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Crane, Cory A.; Eckhardt, Christopher I. – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 2013
The current study evaluated the efficacy of a single-session brief motivational enhancement (BME) interview to increase treatment compliance and reduce recidivism rates in a sample of 82 recently adjudicated male perpetrators of intimate partner violence (IPV). Batterer intervention program attendance and completion as well as re-arrest records…
Descriptors: Outcome Measures, Intervention, Recidivism, Family Violence
Archer, John – Psychological Bulletin, 2013
The article's aim is to evaluate the application of the evolutionary principles of kin selection, reproductive value, and resource holding power to the understanding of family violence. The principles are described in relation to specific predictions and the mechanisms underlying these. Predictions are evaluated for physical violence perpetrated…
Descriptors: Family Violence, Siblings, Prediction, Parent Child Relationship
Tucker, Corinna Jenkins; Finkelhor, David; Shattuck, Anne M.; Turner, Heather – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2013
Objective: The goal of this study was to document the prevalence and correlates of any past year sibling victimization, including physical, property, and psychological victimization, by a co-residing juvenile sibling across the spectrum of childhood from one month to 17 years of age. Methods: The National Survey of Children's Exposure to Violence…
Descriptors: Children, Adolescents, Telecommunications, Incidence
Jentoft, Nina – Improving Schools, 2017
Services provided by primary schools have a significant impact on citizens' living conditions. We need more knowledge of how innovation activities in primary schools should be organized and managed. This article addresses this gap by raising the following question: "Why do municipalities have different ways of organizing preventive work in…
Descriptors: Municipalities, Foreign Countries, Educational Innovation, Interviews
Afolabi, Olusegun Emmanuel – International Journal of Special Education, 2015
Though a large body of research has investigated the impacts of domestic violence on adult victims only few studies have been devoted to the exposure of children to probable inter-spousal trauma that disrupt their neurological and biochemical pathways in development. The aim of this paper is to analyse the current empirical research that discusses…
Descriptors: Family Violence, Family Environment, Psychology, Biology
McKee, Bronagh E.; Mason, Sarah – Pastoral Care in Education, 2015
Prevention programmes underpin every child's right to "feel" safe and to "be" safe from all forms of harm. Delivered in schools across the globe, they aim to equip children with knowledge about safety and the skills to seek help early. By drawing upon international prevalence and impact research, as well as the legal, policy…
Descriptors: Family Violence, Sexual Abuse, Child Abuse, Prevention
Evang, Are; Øverlien, Carolina – Journal of Early Childhood Research, 2015
The aim of this article is to investigate the competence of young children staying with their mothers in refuges for abused women as participants in qualitative interviews. Discourse of the verbal and non-verbal actions of seven young children (4-7 years old) was analysed using a theory originally developed to describe infant-mother interaction as…
Descriptors: Young Children, Family Violence, Mothers, Qualitative Research
Ellison, James R. – ZERO TO THREE, 2014
The First Steps Domestic Violence Program (First Steps) was developed to address the mental health needs of infants and toddlers entering a domestic violence shelter. When domestic violence occurs, the primary caregiver's ability to help restore a sense of safety for the infant--through regulation of the infant's emotions, sleep, arousal, and…
Descriptors: Family Violence, Infants, Toddlers, Environmental Influences
Anczewska, Marta; Roszczynska-Michta, Joanna; Waszkiewicz, Justyna; Charzynska, Katarzyna; Czabala, Czeslaw – Bulgarian Comparative Education Society, 2012
It is generally held that it has been only recently that domestic violence gained appropriate attention as a major social problem. However several approaches, drawn from different theories are applicable in explaining the origin of this negative phenomenon. It is well recognized that trauma of domestic violence has destructive impact on somatic…
Descriptors: Family Violence, Empowerment, Females, Social Problems
Febres, Jeniimarie; Shorey, Ryan C.; Brasfield, Hope; Zucosky, Heather C.; Ninnemann, Andrew; Elmquist, Joanna; Bucossi, Meggan M.; Andersen, Shawna M.; Schonbrun, Yael C.; Stuart, Gregory L. – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2012
The substantial increase in the enrollment of women in batterer intervention programs (BIPs) over the past 30 years has greatly outpaced research on women who perpetrate intimate partner violence (IPV). As a result, it is unknown whether existing programs, which were originally designed to treat male perpetrators, are effective at preventing…
Descriptors: Violence, Intervention, Animals, Incidence
Sillito, Carrie LeFevre – Journal of Family Issues, 2012
Although intimate partner violence has been recognized as both a social problem and health issue, the extent to which it is a health issue for both males and females in the general population is largely unknown. This longitudinal research uses data from the National Survey of Family and Households (1987-2003). Random effects logistic regression…
Descriptors: Physical Health, Family Violence, Gender Differences, Social Problems
Yount, Kathryn M.; Li, Li – Journal of Family Issues, 2012
Using data from a probability sample of 943 married women and men in Assiut and Souhag, Egypt, we explored spousal reports of lifetime physical intimate partner violence (IPV) against wives and the determinants of spousal disagreement overall and by type. More than one third of wives and about one third of husbands reported wife…
Descriptors: Females, Foreign Countries, Family Violence, Probability
Zeoli, April M.; Norris, Alexis; Brenner, Hannah – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2011
In the United States, all 50 states and the District of Columbia have enacted statutes that allow police officers to make warrantless arrests for domestic violence given probable cause; however, state laws differ from one another in multiple, important ways. Research on domestic violence warrantless arrest laws rarely describe them as anything…
Descriptors: Family Violence, Police, Laws, Public Policy
Ali, Sirwan Kamil – Journal of Education and Practice, 2015
Background and objective; There is growing recognition that violence against women has a large public health impact, in addition to being a gross violation of women's human rights. The study's aims were: To show the types of domestic abuse encountered by Kurdish women, and study the relationship between them. Methods; The study conducted in the…
Descriptors: Family Violence, Ethnic Groups, Marriage, Comparative Analysis
Iliyasu, Zubairu; Abubakar, Isa S.; Galadanci, Hadiza S.; Hayatu, Zainab; Aliyu, Muktar H. – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2013
Many women experience domestic violence during pregnancy. The magnitude and risk factors for domestic violence during pregnancy are not well documented in many countries, including Nigeria. Using interviewer- administered questionnaires the authors investigated predictors of domestic violence during current pregnancy among women presenting for…
Descriptors: Incidence, Risk, Foreign Countries, Family Violence