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Partner Abuse Volume 6 Issue 4

Subject Areas: Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Publisher: Springer - Springer Publishing
ISSN: 1946-6560
SJR: 8

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Sexual Coercion and Psychological Aggression Victimization: Unique Constructs and Predictors of Depression

Salwen, Jessica K.; Solano, Ingrid A.; O’Leary, K. Daniel

2015 Partner Abuse

doi:10.1891/1946-6560.6.4.367

Sexual coercion of women is a common problem in couples that is often conceptualized as a facet of sexual assault or as a form of psychological aggression. Because psychological aggression is consistently linked to depressive symptoms, the researchers evaluated the unique contribution of sexual...
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Gender Differences in Dating Aggression and Victimization Among Low-Income, Urban Middle School Students

Cascardi, Michele; Avery-Leaf, Sarah

2015 Partner Abuse

doi:10.1891/1946-6560.6.4.383

Emerging research on dating aggression in early adolescence suggests that it occurs as early as 6th grade. However, our understanding of dating aggression during this developmental phase remains limited. The primary purpose of the current study was to examine gender differences in various...
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Exploratory Study on Intimate Partner Kidnapping: Is This a Prevailing Issue in Intimate Partner Relationships?

Blumenstein, Lindsey

2015 Partner Abuse

doi:10.1891/1946-6560.6.4.403

The following study is an exploratory analysis of intimate partner kidnapping. This research focuses on kidnappings that occur between adult intimate partners only. The purpose of this research is to identify the prevalence rates and demographic patterns of this type of violence as well as make...
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Why Did She Do It? College Women’s Motives for Intimate Partner Violence Perpetration

Neal, Angela M.; Dixon, Kristiana J.; Edwards, Katie M.; Gidycz, Christine A.

2015 Partner Abuse

doi:10.1891/1946-6560.6.4.425

The goal of this study was to examine young adult women’s motives for engaging in psychological, physical, and sexual intimate partner violence (IPV). Participants were 484 college women in relationships who had engaged in at least 1 form of psychological, physical, or sexual IPV perpetration....
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Identifying Male Victims of Partner Abuse: A Review and Critique of Screening Instruments

Chitkara-Barry, Anjuli; Chronister, Krista M.

2015 Partner Abuse

doi:10.1891/1946-6560.6.4.442

Accurate identification of partner abuse (PA) victims and perpetrators is essential to secondary prevention of such violence. Important progress has been made regarding identification of female victims of PA but significantly less scholarly attention has been given to screening instruments that...
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Programs for Partner-Violent Men: Shared Goals With Different Strategies

Holmgren, Eveliina; Holma, Juha; Seikkula, Jaakko

2015 Partner Abuse

doi:10.1891/1946-6560.6.4.461

Currently, the most popular intervention in the problem of intimate partner violence (IPV) are shelter-based services for victims and the group program model for perpetrators. Since its establishment in the 1970s, the perpetrator group format has been adopted throughout the world, in various...

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