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Barr, Simone C.; Hanson, Rochelle; Begle, Angela M.; Kilpatrick, Dean G.; Saunders, Benjamin; Resnick, Heidi; Amstadter, Ananda – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2012
Witnessed community violence has been linked to a number of internalizing and externalizing problems in adolescents. Guided by Cicchetti and Lynch's (1993) ecological-transactional model, this study aimed to examine the impact that family-level factors had on negative outcomes associated with witnessed community violence. Using a nationally…
Descriptors: Delinquency, Adolescents, Family Influence, Violence
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Whitaker, Daniel J.; Le, Brenda; Niolon, Phyllis Holditch – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2010
This study examined the persistent perpetration of physical intimate partner violence (IPV) across relationships. Based on the National Longitudinal Study on Adolescent Health, data were analyzed on 6,446 young adults, who reported on two recent relationships. Frequency and logistic regression analyses were used to examine the persistence of…
Descriptors: Violence, Aggression, Persistence, Young Adults
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Cho, Hyunkag – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2012
Intimate partner violence against women (IPV) affects all populations, but significant variations among these groups have been suggested. However, research results on racial differences in IPV are not only inconclusive, they are also limited--particularly with regard to racial minorities. As a result, it has been challenging for practitioners and…
Descriptors: Race, Employment, Family Violence, Females
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Ahrens, Courtney E.; Abeling, Samantha; Ahmad, Sarah; Hinman, Jessica – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2010
Despite a growing body of literature documenting beneficial outcomes of religious coping, there are virtually no studies examining sexual assault survivors' use of religious coping. To fill this gap in the literature, the current study examines predictors and outcomes of positive and negative religious coping among 100 sexual assault survivors who…
Descriptors: Ethnicity, Sexual Abuse, Coping, Depression (Psychology)
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Wolitzky-Taylor, Kate B.; Resnick, Heidi S.; McCauley, Jenna L.; Amstadter, Ananda B.; Kilpatrick, Dean G.; Ruggiero, Kenneth J. – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2011
Rape affects one in seven women nationwide. Historically, most rape victims do not report rape to law enforcement. Research is needed to identify barriers to reporting and correlates of reporting to guide policy recommendations that address such barriers. We investigated the prevalence of reporting rape among a national sample of women (N = 3,001)…
Descriptors: Rape, Females, Incidence, Public Health
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Nofziger, Stacey – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2009
This study examines how the lifestyles of juveniles influence violent victimization at school. Using data from the National Survey of Adolescents, this study demonstrates that both indirect victimization, through witnessing violence, and sexual and physical assaults of students are pervasive problems at schools. Although a number of individual and…
Descriptors: Victims of Crime, Violence, Life Style, Adolescents
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Alexander, Pamela C.; Tracy, Allison; Radek, Megan; Koverola, Catherine – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2009
Battered women's stages of change (SOCs) are examined in this study. First, confirmatory factor analysis and latent profile analysis were conducted on 754 battered women's responses on the Problems in Relationship Scale (Brown, 1998). Factor loadings were strong, and latent variable mixture modeling produces a two-class solution. Second,…
Descriptors: Family Violence, Females, Factor Analysis, Predictor Variables
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Lilly, Michelle M.; Graham-Bermann, Sandra A. – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2009
The present study uses a feminist theoretical framework to explore risk factors for the development of posttraumatic stress symptoms following intimate partner violence, with a community sample of 120 low-income European American and African American women. Hierarchical regression analyses were used to examine demographic, violence, and mental…
Descriptors: Females, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, At Risk Persons, Gender Differences
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Brownridge, Douglas A.; Chan, Ko Ling; Hiebert-Murphy, Diane; Ristock, Janice; Tiwari, Agnes; Leung, Wing-Cheong; Santos, Susy C. – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2008
The purpose of the study was to shed light on the potentially differing dynamics of violence against separated and divorced women by their ex-husbands and violence against married women by their current husbands. Using a nationally representative sample of 7,369 heterosexual women from Cycle 13 of Statistics Canada's General Social Survey,…
Descriptors: Divorce, Spouses, Marital Status, Employed Women
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Johnson, Matthew C.; Kercher, Glen A. – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2009
Victims of stalking often experience a number of negative psychological problems including such things as fear, symptoms of depression, and anger. However, research on factors that lead to these outcomes is limited. The goal of this study was to first identify distinct subgroups of stalking victims based on measures of psychological problems…
Descriptors: Probability, Depression (Psychology), Victims of Crime, Predictor Variables
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Ramirez, Ignacio Luis – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2005
This study analyzed a sample of 348 college students to examine the role that criminal history and Mexican ethnicity play in predicting intimate partner violence. Respondents who committed crimes in the past (before the age of 15) had a higher probability of severely physically assaulting a partner than those respondents who had committed crime…
Descriptors: White Students, Mexican Americans, Crime, Racial Differences
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Maker, Azmaira H.; Shah, Priti V.; Agha, Zia – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2005
The present study examined the prevalence, characteristics, beliefs, and demographic predictors of parent-child physical violence among South Asian, Middle Eastern, East Asian, and Latina women in the United States. Two hundred fifty-one college-educated women from a middle to high SES (South Asian/Middle Eastern, n = 93; East Asian, n = 72;…
Descriptors: Females, Family Violence, Child Abuse, Social Science Research
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Elliott, Gregory C.; Cunningham, Susan M.; Linder, Meadow; Colangelo, Melissa; Gross, Michelle – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2005
This research examines the connection between physical abuse and social isolation. Using data from the National Youth Survey, a measure of self-perceived social isolation was constructed indicating the extent to which respondents feel detached from their friends and from school. Those who had experienced violence were predicted to be more isolated…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Competence, Social Isolation, Child Abuse, Adolescents
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Connelly, Cynthia D.; Hazen, Andrea L.; Coben, Jeffrey H.; Kelleher, Kelly J.; Barth, Richard P.; Landsverk, John A. – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2006
The purpose of this study is to examine the longitudinal course of intimate partner violence (IPV) among female caregivers of children receiving child welfare services. Data are derived from the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being, a national probability study of children investigated for child abuse and neglect in the United…
Descriptors: Welfare Services, Family Violence, Child Abuse, Individual Characteristics