behalf of their infants and children. The Family Action Centre, located on the east coast of…
Descriptors: Fathers, Foreign Countries, Well Being, Welfare Services
Young, Carrie E. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
This dissertation explores the role of creative, participatory methods of communication in response to the impacts of climate change and other environmental and social pressures in Sub- Saharan Africa. Specifically, the research seeks to understand the extent to which narrative and participatory drama influence social interaction, attitudes, and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Environmental Education, Climate, Teaching Methods
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Baly, Andrew R. – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2010
This study gathered data by interviewing women who had left abusive relationships. Analysis of the discursive resources used by participants indicated that their constructions of the abusive situation were influenced by wider social and cultural discourses. Some of these maintained participants in their abusive relationships and gave rise to…
Descriptors: Family Violence, Females, Foreign Countries, Interviews
Oyeoku, E. K.; Meziobi, D.; Ezegbe, N. B.; Obikwelu, C. L. – Online Submission, 2013
The main purpose of the study was to evolve modalities for preventing domestic violence against women in Nsukka education zone. Three research questions and two null hypotheses guided the study. The sample comprised 150 urban women and 450 rural women in Nsukka education zone. A 20-item questionnaire was developed, validated, and administered to…
Descriptors: Females, Foreign Countries, Mass Media Use, Family Violence
Johny, S. – Journal on English Language Teaching, 2014
The objective of the thesis is to bring out the trauma of the immigrants who are stuck up by the nostalgic and glorious past in their alien world. The cultural and social restrictions faced by the characters who live in their separate but intertwined worlds are brought in a detailed manner. Anita Rau Badami, one of the newest writers in the field…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Social Influences, Cultural Influences, Authors
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Goodearl, Anna Ward; Salzinger, Suzanne; Rosario, Margaret – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2014
This study examined how peer relationships contribute to young adolescents' adaptation in the face of exposure to community and family violence. It tested hypotheses about peers' role in processes relating exposure to behavioral and psychological outcomes, specifically, aggression and anxiety. Data were collected from 667 middle school students,…
Descriptors: Correlation, Violence, Anxiety, Family Violence
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Witte, Tricia H.; Mulla, Mazheruddin M. – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2012
The present study investigated perceived descriptive norms (i.e., perceived prevalence) for male-to-female intimate partner violence (IPV) following victim infidelity (i.e., girlfriend had sex with another man). While watching a video-taped vignette of a young, dating couple in an argument that escalated to male-to-female violence, male…
Descriptors: Prevention, Video Technology, Family Violence, Campuses
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Gustafsson, Hanna C.; Cox, Martha J. – Journal of Marriage and Family, 2012
The authors examined the relations among intimate partner violence (IPV), maternal depressive symptoms, and maternal harsh intrusive parenting. Using a cross-lagged, autoregressive path model, they sought to clarify the directionality of the relations among these 3 variables over the first 2 years of the child's life. The results indicated that,…
Descriptors: Depression (Psychology), Rural Areas, Family Violence, Child Rearing
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Melton, Heather C.; Sillito, Carrie Lefeve – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2012
The role of gender in intimate partner abuse (IPA) perpetration and victimization has been debated for the last several decades. Two perspectives have emerged regarding this debate. Researchers from the family violence perspective argue that men and women are violent at near equal rates and call for a reframing of the issue from one of woman…
Descriptors: Family Violence, Researchers, Gender Differences, Role
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Clark, Cari Jo; Shahrouri, Manal; Halasa, Louma; Khalaf, Inaam; Spencer, Rachael; Everson-Rose, Susan – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2012
Research on domestic violence against women has increased considerably over the past few decades. Most participants in such studies find the exercise worthwhile and of greater benefit than emotional cost; however, systematic examination of participant reaction to research on violence is considerably lacking, especially in the Middle East region.…
Descriptors: Females, Psychological Patterns, Foreign Countries, Family Violence
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