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General Reports
 

        Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 

Childhood Sexual Abuse and Fear of Abandonment Moderate the Relation of Intimate Partner Violence to Severity of Dissociation.
Zerubavel N, Messman-Moore TL, DiLillo D, Gratz KL.  
J Trauma Dissociation
. 2017 Feb 1.

Abstract
 

The Relationship Between Television Sports Exposure and Rape Myth Acceptance: The Mediating Role of Sexism and Sexual Objectification of Women.
Custers K, McNallie J.
Violence Against Women
. 2016 Jun 30.
Abstract
 

Intimate Partner Violence among Women Veterans by Sexual Orientation.
Dardis CM, Shipherd JC, Iverson KM.

Women Health
. 2016 Jun 20
Abstract
 

"I Wasn't a Priority, I Wasn't a Victim": Challenges in Help Seeking for Transgender Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence.
Guadalupe-Diaz XL, Jasinski J.

Violence Against Women
.
2016 Jun 5.

Abstract

 

The Researcher-Practitioner Partnership Study (RPPS): Experiences From Criminal Justice System Collaborations Studying Violence Against Women.
Sullivan TP, Price C, McPartland T, et al
Violence Against Women
. 2016 Jun 5
Abstract

 

Introducing the Date and Acquaintance Rape Avoidance Scale.
Resendez JR, Hughes JS.
Violence Vict. 2016 May

Abstract

 

Intimate partner violence and adherence to HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) in African women in HIV serodiscordant relationships: A prospective cohort study.
Roberts ST, Haberer J, Celum C, et al
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2016 May 26

Abstract

 

'I Know it was Every Week, but I Can't be Sure if it was Every Day: Domestic Violence and Women with Learning Disabilities.
McCarthy M, Hunt S, Milne-Skillman K.

J Appl Res Intellect Disabil
. 2016 Jan 14.
Abstract

 

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Women with HIV: gender violence and suicidal ideation.
Ceccon RF, Meneghel SN, Hirakata VN.

Rev Saude Publica
. 2014 Oct;48(5):758-65.
Paper
 

Does intimate partner violence impact on women's initiation and duration of breastfeeding?
James JP, Taft A, Amir LH, Agius P.

Breastfeed Rev
. 2014 Jul;22(2):11-9
.
Abstract
 

The Relationship of Violence and Traumatic Stress to Changes in Weight and Waist Circumference: Longitudinal Analyses From the Study of Women's Health Across the Nation.
Garcia L, Qi L, Rasor M, Clark CJ, et al

J Interpers Violence
. 2014 May;29(8):1459-76.

Abstract

Benevolent Sexist Ideology Attributed to an Abusive Partner Decreases Women's Active Coping Responses to Acts of Sexual Violence.
Durán M, Moya M, Megías JL.
J Interpers Violence. 2014 May;29(8):1380-401
Abstract

Fear of Past Abusive Partner(s) Impacts Current Posttraumatic Stress Among Women Experiencing Partner Violence.
Jaquier V, Sullivan TP.
Violence Against Women. 2014 Mar 2.
Abstract

Exposure to sexist humor and rape proclivity: the moderator effect of aversiveness ratings.
Romero-Sánchez M, Durán M, Carretero-Dios H, et al
J Interpers Violence. 2010 Dec;25(12):2339-50.

Abstract

Factor Structures for Aggression and Victimization Among Women Who Used Aggression  
Against Male Partners.
Swan SC, Gambone LJ, Van Horn ML

Violence Against Women
. 2012 Sep 24
Abstract

The role of smoking expectancies in the relationship between PTSD symptoms and smoking behavior among
women exposed to intimate partner violence.
Ashare RL, Weinberger AH, McKee SA, Sullivan TP.

Addict Behav
. 2011 Jul 29.
Abstract

FULL-TEXT PDF ARTICLE
What factors are associated with recent intimate partner violence? Findings from the WHO |multi-country study
on women's health and domestic violence.

Abramsky T, Watts CH, Garcia-Moreno C,  et al
BMC Public Health. 2011 Feb 16;11(1):109.
Paper

Association between intimate partner violence against women and HIV infection.
Barros C, Schraiber LB, França-Junior I.

Rev Saude Publica
. 2011 Feb 18
Abstract

Testing posttraumatic stress as a mediator of physical, sexual, and psychological intimate
partner violence and substance problems among women.
Sullivan TP, Cavanaugh CE, Buckner JD, Edmondson D.

J Trauma Stress
. 2009 Dec;22(6):575-84.
Abstract

Suspicions of female infidelity predict men's partner-directed violence.
Kaighobadi F, Shackelford TK.

Behav Brain Sci
. 2009 Aug;32(3-4):281-
Abstract

Power over parity: intimate partner violence and issues of fertility control.
Gee RE, Mitra N, Wan F, et al;.

Am J Obstet Gynecol
. 2009 Jun 27
Abstract

Protection of sexual and reproductive health rights: Addressing violence against women.
García-Moreno C, Stöckl H.  

Int J Gynaecol Obstet
. 2009 Jun 26.
Abstract

Gang Exposure and Pregnancy Incidence among Female Adolescents in San Francisco:
Evidence for the Need to Integrate Reproductive Health with Violence Prevention Efforts.

Minnis AM, Moore JG, Doherty IA, et al
 
Am J Epidemiol.
2008 Feb 27
Abstract

Perceived threats of female infidelity, male proprietariness, and violence in college dating
couples.Cousins AJ, Gangestad SW.
Violence Vict. 2007;22(6):651-68.
Abstract
 
Gender and psychotropic medication use: The role of intimate partner violence.
Romans SE, Cohen MM, Forte T, et al
Prev Med. 2007 Jul 26
Abstract

Intimate partner sexual assault against women and associated victim substance use,
suicidality, and risk factors for femicide.

McFarlane J, Malecha A, Gist J, Watson K, et al
 
Issues Ment Health Nurs
. 2005 Nov;26(9):953-
Abstract


Abortion
                                         

        Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
Are There Differences in the Impact of Partner Violence on Reproductive Health Between Postpartum Women and Women Who Had an Elective Abortion?
Escribà-Agüir V, Romito P, Scrimin F, Molzan Turan J.
J Urban Health
.
2012 Jun 12.
Abstract
 

Age
                                         

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  Addressing violence against older women.
[No authors listed]
Nurs Manag (Harrow)
. 2016 Jul 1;23(4):43.
Abstract

Facial trauma as physical violence markers against elderly Brazilians: A comparative analysis between genders.
de Sousa RI, de Macedo Bernardino Í, et al
Arch Gerontol Geriatr. 2016 Jun 29;67:55-60.
Abstract

Identifying and responding to gaps in domestic abuse services for older women.
Shiel R.
Nurs Older People. 2016 Jun 29;28(6):22-6.
Abstract

Survivors in the Margins: The Invisibility of Violence Against Older Women.
Crockett C, Brandl B, Dabby FC. et al 
J Elder Abuse Negl. 2015 Sep 15.
Abstract

Intimate Partner Violence in Late Life: A Review of the Empirical Literature.
Roberto KA, McPherson MC, Brossoie N.
Violence Against Women. 2014 Jan 28.

Abstract


Alcohol
                                         

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  "When You Get Old Like This … You Don't Run Those Risks Anymore": Influence of Age on Sexual Risk Behaviors and Condom Use Attitudes Among Methamphetamine-Using Heterosexual Women with a History of Partner Violence.
Ludwig-Barron N, Wagner KD, Syvertsen JL, et al

Womens Health Issues
. 2014 Aug 12.
Abstract

A Comparison of Risk Factors for Alcohol-Involved and Alcohol-Uninvolved Sexual Aggression Perpetration.
Kingree JB, Thompson M.
J Interpers Violence. 2014 Jul 4
Abstract

Intimate partner violence victimization and alcohol consumption in women: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Devries KM, Child JC, Bacchus LJ, et al
Addiction. 2014 Mar;109(3):379-91.
Abstract

"Let's Get Drunk and Have Sex": The Complex Relationship of Alcohol, Gender, and Sexual Victimization.
Cowley AD.
J Interpers Violence
. 2013 Nov 18.

Abstract


Cancer
                                         

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  Linking cancer and intimate partner violence.
Cesario SK, McFarlane J, Nava A,  et al

Clin J Oncol Nurs
. 2014 Feb 1;18(1):65-73.
Abstract

Condom/Contraceptive Use
                                         

        Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Estimating the Effect of Intimate Partner Violence on Women's Use of Contraception: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
Maxwell L, Devries K, Zionts D,  et al

PLoS One
. 2015 Feb 18;10(2):e0118234.
Paper
 

Cultural/Ethnic Behavior
                                         


     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
Promotion of Latina Health: Intersectionality of IPV and Risk for HIV/AIDS.
Rountree MA, Granillo T, Bagwell-Gray M.
et al  
Violence Against Women
. 2015 Oct 14.
Abstract

"El Silencio": Conceptualizations of Latina Immigrant Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence in the Midwest of the United States.
Silva-Martínez E.
 
Violence Against Women
. 2015 Oct 13.
Abstract

Cultural Beliefs and Domestic Violence.
Fernandez M.
 
Ann N Y Acad Sci.
2006 Nov;1087:250-260.
Abstract


Sexual Abuse History
                                         

        Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
Childhood Sexual Abuse and Fear of Abandonment Moderate the Relation of Intimate Partner Violence to Severity of Dissociation.
Zerubavel N, Messman-Moore TL, DiLillo D, Gratz KL.  
J Trauma Dissociation
. 2017 Feb 1.
Abstract

The co-occurrence of childhood sexual abuse, adult sexual assault, intimate partner violence,
and sexual harassment: A mediational model of posttraumatic stress disorder and physical
health outcomes.

Campbell R, Greeson MR, Bybee D, Raja S.

 J Consult Clin Psychol. 2008 Apr;76(2):194-207.
Abstract 


Sex Work
                                         

        Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
Physical and sexual violence affecting female sex workers in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire: Prevalence, and the relationship between violence, the work environment, HIV and access to health services.
Lyons C, Ketende S, Drame F, et al 

J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr
. 2017 Feb 6.
Abstract

Community mapping of sex work criminalization and violence: impacts on HIV treatment interruptions among marginalized women living with HIV in Vancouver, Canada.
Goldenberg SM, Deering K, Amram O,  et al
Int J STD AIDS. 2017 Jan 1:956462416685683
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Relationship between mobility, violence and major depression among female sex workers: a cross-sectional study in southern India
Patel SK, Ganju D, Prabhakar P, Adhikary R.
BMJ Open
. 2016 Sep 9;6(9):e011439
Paper

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Reducing violence and increasing condom use in the intimate partnerships of female sex workers: study protocol for Samvedana Plus, a cluster randomised controlled trial in Karnataka state, south India.
Beattie TS, Isac S, Bhattacharjee P,  et al

BMC Public Healt
h
. 2016 Jul 29;

Paper

Narratives of Violence, Pathology, and Empowerment: Mental Health Needs Assessment of Home-Based Female Sex Workers in Rural India.
Sardana S, Marcus M, Verdeli H.
J Clin Psychol. 2016 Jul 27.
Abstract

The impact of violence on sex risk and drug use behaviors among women engaged in sex work in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
Draughon Moret JE, Carrico AW, et al

Drug Alcohol Depend
. 2016 Apr 1;161:171-7
Abstract

The Prevalence and Correlates of Physical and Sexual Violence Affecting Female Sex Workers in Swaziland.
Berger BO, Grosso A, Adams D, et al
J Interpers Violence. 2016 Feb 12.
Abstract

Examining the Associations Between Sex Trade Involvement, Rape, and Symptomatology of Sexual Abuse Trauma.
Lutnick A, Harris J, Lorvick J,  et al

J Interpers Violence
. 2014 Sep 10

Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
The Contribution of Emotional Partners to Sexual Risk Taking and Violence among Female Sex Workers in Mombasa, Kenya: A Cohort Study.
Luchters S, Richter ML, Bosire W,  et al

PLoS One
. 2013 Aug 7;8(8):e68855
Paper

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Partner Violence and Psychosocial Distress among Female Sex Workers in China.
Hong Y, Zhang C, Li X, Liu W, Zhou Y.
PLoS One. 2013 Apr 23;8(4):e62290.
Paper

Injection drug use, sexual risk, violence and STI/HIV among Moscow female sex workers.
Decker MR, Wirtz AL, Baral SD,  et al

Sex Transm Infect
. 2012 Jan 27.
Abstract

 

Psychosocial Factors 
                                         

        Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
Psychological Pathways from Childhood Sexual and Physical Abuse to HIV/STI Outcomes among Homeless Women: The Role of PTSD and Borderline Personality Disorder Symptoms.
Houston E, Sandfort T, Watson KT, Caton C.

J Health Psychol
.
2012 Nov 23
Abstract

Lack of Mutual Respect in Relationship: The Endangered Partner.
Alao AA.
Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2

Abstract
 

The Occurrence of Male-to-Female Intimate Partner Violence on Days of Men's Drinking:
The Moderating Effects of Antisocial Personality Disorder.

Fals-Stewart W, Leonard KE, Birchler GR.
 
J Consult Clin Psychol. 2005 Apr;73(2):239-48.
Abstract

Pornography
                                         

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
More Than a Magazine: Exploring the Links Between Lads' Mags, Rape Myth Acceptance, and Rape Proclivity.
Romero-Sánchez M, Toro-García V,  et al
J Interpers Violence
. 2015 Jun 3
Abstract

X Views and Counting: Interest in Rape-Oriented Pornography as Gendered Microaggression.
Makin DA, Morczek AL.

J Interpers Violence
. 2015 Feb 26.
Abstract


Poverty
                                         

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  When Crises Collide: How Intimate Partner Violence and Poverty Intersect to Shape
Women's Mental Health and Coping?
Goodman LA, Smyth KF, Borges AM, Singer R.
Trauma Violence Abuse. 2009 Oct;10(4):306-29.

Abstract

Contraception
                                         

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  How does Intimate Partner Violence Affect Condom and Oral Contraceptive Use in the United States? A Systematic Review of the Literature.
Bergmann JN, Stockman JK.

Contraception
. 2015 Feb 20.

Abstract

War
                                         

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  FULL-TEXT PDF ARTICLE
In the face of war: examining sexual vulnerabilities of Acholi adolescent girls living in displacement camps in conflict-affected Northern Uganda.
Patel SH, Muyinda H, Sewankambo NK, et al
BMC Int Health Hum Right
s
. 2012 Dec 28;12(1):38
Paper

Association of exposure to intimate-partner physical violence and potentially traumatic war-related events with mental health in Liberia.
Vinck P, Pham PN.

Soc Sci Med
. 2013 Jan;77:41-9.
Abstract

FULL-TEXT  ARTICLE
Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy versus Other PTSD Psychotherapies as Treatment for Women Victims of War-Related Violence: A Systematic Review.
Dossa NI, Hatem M.
ScientificWorldJournal. 2012;2012:181847
Paper

FULL-TEXT REPORT
Sexual violence as a weapon of war :International Women's Day 2004
MSF Web Site March 05, 2003
Paper
 


Human Trafficking
                                         

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  Sex trafficking, physical and sexual violence, and HIV risk among young female sex workers in Andhra Pradesh, India.
George A, Sabarwal S.
Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2012 Nov 23.
Abstract

FULL TEXT ARTICLE
Prevalence and risk of violence and the physical, mental, and sexual health problems associated with human trafficking: systematic review.
Oram S, Stöckl H, Busza J, Howard LM, Zimmerman C. et al;
PLoS Med. 2012 May;9(5):e1001224.

Paper


Race
                                         

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  Racial Disparities in Intimate Partner Violence Examined Through the Multiple Disadvantage Model
Cheng TC, Lo CC.

J Interpers Violence
. 2015 Feb 25
Abstract

Violence Screening and Viral Load Suppression Among HIV-Positive Women of Color.
Espino SR, Fletcher J, Gonzalez M,  et al
AIDS Patient Care STDS
. 2015 Jan;29 Suppl 1:S36-41

Abstract

Is John Henryism a resilience factor in women experiencing intimate partner violence?
Kramer NM, Johnson NL, Johnson DM.
Anxiety Stress Coping. 2015 Jan 3:1-34.
Abstract

Intimate Partner Violence and Human Immunodeficiency Virus Risk Among Black and Hispanic Women.
Morales-Alemán MM, Hageman K,  et al

Am J Prev Med
. 2014 Dec;47(6):689-702.
Abstract

Community-based PTSD Treatment for Ethnically Diverse Women Who Experienced Intimate Partner Violence: A Feasibility Study.
Kelly UA, Pich K.

Issues Ment Health Nurs
. 2014 Dec;35(12):906-13.
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Factors Associated with Increased Risk for Lethal Violence in Intimate Partner Relationships among Ethnically Diverse Black Women.
Sabri B, Stockman JK, Campbell JC,  et al

Violence Vict. 2014;29(5):719-741

Paper

 

Abuse Impedes Prevention: The Intersection of Intimate Partner Violence and HIV/STI Risk Among Young African American Women.
Seth P, Wingood GM, Robinson LS, et al

AIDS Behav
. 2014 Nov 16
Abstract

The Influence of Ethnic Group Variation on Victimization and Help Seeking Among Latino Women.
Sabina C, Cuevas CA, Schally JL.
Cultur Divers Ethnic Minor Psychol
.
2014 Aug 11
Abstract

Unique Factors that Place Older Hispanic Women at Risk for HIV: Intimate Partner Violence, Machismo, and Marianismo.
Cianelli R, Villegas N, Lawson S,  et al

J Assoc Nurses AIDS Care
. 2013 Jul-Aug;24(4):341-54
Abstract

Interpersonal- and Community-Level Predictors of Intimate Partner Violence Perpetration among African American Men.
Raiford JL, Seth P, Braxton ND, Diclemente RJ.
J Urban Health. 2012 Jun 19
Abstract


Deafness
                                         

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  Intimate Partner Violence Among Help-Seeking Deaf Women: An Empirical Study.
Ballan MS, Freyer MB, Powledge L, Marti CN.
 Violence Against Women
. 2016 Aug 30.

Abstract

 


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