Using Interactive Theater to Create Socioculturally Relevant Community‐Based Intimate Partner Violence Prevention

This article describes the use of interactive theater, audience response assessment, and peer educators to create community‐generated approaches for bystander interventions (i.e., actions taken by people who become aware of controlling, abusive and violent behavior of others) to prevent intimate partner violence (IPV) and to foster change in community norms. We include a case example of an ongoing university–community partnership, which mobilizes community members to develop and implement socioculturally relevant IPV prevention programs in multiple Asian communities. We used interactive theater at a community event—a walk to raise awareness about IPV in South Asian communities—and examined how the enacted bystander interventions reflect specific community contexts. We detail the challenges and limitations we have encountered in our attempts to implement this approach in collaboration with our community partners.Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/116302/1/ajcp9700.pd

Child Custody Evaluators’ Beliefs About Domestic Abuse Allegations: Their Relationship to Evaluator Demographics, Background, Domestic Violence Knowledge and Custody- Visitation Recommendations

U.S. Department of Justice, National Institute of Justice. Award Number: 2007-WG-BX-0013Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/92472/1/Saunders-Faller-Tolman 2011 Custody evaluator beliefs about domestic abuse - NIJ Final Report-NCJRS 238891.pd

Adolescent Dating Violence Victimization and Psychological Well-Being

This study assesses the relationship between adolescents' dating violence victimization and their psychological well-being. The participants were 190high school students, ages 13 to 19 years, with just over half being boys (53%) and the remainder being girls (47%). Data were collected using self-administered questionnaires. For girls, increasing levels of dating violence (severity, frequency, injury) were related to higher levels of post-traumatic stress and dissociation, even after controlling for demographic, family violence, and social desirability variables. For boys, the levels of victimization were related to higher levels of anxiety, depression, and posttraumatic stress, even after controlling for other variables. For both boys and girls, victimization was related to lower levels of life satisfaction, but not after controlling for the demographic, family violence, and social desirability variables. The research questions and findings are discussed in relation to the developmental challenges faced by adolescents.Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/90512/1/Callahan-Tolman-Saunders 2003 Adolescent dating violence victimization JAR.pd

Beliefs and Recommendations Regarding Child Custody and Visitation in Cases Involving Domestic Violence A Comparison of Professionals in Different Roles

Research is lacking on differing perspectives regarding custody cases involving domestic violence (DV). In a survey of judges, legal aid attorneys, private attorneys, DV program workers, and child custody evaluators (n = 1,187), judges, private attorneys, and evaluators were more likely to believe that mothers make false DV allegations and alienate their children. In response to a vignette, evaluators and private attorneys were most likely to recommend joint custody and least likely to recommend sole custody to the survivor. Legal aid attorneys and DV workers were similar on many variables. Gender, DV knowledge, and knowing victims explained many group differences.This research was supported by a grant from the National Institute of Justice, 2007-WG-BX-0013.Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/116619/1/Saunders-Faller-Tolman 2015 Comparison of Professionals re Beliefs about DV & Cutsody - Violence Against Women.pdfDescription of Saunders-Faller-Tolman 2015 Comparison of Professionals re Beliefs about DV & Cutsody - Violence Against Women.pdf : Articl

Welfare Workers' Responses to Domestic Violence Cases: The Effects of Training and Worker Characteristics

Copyright 2006 Alliance for Children and FamiliesThis study evaluated a one-day domestic violence training for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) workers and analyzed the relationship between worker characteristics and the use of work exemptions. In a post-only evaluation, trained workers reported a greater tendency than untrained workers to refer clients to couples counseling, make a safety plan, and file a report to child protection services. In a pre/post evaluation, workers reported after training that they would be less likely to refer clients to couples counseling, and more likely to ask about the emotional and physical impact of abuse, make a safety plan, and ask about access to weapons. Workers most likely to offer a waiver from work requirements reported a higher likelihood of making referrals for a variety o f services

Does Job Stability Mediate the Relationship Between Intimate Partner Violence and Mental Health Among Low‐Income Women?

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A Further Study of the Inertia of the Electric Carrier in Copper

Nature of the experiments.—An apparatus similar to that of Tolman, Karrer and Guernsey, in which a copper cylinder is oscillated around its axis and the current due to the lag of the electrons in the cylinder detected by means of a secondary of many turns of fine wire connected through an amplifier with a tuned vibration galvanometer, has been used for a further study of the inertia of the electric carrier in metals. The method has been improved, among other ways by arranging to measure the direction, phase, and magnitude of the alternating current produced by the acceleration instead of merely determining the amplitude of the effect, as was done in the earlier experiments. The null method of balancing out the electromotive force of interest, introduced for this purpose, also had the advantage of eliminating the previous uncertain correction for the "zero effect." A thorough study of the effect of the earth's field on the moving cylinder was also made, which has not been previously done. Results.—The effect of the earth's field in inducing currents in the moving apparatus was found to be in accord with that theoretically predicted, and it was satisfactorily demonstrated that this effect is eliminated when the cylinder is set parallel to the field and the coil set parallel to the cylinder. The final best value for the electromotive force produced by the acceleration was found to have an amplitude 19% less and a phase lagging 10° behind that predicted on the basis of an elementary theory which assumes a perfectly rigid conductor with "free" conducting electrons having the same mass as electrons in free space. It is not certain whether this discrepancy is due to errors still present in the experimental work, or due to the over simplification introduced in the deduction of the elementary theory. The results are presumably more reliable than those of Tolman, Karrer and Guernsey which gave an amplitude 8% lower than the predicted, using the same apparatus in a less satisfactory form. The results should also be compared with those of Tolman and Stewart who measured the pulse of current produced by suddenly stopping a coil of wire rotating around its axis, and found values about 15% greater than the predicted. A possible source of error in their experiments, due to interaction between metal and insulation, was discovered in the present work, but it may be that there is a real difference in the effective mass of the carrier in the two kinds of experiment. It is believed that the present work demonstrates more satisfactorily than ever before the actual existence of an electromotive force due to the inertia of the electrons in an accelerated metallic conductor

What Motivates Men\u27s Involvement in Gender-Based Violence Prevention? Latent Class Profiles and Correlates in an International Sample of Men

Data from an international sample of 392 men who had attended gender-based violence (GBV) prevention events were used to examine motivations for involvement in GBV prevention work. Participants responded to an online survey (available in English, French, and Spanish). The most commonly reported reasons for involvement included concern for related social justice issues (87 percent), exposure to the issue of violence through work (70 percent), hearing a moving story about domestic or sexual violence (59 percent), and disclosure of abuse from someone close to the participant (55 percent). Using a latent class analysis, we identified four profiles of men\u27s motivations: low personal connection (22 percent), empathetic connection (26 percent), violence exposed connection (23 percent), and high personal and empathetic connection (29 percent). Participants classified into these profiles did not differ in length of movement involvement but some differences on key ally variables and by global region did emerge. Implications for engagement strategies and future research are discussed

Context, Challenges, And Tensions In Global Efforts To Engage Men In The Prevention Of Violence Against Women: An Ecological Analysis

As gender-based violence prevention programs around the world increasingly include efforts to engage men and boys as antiviolence allies, both the profound benefits and the inherent complexities of these efforts are emerging. Acknowledging and exploring tensions associated with engaging men is an important element of thoughtfully fostering menÕs antiviolence ally movements so as to both respectfully invite men into antiviolence work and create effective, gender-equitable prevention programming. To this end, this study presents descriptive findings regarding challenges associated with menÕs engagement programming from in-depth interviews with twenty-nine representatives of organizations that engage men and boys in preventing violence against women and girls in Africa, Asia, Europe, Oceania, and North and South America. Programs reported negotiating complex issues related to gender, the intersectional nature of menÕs identities, and establishing legitimacy and sustainability within communities while maintaining ideological focus and consistency. Additionally, programs reported that these tensions manifest across ecological layers of analysis, and impact both the participation of individual men and the programsÕ experiences in community and national contexts