scholarly journals Extending the Duluth Model to Workplace Bullying: A Modification and Adaptation of the Workplace Power-Control Wheel

2018 ◽  
Vol 66 (9) ◽  
pp. 444-452 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hannah S. Scott
Keyword(s):  
Power Control ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Emotional Abuse ◽  
Workplace Bullying ◽  
Work Environments ◽  
Nursing Literature ◽  
Control Wheel ◽  
Workplace Power ◽  
Duluth Model ◽  
Patterns Of Abuse

Workplace bullying (WB) is an increasingly prevalent topic in the nursing literature. Recently, a new concept has been introduced into WB research to explain the motivations of WB instigators using elements of the Power-Control Wheel (PCW). Initially, this wheel was designed to assist intimate partner violence (IPV) targets/victims identify patterns of abuse and intervene with male batterers/instigators. Research examining IPV and victims/survivors of WB demonstrate that targets often share common abusive experiences, including intimidation, coercion and threats, isolation, and economic and emotional abuse. This article demonstrates clear support for the Duluth Model and its application to WB target experiences. Applications of this model to identify WB and assist individuals to identify and describe experiences of abusive work environments are discussed.

Nonconsensual Porn as a Form of Intimate Partner Violence: Using the Power and Control Wheel to Understand Nonconsensual Porn Perpetration in Intimate Relationships

2020 ◽  
pp. 152483802090653 ◽  
Author(s):  
Asia A. Eaton ◽  
Sofia Noori ◽  
Amy Bonomi ◽  
Dionne P. Stephens ◽  
Tameka L. Gillum
Keyword(s):  
Intimate Relationships ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Emotional Abuse ◽  
Intimate Partner ◽  
Sexually Explicit Material ◽  
News Stories ◽  
Power And Control ◽  
Sexually Explicit ◽  
Control Wheel ◽  
And Control

Over the last decade, nonconsensual porn (NCP), or the sharing of sexually explicit material without a person’s consent, has become a growing problem with potentially far-reaching adverse consequences for victims. The purpose of this article is to propose and consider a framework for advancing the field’s understanding of NCP within the context of intimate relationships including situating NCP relative to other forms of relational abuse. Specifically, we examined the extent to which NCP in intimate partner relationships was perpetrated using tactics from the Power and Control Wheel through a summative content analysis of U.S. news stories on NCP from 2012 to 2017. This analysis established that NCP has been perpetrated using all eight of the abuse metatactics in the Power and Control Wheel, with the three most common being emotional abuse, coercion and threats, and denial/blame/minimization. Treating NCP in relationships as a potential form of partner violence provides a basis on which to understand the etiology, manifestation, motives, and impact of this form of abuse and informs practitioners’ ability to design prevention efforts and engage a trauma-informed response to survivors.

The CAT: A Gender-Inclusive Measure of Controlling and Abusive Tactics

2015 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
pp. 547-580 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Hamel ◽  
Daniel N. Jones ◽  
Donald G. Dutton ◽  
Nicola Graham-Kevan
Keyword(s):  
General Population ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Emotional Abuse ◽  
Population Sample ◽  
Great Majority ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analyses ◽  
Treatment Providers ◽  
Males And Females ◽  
Control Wheel ◽  
And Control

Research has consistently found thatpartner violence, defined as physical abuse between married, cohabitating, or dating partners, is not the only type of abuse with long-term deleterious effects on victims. Male and female victims alike report that emotional abuse, along with controlling behaviors, are often as or more traumatic. Existing instruments used to measure emotional abuse and control have either been limited to male-perpetrated behaviors, as conceived in the well-known Duluth “Power and Control” wheel, or field tested on dating or general population samples. This study discusses the genesis and evolution of a gender-inclusive instrument, the Controlling and Abusive Tactics (CAT) Questionnaire, which was field tested on males and females with both a clinical and general population sample. For perpetration, a preliminary comparison across gender found no significant differences across gender for the great majority of items, with women reporting significantly higher rates on 9 items, and men reporting significantly higher rates on 6 items. Women reported higher rates of received abuse than men on 28 of 30 items in which gender differences were found to be significant, but both males and females reported higher victimization than perpetration rates on all items. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses resulted in the CAT-2, a valid and reliable instrument appropriate for clinical use by treatment providers as well as for research purposes.

“I Have Been Bullied at Workplace!”: A Qualitative Study on Italian Employees’ Stories

2018 ◽  
Vol 21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea Caputo
Keyword(s):  
Cluster Analysis ◽  
Text Analysis ◽  
Emotional Abuse ◽  
Workplace Bullying ◽  
Research Study ◽  
Emotional Experience ◽  
Organizational Health ◽  
Work Environments ◽  
Latent Factors ◽  
The Relationship

AbstractThe present study explored some common thematic domains which characterized workplace bullying stories of adult Italian participants. Emotional Text Analysis was performed on 28 workplace bullying stories in order to detect the main themes (cluster analysis) and latent factors (correspondence analysis) emerging in bullied workers’ narratives. Five thematic domains were detected in the textual corpus (p < .05, at 95% confidence level), which are respectively referred to as: organizational constraints (14.10%), treatment discrimination (10.04%), unjust accusations (30.77%), emotional abuse (14.53%), and job duty changes (30.56%). Four latent factors explained the overall data variance: Sense of precariousness (F1, 34.38% of variance), lack of recognition (F2, 26.35%), feeling of exclusion (F3, 23.01%) and job disengagement (F4, 16.27%). From the emotional experience shaping the relationship between bullied workers and their work environments, this research study allows the identification of some organizational situations that are “at risk” for workplace bullying in order to promote better organizational health.

Abusive Men's Use of Children to Control Their Partners and Ex-Partners

2007 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 54-61 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marisa L. Beeble ◽  
Deborah Bybee ◽  
Cris M. Sullivan
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Intimate Partner Violence ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Emotional Abuse ◽  
The United States ◽  
Intimate Partner ◽  
Anecdotal Evidence ◽  
Multiple Variables ◽  
The Relationship

While research has found that millions of children in the United States are exposed to their mothers being battered, and that many are themselves abused as well, little is known about the ways in which children are used by abusers to manipulate or harm their mothers. Anecdotal evidence suggests that perpetrators use children in a variety of ways to control and harm women; however, no studies to date have empirically examined the extent of this occurring. Therefore, the current study examined the extent to which survivors of abuse experienced this, as well as the conditions under which it occurred. Interviews were conducted with 156 women who had experienced recent intimate partner violence. Each of these women had at least one child between the ages of 5 and 12. Most women (88%) reported that their assailants had used their children against them in varying ways. Multiple variables were found to be related to this occurring, including the relationship between the assailant and the children, the extent of physical and emotional abuse used by the abuser against the woman, and the assailant's court-ordered visitation status. Findings point toward the complex situational conditions by which assailants use the children of their partners or ex-partners to continue the abuse, and the need for a great deal more research in this area.

Do Relative Status of Women and Marriage Characteristics Matter for the Intimate Partner Violence?

2021 ◽  
pp. 0192513X2110300
Author(s):  
Aysegul Kayaoglu
Keyword(s):  
Intimate Partner Violence ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Emotional Abuse ◽  
Intimate Partner ◽  
Resource Theory ◽  
Bargaining Model ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Relative Status ◽  
Turkish Case ◽  
Status Of Women

This article analyzes intimate partner violence (IPV) in a developing country context, namely, Turkey, which faces an enormous increase in femicide cases over the last decade. Analyzing a very rich nationwide representative survey on IPV, we show that it is not only the absolute status of women but also their relative status in terms of income and education that affects different types of domestic violence, ranging from emotional abuse to physical and sexual violence. Besides, factors related to marriage setting are found to have a significant role in the effect of women’s superior status on IPV. Overall, we provide evidence to support the relative resource theory and invalidate the intra-household bargaining model in the Turkish case.

scholarly journals Attachment Characteristics Among Women Victimized in No, One, and Multiple IPV Relationships: A Case–Control Study

2021 ◽  
pp. 107780122098115
Author(s):  
Elisabeth Christie Ørke ◽  
Stål Bjørkly ◽  
Mariana Dufort ◽  
Solveig Karin Bø Vatnar
Keyword(s):  
Partner Violence ◽  
Emotional Abuse ◽  
Case Control Study ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Attachment Anxiety ◽  
Multiple Relationships ◽  
Attachment Avoidance ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Violent Relationships ◽  
Control Study

This cross-sectional study compared attachment characteristics among women victimized by intimate partner violence (IPV) in no, one, and multiple relationships ( N = 154). Results indicated that compared with the nonvictimized, victimized women had increased likelihood of higher attachment avoidance. Compared with women victimized in one relationship, women victimized in multiple relationships had higher likelihood of higher attachment anxiety scores. Adjusting for childhood adversities, childhood sexual abuse was an independent risk factor for IPV. Childhood emotional abuse mediated the association between attachment anxiety and IPV victimization in multiple relationships in particular. Attachment theory appeared useful for better understanding women’s vulnerability for multiple violent relationships.

scholarly journals Association between Childhood Maltreatment History and Premenstrual Syndrome

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 781
Author(s):  
Kanako Ito ◽  
Satomi Doi ◽  
Aya Isumi ◽  
Takeo Fujiwara
Keyword(s):  
Young Women ◽  
Premenstrual Syndrome ◽  
Childhood Maltreatment ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Emotional Abuse ◽  
Intimate Partner ◽  
Increased Risk ◽  
Japanese City ◽  
Physical Diseases ◽  
General Practice Clinic

Childhood maltreatment history has known relationships with various mental and physical diseases; however, little is known about its association with premenstrual syndrome (PMS). In this study, we investigated the association between childhood maltreatment history and PMS among young women in Japan. In a Japanese city, we approached 3815 women aged 10–60 years who visited a gynecology clinic and one general practice clinic. A questionnaire on childhood maltreatment history and PMS was administered to them. We observed that women with histories of childhood maltreatment demonstrated a significantly increased risk of PMS compared with those without such histories (odds ratio: 1.47, 95% confidence interval: 1.20–1.81). Particularly, women with childhood physical or emotional abuse demonstrated a stronger association with PMS, whereas other forms of childhood maltreatment (emotional neglect, witnessing of intimate-partner violence, or sexual abuse) were not associated with PMS. Our results illustrate that childhood maltreatment may be a risk factor for PMS.

Child injury, maltreatment, and safeguarding

2018 ◽  
pp. 208-211
Author(s):  
Geoff Debelle ◽  
Qingfeng Li ◽  
Delan Devakumar
Keyword(s):  
Child Maltreatment ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Emotional Abuse ◽  
Economic Transition ◽  
Physical Violence ◽  
Sexual Exploitation ◽  
Child Injury ◽  
Street Kids ◽  
Intentional Injuries ◽  
Public Health Challenges

Child maltreatment and intentional injuries are major public health challenges, incurring huge costs for both individuals and society. Violence is an abuse of power comprising acts of commission and omission, and can have lasting consequences for survivors. It includes abuse in the home and collective violence, resulting in children being orphaned or abandoned, forced to become child soldiers, ‘street kids’ or trafficked for domestic work or sexual exploitation. In addition to physical violence, emotional abuse can involve bullying and seeing or hearing the ill treatment of another, such as a child witnessing intimate partner violence. Child maltreatment rates are higher in countries affected by war, famine, social inequality, and economic transition and in communities with marginalised indigenous and disabled groups. Comprehensive interventions, based on child rights principles, are needed that focus on prevention, detection, and intervention.

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