scholarly journals Changing Narratives of Intimate Partner Violence

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 123-142
Author(s):  
Heith Copes ◽  
Lindsay Leban ◽  
Jared Ragland
Keyword(s):  
Intimate Partner Violence ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Intimate Partner ◽  
Photo Elicitation ◽  
Women's Narratives ◽  
Rural Alabama

We explore how women’s narratives of abuse change, including narratives of self as well as narratives of their abusers. We draw on experiences from a photoethnography of people living in rural Alabama who use methamphetamine. The use of photographs taken throughout the project aid in both the representation of the women as well as in data collection (through photo-elicitation interviews). While we draw on the overall experiences from the project, we focus specifically on one key participant— Misty—to illustrate the ways that she made sense of and excused intimate partner violence, and how her narrative eventually changes. Our findings illuminate how the narratives people construct of themselves are intertwined with those they construct with others, and how such narratives change together.

scholarly journals Risk factors associated with high prevalence of intimate partner violence amongst school-going young women (aged 15–24years) in Maputo, Mozambique

PLoS ONE ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (12) ◽  
pp. e0243304
Author(s):  
Maria Suzana Maguele ◽  
Boikhutso Tlou ◽  
Myra Taylor ◽  
Nelisiwe Khuzwayo
Keyword(s):  
Intimate Partner Violence ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Young Women ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Religious Commitment ◽  
Intimate Partner ◽  
Bivariate Analysis ◽  
Sociocultural Factors ◽  
Factors Associated ◽  
High Prevalence

Background In many countries, there is evidence that intimate partner violence is prevalent among young women. This study aimed to determine the prevalence and the factors associated with intimate partner violence in young women (aged 15–24 years) attending secondary schools in Maputo, Mozambique. Method Using a probability proportional sampling strategy, 431 participants were recruited, and the data were collected using a self-administered questionnaire. Binary and multivariate logistic regression analyses were performed to assess the association between IPV and sociodemographic and sociocultural factors. Odds ratio (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) are reported. Results Of the 413 participants, 248 (60%) (95% CI: 55.15–64.61) had experienced at least one form of IPV in their lifetime. Then, of the 293 participants who had a partner in the previous 12 months prior to the data collection, 186 (63.4%) (95% CI: 57.68–69.00) reported IPV in the 12 months prior to data collection. The psychological violence was the predominant type of violence, lifetime prevalence 230 (55.7%), and over the previous 12 months 164 (55.9%). The risk of IPV was associated with young women lacking religious commitment (AOR, 1.596, 95% CI: 1.009–2.525, p = 0.046) and if the head of the young women’s household was unemployed (AOR, 1.642 95% CI: 1.044–2.584, p = 0.032). In the bivariate analysis the odds of being abused remained lower among the younger teenage women (OR, 0.458 95% CI: 0.237–0.888, p = 0.021), and higher, among young women if the partner was employed (OR, 2.247 95% CI: 1.187–4.256, p = 0.013) and among the young women believing that males are superior to females (OR, 2.298 95% CI:1.014–5.210. p = 0.046). Conclusion These findings reveal a high prevalence of IPV among young women. Comprehensive programs should incorporate socioeconomic empowerment strategies to increase women’s autonomy. There is a need to address religious beliefs through cultural perspectives, to improve social interactions that promote violence free relationships, gender egalitarian norms, and physical and emotional wellbeing for young women.

The Employment Trajectories of Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence

2021 ◽  
pp. 095001702110352
Author(s):  
Kathryn Showalter ◽  
Susan Yoon ◽  
TK Logan
Keyword(s):  
Intimate Partner Violence ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Employment Status ◽  
The United States ◽  
Intimate Partner ◽  
Latent Growth ◽  
Employment Trajectories ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Employment Instability

Intimate partner violence in the United States is significantly associated with employment instability. Using a latent growth curve model, the current study investigates the impact of intimate partner violence on mothers’ (N=4897) employment outcomes trajectories in the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing study which include four waves of data collection starting when a child was born and ending about eight years later. Outcomes included annual weeks worked and employment status (employed vs. unemployed). There was a significant effect of intimate partner violence on weeks worked and employment status at the second wave of data collection, indicating that mothers were most likely to experience employment instability when they had a three-year-old child. Results also showed that intimate partner violence survivors were still experiencing unemployment six years after abuse occurred. Workplaces and policymakers should protect mothers with young children experiencing intimate partner violence by extending time off from work and connection to community resources.

The Process of Empowerment Reflected in Women's Narratives of Their Stay in a Domestic Violence Shelter

Partner Abuse ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-21
Author(s):  
Katherine M. Kenyon ◽  
Diane Hiebert-Murphy ◽  
Janice Ristock ◽  
Maria I. Medved
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Intimate Partner Violence ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Intimate Partner ◽  
Domestic Violence Shelters ◽  
Self Reflection ◽  
Domestic Violence Shelter ◽  
Women's Narratives ◽  
Narrative Methodology ◽  
Building Community

Domestic violence shelters can provide services that are key to ending intimate partner violence. Yet, little is known about the process through which a stay in shelter increases women's ability to move toward the lives they want. The construct of empowerment has been used to gauge the effectiveness of intimate partner violence interventions and has been linked to a variety of positive outcomes. The present qualitative study analyzed nine in-depth interviews with women in domestic violence shelters to explore processes that occurred within the shelter stay that enhanced their sense of empowerment. A narrative methodology that situates personal stories within the broader social context was used. Four interrelated empowerment storylines were identified and involved self-reflection, gaining clarity, acquiring knowledge, and building community. Implications of these processes for shelter services are discussed.

La rilevazione della IPV in diversi contesti clinici

2009 ◽  
pp. 43-61
Author(s):  
Anna Lubrano Lavadera ◽  
Ludovica Iesu ◽  
Anna Lisa Micci
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Intimate Partner Violence ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Key Words ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Ad Hoc ◽  
Intimate Partner ◽  
Multidimensional Approach ◽  
Clinical Context

- The studies, conducted on the phenomenon of the Intimate Partner Violence (IPV), report the necessity to use a multidimensional approach which foresees the analysis of the risk and protection factors implicated. The present study is focused on the analysis of the formalities in which the phenomenon of the violence is investigated in different clinical contexts (social services, orders of family leaving, expert legal consultation, Department Alcoholics of the Policlinico Umberto I°, spanish anti-violence centre). For the data collection has been used a Scheme of analysis of histories of violent couples, built ad hoc. The results underline notable discrepancies in the typology of gathered information in the cases of IPV in the different clinical contexts, probably associated to a different formation of the operators and to specific protocols to the objectives of the service. Such discrepancy has solicited the necessity to structure protocols of work that allow a complete and uniform collection of information in different contexts, with the purpose to deepen the understanding of the phenomenon of the IPV. Key words: intimate partner violence; multidimensional approach; protection and risk factors; clinical context.

Hidden harms: Women's narratives of intimate partner violence in a microbicide trial, South Africa

2014 ◽  
Vol 110 ◽  
pp. 49-55 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan Stadler ◽  
Sinead Delany-Moretlwe ◽  
Thesla Palanee ◽  
Helen Rees
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Intimate Partner Violence ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Intimate Partner ◽  
Microbicide Trial ◽  
Women's Narratives

Does the Life History Calendar Method Facilitate the Recall of Intimate Partner Violence? Comparison of Two Methods of Data Collection

2005 ◽  
Vol 29 (3) ◽  
pp. 151-163 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Yoshihama ◽  
B. Gillespie ◽  
A. C. Hammock ◽  
R. F. Belli ◽  
R. M. Tolman
Keyword(s):  
Intimate Partner Violence ◽  
Life History ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Intimate Partner

“Allow Me to Speak”

Affilia ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 32 (4) ◽  
pp. 446-460 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elithet Silva-Martínez
Keyword(s):  
Intimate Partner Violence ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Intimate Partner ◽  
Ethnographic Study ◽  
Social Policies ◽  
Chicana Feminism ◽  
Latina Immigrants ◽  
Spanish Speaking ◽  
Women's Narratives

Intimate partner violence is experienced by millions of women. The experience becomes complex when confronted in a different country, especially for Spanish-speaking Latina immigrants, representing a challenge in their path to survival. This ethnographic study was based in Chicana feminism and Mujerismo epistemology. From the Mujerista framework arises the concept of permítanme hablar and la lucha, which emphasizes the importance of the women’s narratives from their own contexts. Consequently, the need of reclaiming from their stories alternative forms of intervention by service providers and those who develop programs as well as social policies in favor of their communities.

Honoring Resilience Narratives: Protective Factors Among Indigenous Women Experiencing Intimate Partner Violence

2016 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 63-78 ◽  
Author(s):  
Catherine Burnette ◽  
Timothy Hefflinger
Keyword(s):  
Intimate Partner Violence ◽  
Social Work ◽  
Protective Factors ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Social Work Students ◽  
The United States ◽  
Intimate Partner ◽  
Indigenous Women ◽  
Ethnographic Interviews ◽  
Women's Narratives

Despite the need for education among undergraduate social work students and practitioners to provide culturally relevant services to address the disproportionate rates of violence against Indigenous women in the United States, little is known about which factors Indigenous women identify as protective. Thus, the purpose of this article is to uncover Indigenous women's narratives of resilience or emergent protective factors related to experiences of intimate partner violence (IPV). As part of a broader critical ethnography, results emerged from thematic analysis of ethnographic interviews with 29 Indigenous women who had experienced IPV. Women reported the following protective factors: (a) an educational orientation; (b) affirming talents and abilities; (c) constructive coping, which included helping others and expressing emotions; (d) faith; (e) optimism and resilience perspectives; and (f) self-reliance and inner strength. Identified protective factors may guide education for social work students and practitioners regarding how to engage in strengths-based practice with these populations.

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