Pub Date : 2026-02-18DOI: 10.1177/08862605251414432
Suran Guo, Shaobo Lv, Qingqing Ye, Ping Zhang
The current study developed a moderated mediation model to investigate the relationship between cyberbullying victimization experience and aggressive intervention and its potential mechanism. A total of 1,129 undergraduate students from five universities in China (mean age = 19.57, SD = 1.37; 513 females) completed a series of questionnaires, including the Cyberbullying Victimization Questionnaire, Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale, subscale of aggressive intervention, and Chinese short version of the Marlow-Crowne Social Desirability Questionnaire. The results showed that cyberbullying victimization experience positively predicted aggressive intervention. Depression partially mediated the association between cyberbullying victimization experience and aggressive intervention. Gender differences and gender interaction also existed in this study. Specifically, males engaged in more aggressive intervention than females; however, the mediating effect of depression was stronger in females, and cyberbullying victimization experience predicted more robust in males than in females. In conclusion, the present study revealed the risk factors for aggressive intervention and that female bystanders with experience of cyberbullying victimization were more likely to attack perpetrators.
{"title":"Effect of Cyberbullying Victimization Experience on Aggressive Intervention: A Moderated Mediation Model of Depression and Gender.","authors":"Suran Guo, Shaobo Lv, Qingqing Ye, Ping Zhang","doi":"10.1177/08862605251414432","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/08862605251414432","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The current study developed a moderated mediation model to investigate the relationship between cyberbullying victimization experience and aggressive intervention and its potential mechanism. A total of 1,129 undergraduate students from five universities in China (mean age = 19.57, <i>SD</i> = 1.37; 513 females) completed a series of questionnaires, including the Cyberbullying Victimization Questionnaire, Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale, subscale of aggressive intervention, and Chinese short version of the Marlow-Crowne Social Desirability Questionnaire. The results showed that cyberbullying victimization experience positively predicted aggressive intervention. Depression partially mediated the association between cyberbullying victimization experience and aggressive intervention. Gender differences and gender interaction also existed in this study. Specifically, males engaged in more aggressive intervention than females; however, the mediating effect of depression was stronger in females, and cyberbullying victimization experience predicted more robust in males than in females. In conclusion, the present study revealed the risk factors for aggressive intervention and that female bystanders with experience of cyberbullying victimization were more likely to attack perpetrators.</p>","PeriodicalId":16289,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Interpersonal Violence","volume":" ","pages":"8862605251414432"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2026-02-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146220004","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
People with lived experience of trafficking are increasingly called upon to do anti-trafficking work, yet little research has explored how this work affects their well-being. This qualitative study draws on semi-structured interviews with nine survivor leaders, using a tool co-developed by a research team that included individuals both with and without lived experience. Through thematic analysis, the study identified both benefits and harms associated with survivor leaders’ involvement in anti-trafficking work. Survivor leaders described harmful experiences including lack of inclusivity, re-exploitation, devaluing interactions, vicarious trauma, and poor pay. They also identified positive influences such as payment, organizational policies, and interpersonal interactions. This study provides the anti-trafficking sector a better understanding about how various policies, structures, and interpersonal interactions impact survivor leader well-being and provides recommendations on how to ethically collaborate with survivor leaders.
{"title":"Ethically Collaborating With Human Trafficking Survivor Leaders","authors":"Rachel Robitz, Jacqueline Tasarz, Ummra Hang, Margaret Howard, Hanni Stoklosa, Kupiri Ackerman","doi":"10.1177/08862605261422773","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/08862605261422773","url":null,"abstract":"People with lived experience of trafficking are increasingly called upon to do anti-trafficking work, yet little research has explored how this work affects their well-being. This qualitative study draws on semi-structured interviews with nine survivor leaders, using a tool co-developed by a research team that included individuals both with and without lived experience. Through thematic analysis, the study identified both benefits and harms associated with survivor leaders’ involvement in anti-trafficking work. Survivor leaders described harmful experiences including lack of inclusivity, re-exploitation, devaluing interactions, vicarious trauma, and poor pay. They also identified positive influences such as payment, organizational policies, and interpersonal interactions. This study provides the anti-trafficking sector a better understanding about how various policies, structures, and interpersonal interactions impact survivor leader well-being and provides recommendations on how to ethically collaborate with survivor leaders.","PeriodicalId":16289,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Interpersonal Violence","volume":"179 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2026-02-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146210033","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Existing limitations of formal service systems to address domestic violence (DV), alongside the fact that many DV survivors first seek support from informal sources, suggest the need to better understand these potential sources of support. In South Asia, research suggests that DV survivors often first seek support from a family member—including within extended families. Based on qualitative interviews and focus group discussions with non-governmental organization (NGO) service providers working in Pokhara, Nepal and surrounding rural areas, the present study sought to understand the strategies employed by family members seeking to support survivors and confront DV. Strategies used by family members included providing emotional and instrumental support to survivors, attempting to mediate, and confronting the person using violence. Instrumental support included facilitating temporary or permanent separation from the person using violence, economic support, childcare, support to obtain legal documents, and support needed to obtain a divorce. Service providers perceived that when family members supported survivors and confronted DV, these actions could lead to improved situations for survivors. Further research is needed to understand experiences of family intervention from the perspectives of diverse survivors in Nepal, as well as the contexts in which this support is effective to ensure survivors’ long-term well-being. Policymakers and practitioners in Nepal and similar contexts should build on existing strategies used by families. Where possible and when desired by survivors, families should be assisted to understand the dynamics of DV and to respond to it in ways that support survivors’ short and long-term goals, rights, and well-being.
{"title":"“At Least Someone Has My Back”: Service Provider Perceptions of Family Strategies to Address Domestic Violence in Nepal","authors":"Claire Willey-Sthapit, Taryn Lindhorst, Maya Magarati, Rhitamvara Pokharel","doi":"10.1177/08862605251415406","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/08862605251415406","url":null,"abstract":"Existing limitations of formal service systems to address domestic violence (DV), alongside the fact that many DV survivors first seek support from informal sources, suggest the need to better understand these potential sources of support. In South Asia, research suggests that DV survivors often first seek support from a family member—including within extended families. Based on qualitative interviews and focus group discussions with non-governmental organization (NGO) service providers working in Pokhara, Nepal and surrounding rural areas, the present study sought to understand the strategies employed by family members seeking to support survivors and confront DV. Strategies used by family members included providing emotional and instrumental support to survivors, attempting to mediate, and confronting the person using violence. Instrumental support included facilitating temporary or permanent separation from the person using violence, economic support, childcare, support to obtain legal documents, and support needed to obtain a divorce. Service providers perceived that when family members supported survivors and confronted DV, these actions could lead to improved situations for survivors. Further research is needed to understand experiences of family intervention from the perspectives of diverse survivors in Nepal, as well as the contexts in which this support is effective to ensure survivors’ long-term well-being. Policymakers and practitioners in Nepal and similar contexts should build on existing strategies used by families. Where possible and when desired by survivors, families should be assisted to understand the dynamics of DV and to respond to it in ways that support survivors’ short and long-term goals, rights, and well-being.","PeriodicalId":16289,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Interpersonal Violence","volume":"326 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2026-02-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146205209","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), including abuse, neglect, and household dysfunction, are known to shape long-term psychological and emotional outcomes. However, their impact on women’s reproductive health, especially in how they manage premenstrual symptoms, remains underexplored. In sociocultural contexts where sexuality is regulated by restrictive and patriarchal norms, the internalization of sexual myths may further mediate the effects of early trauma on adult well-being. This study examines the relationship between ACEs and women’s strategies for coping with premenstrual symptoms, focusing on the mediating role of sexual myths as internalized belief systems that may reflect the long-term consequences of interpersonal trauma. A total of 640 women aged 18 to 36 living in Turkey participated in this cross-sectional study conducted online between March and November 2024. Participants completed validated Turkish versions of the ACEs Questionnaire, the Sexual Myths Scale, and the Premenstrual Coping Measure. Women with higher ACE scores reported significantly lower use of communicative coping strategies and a greater endorsement of sexual myths. Mediation analyses revealed that belief in sexual myths significantly mediated the relationship between ACEs and both emotional awareness/acceptance and self-care in managing premenstrual symptoms. Socioeconomic hardship and growing up in large families were also associated with stronger endorsement of sexual myths. These findings suggest that internalized sexual myths may serve as a psychosocial pathway through which early trauma continues to shape women’s embodied and emotional experiences in adulthood. Trauma-informed and feminist-informed interventions are essential for addressing the lingering effects of childhood violence and promoting healthier coping strategies in reproductive health.
{"title":"The Effect of Adverse Childhood Experiences on Coping With Premenstrual Syndrome and Sexual Myths","authors":"Arzu Aydoğan, Fadime Bayri Bingöl, Elif Yildirim, Hilal Maşalaci, İrem Nur Uzun, Zalihe Yarkiner","doi":"10.1177/08862605251412378","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/08862605251412378","url":null,"abstract":"Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), including abuse, neglect, and household dysfunction, are known to shape long-term psychological and emotional outcomes. However, their impact on women’s reproductive health, especially in how they manage premenstrual symptoms, remains underexplored. In sociocultural contexts where sexuality is regulated by restrictive and patriarchal norms, the internalization of sexual myths may further mediate the effects of early trauma on adult well-being. This study examines the relationship between ACEs and women’s strategies for coping with premenstrual symptoms, focusing on the mediating role of sexual myths as internalized belief systems that may reflect the long-term consequences of interpersonal trauma. A total of 640 women aged 18 to 36 living in Turkey participated in this cross-sectional study conducted online between March and November 2024. Participants completed validated Turkish versions of the ACEs Questionnaire, the Sexual Myths Scale, and the Premenstrual Coping Measure. Women with higher ACE scores reported significantly lower use of communicative coping strategies and a greater endorsement of sexual myths. Mediation analyses revealed that belief in sexual myths significantly mediated the relationship between ACEs and both emotional awareness/acceptance and self-care in managing premenstrual symptoms. Socioeconomic hardship and growing up in large families were also associated with stronger endorsement of sexual myths. These findings suggest that internalized sexual myths may serve as a psychosocial pathway through which early trauma continues to shape women’s embodied and emotional experiences in adulthood. Trauma-informed and feminist-informed interventions are essential for addressing the lingering effects of childhood violence and promoting healthier coping strategies in reproductive health.","PeriodicalId":16289,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Interpersonal Violence","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2026-02-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146198414","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2026-02-16DOI: 10.1177/08862605261417321
Meg Stairmand, Devon L. L. Polaschek
Although a small body of research has convincingly established the occurrence of dissociative violence, we continue to have little understanding of the forms or types of dissociative experiences identified and the context in which they occur. With this research gap in mind, we used reflexive thematic analysis of interview transcripts to understand participants’ accounts of their physical violence use toward partners, family members, friends, and associates while experiencing dissociative symptoms. Participants were 17 men and women completing community-based family violence perpetrator treatment programs or prison-based high-intensity treatment programs for violent offending. Three overarching themes and two subthemes were generated. The first theme, “Becoming overwhelmed by emotions” described participants’ experiences of intensely unpleasant emotions immediately prior to entering a dissociative state. The second theme, “Transitioning between states” was split into two subthemes (“Disconnection” and “Reconnection”) that described participants’ experiences of disconnecting from and then reconnecting to their usual way of experiencing themselves and the world around them during the violent event. The final theme, “Going to the extreme” described the extreme nature—both objectively and subjectively—of participants’ physical violence while experiencing dissociative symptoms. Taken together, our findings highlight the potential importance of taking into account dissociative phenomena as contributors to violent behavior in adult survivors of childhood trauma, and in the assessment and treatment of violent offending.
{"title":"“I Was Looking at Myself Do It, but It Wasn’t Me”: Experiences of Dissociative Violence by People With Histories of Violence Perpetration","authors":"Meg Stairmand, Devon L. L. Polaschek","doi":"10.1177/08862605261417321","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/08862605261417321","url":null,"abstract":"Although a small body of research has convincingly established the occurrence of dissociative violence, we continue to have little understanding of the forms or types of dissociative experiences identified and the context in which they occur. With this research gap in mind, we used reflexive thematic analysis of interview transcripts to understand participants’ accounts of their physical violence use toward partners, family members, friends, and associates while experiencing dissociative symptoms. Participants were 17 men and women completing community-based family violence perpetrator treatment programs or prison-based high-intensity treatment programs for violent offending. Three overarching themes and two subthemes were generated. The first theme, “Becoming overwhelmed by emotions” described participants’ experiences of intensely unpleasant emotions immediately prior to entering a dissociative state. The second theme, “Transitioning between states” was split into two subthemes (“Disconnection” and “Reconnection”) that described participants’ experiences of disconnecting from and then reconnecting to their usual way of experiencing themselves and the world around them during the violent event. The final theme, “Going to the extreme” described the extreme nature—both objectively and subjectively—of participants’ physical violence while experiencing dissociative symptoms. Taken together, our findings highlight the potential importance of taking into account dissociative phenomena as contributors to violent behavior in adult survivors of childhood trauma, and in the assessment and treatment of violent offending.","PeriodicalId":16289,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Interpersonal Violence","volume":"18 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2026-02-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146198406","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2026-02-16DOI: 10.1177/08862605251414446
Michelle J. Zaso, Jillian R. Scheer, Cory J. Cascalheira, Skyler D. Jackson, Abigail W. Batchelder, Tami P. Sullivan
Sexual and gender minority women (SMW) and transgender and/or gender-diverse (TGD) people experience high rates of trauma, resulting in mental health disparities such as posttraumatic stress disorder. Nevertheless, contributors to posttraumatic stress symptoms among SMW and TGD people remain underexamined relative to cisgender, heterosexual people. Furthermore, it remains unclear whether stressors uniquely experienced by minoritized populations (e.g., discrimination) contribute to symptoms over and above general stressors (e.g., trauma exposure). The present study used path analysis to test whether discrimination and trauma exposure are associated with posttraumatic stress symptoms through emotion dysregulation, social support, and/or self-efficacy among SMW and TGD people. Trauma-exposed SMW and TGD people ( N = 59) reported trauma and discrimination experiences, emotion dysregulation, social support, self-efficacy, and past-month posttraumatic stress symptoms. Greater discrimination experiences were related to greater posttraumatic stress symptom severity through lower perceived social support, although these indirect effects were no longer significant after controlling for trauma exposure type. Childhood abuse was independently related to greater posttraumatic stress symptom severity, after accounting for discrimination and additional trauma exposures. Findings suggest co-occurring yet unique associations of discrimination and childhood abuse with posttraumatic stress symptoms, supporting theoretical models on dual impacts of minority-specific and general life stressors in mental health outcomes within SMW and TGD people. Future research could examine additional psychosocial constructs that might lead to or exacerbate posttraumatic stress symptoms in response to discrimination and child abuse to inform tailored, trauma-focused interventions for SMW and TGD populations.
{"title":"Discrimination and Posttraumatic Symptomatology Among Trauma-exposed Sexual Minority Women and Transgender and Gender-Diverse People","authors":"Michelle J. Zaso, Jillian R. Scheer, Cory J. Cascalheira, Skyler D. Jackson, Abigail W. Batchelder, Tami P. Sullivan","doi":"10.1177/08862605251414446","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/08862605251414446","url":null,"abstract":"Sexual and gender minority women (SMW) and transgender and/or gender-diverse (TGD) people experience high rates of trauma, resulting in mental health disparities such as posttraumatic stress disorder. Nevertheless, contributors to posttraumatic stress symptoms among SMW and TGD people remain underexamined relative to cisgender, heterosexual people. Furthermore, it remains unclear whether stressors uniquely experienced by minoritized populations (e.g., discrimination) contribute to symptoms over and above general stressors (e.g., trauma exposure). The present study used path analysis to test whether discrimination and trauma exposure are associated with posttraumatic stress symptoms through emotion dysregulation, social support, and/or self-efficacy among SMW and TGD people. Trauma-exposed SMW and TGD people ( <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">N</jats:italic> = 59) reported trauma and discrimination experiences, emotion dysregulation, social support, self-efficacy, and past-month posttraumatic stress symptoms. Greater discrimination experiences were related to greater posttraumatic stress symptom severity through lower perceived social support, although these indirect effects were no longer significant after controlling for trauma exposure type. Childhood abuse was independently related to greater posttraumatic stress symptom severity, after accounting for discrimination and additional trauma exposures. Findings suggest co-occurring yet unique associations of discrimination and childhood abuse with posttraumatic stress symptoms, supporting theoretical models on dual impacts of minority-specific and general life stressors in mental health outcomes within SMW and TGD people. Future research could examine additional psychosocial constructs that might lead to or exacerbate posttraumatic stress symptoms in response to discrimination and child abuse to inform tailored, trauma-focused interventions for SMW and TGD populations.","PeriodicalId":16289,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Interpersonal Violence","volume":"334 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2026-02-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146198407","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2026-02-06DOI: 10.1177/08862605251414453
Adaora Okwo
A negative association between gender equality and intimate partner violence against women (IPVAW) is widely reported in the literature. But does this effect extend to when attitudes towards both gender equality and IPVAW, rather than their actual levels or occurrence, are being studied? Are people less likely to justify IPVAW when they support gender-equal opportunities? Also, does ethnicity moderate this relationship? This study addresses these questions using nationally representative Nigerian samples from the World Values Survey (n = 1,106). Bivariate analyses using ANOVA and Chi-square tests, and multivariate analysis using logistic regression, were performed to test relationships. Accounting for covariates, the findings only marginally supported the hypothesised negative effect of gender equality support on IPVAW justification (average marginal effect [AME] = -0.12, p = .058), partly because ethnicity moderates this effect. The probability of justifying IPVAW significantly reduced with increasing support for gender equality among the Yoruba (AME = -0.43, p < .001) and ethnic minority groups (AME = -0.45, p < .001), but not among the Igbo or Hausa/Fulani. When examined by gender, the negative relationship was significant only for women (AME = -0.22, p < .05); strengthened when the woman is Yoruba (AME = -0.62, p < .001) or ethnic minority (AME = -0.70, p < .001), and weakened when the woman is Igbo (AME = 0.38, p < .05). These results highlight the importance of considering culture as affecting the relationship between support for gender equality and IPVAW justification in Nigeria for targeted interventions in changing attitudes supporting IPVAW.
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Pub Date : 2026-02-05DOI: 10.1177/08862605251415151
Songyon Shin, Jihye Park
Academic environments are expected to uphold high standards of integrity and professionalism. Yet, sexual misconduct by faculty has been a persistent and deeply concerning issue in U.S. colleges. Furthermore, sanctions for such misconduct remain lenient and inconsistent across colleges, which potentially contributes to victims’ exposure to risky environments. Previous scholarly efforts found cultural factors leading to lenient sanctions for sexual misconduct. However, the earlier approaches did not fully examine broad external factors that could affect institutional sanction decisions. College administrations make critical decisions regarding sanctions for faculty sexual misconduct cases. Therefore, understanding factors that influence colleges’ decisions is important for sexual misconduct prevention through clearer and consistent policies. To contribute, the current study aims to investigate (a) how U.S. colleges respond to sexual misconduct by the faculty and (b) which external factors are associated with the severity of sanctions. By analyzing the Academic Sexual Misconduct Database (ASMD), the current study found that (a) tenured faculty tend to receive lenient sanctions and (b) non-white faculty tend to receive harsher sanctions. Notably, the seriousness of sexual misconduct is not associated with sanction severity. These findings are consistent with sociological and criminological theories regarding institutional decision-making processes—colleges’ decision-making processes follow rational choices based on cost estimation, and it may eventually lead to bias against non-white faculty who commit similar misconduct as white faculty. To promote safer academic environments, the current study recommends that colleges prepare better standards based on the nature of sexual misconduct. Additional implications for future research are also discussed.
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Pub Date : 2026-02-05DOI: 10.1177/08862605251414454
Mamen Fabra-Carrasco, Elena Mut-Montalvà, David Martín-Baena, Néstor Montoro-Pérez, Raimunda Montejano-Lozoya
Gender-based violence (GBV) against older women represents a critical public health problem and human rights violation. Older women experience unique vulnerabilities and invisibility regarding GBV, with severe health consequences. The aim was to examine the rates and health impacts of GBV among Spanish women aged ≥65 years and analyze its effect on health and suicidal behavior. A descriptive study analyzed data collected in 2019 from a nationwide macro-survey conducted in Spain, which included 9,568 women aged 16 years and older. A total of 2,357 older women, aged 74.2 ± 6.9 years, were selected. Sociodemographic variables were collected, as was lifetime GBV exposure by perpetrator type (intimate partner violence [IPV], non-partner, combined, and any interpersonal) and form (e.g., physical, psychological, economic, sexual, etc.), along with health outcomes (self-rated health and psychological distress) and suicidal behavior. Among participants, 23.4% reported lifetime IPV (psychological: 14.1%; physical: 6.1%; economic: 8.7%; sexual: 6.1%; controlling behaviors: 17.1%), while 9.3% experienced non-partner violence (family perpetrators: 2.9%; strangers: 2.9%). Overall, 29.0% reported any interpersonal violence exposure. IPV was significantly associated with poorer self-rated health (adjusted odds ratios, aOR = 1.64; 95% CI [1.34, 2.01]), higher psychological distress (aOR = 1.80; [1.45, 2.23]), and increased suicidal ideation (aOR = 3.89; [2.80, 5.40]). Non-partner violence showed associations with suicidal ideation (aOR = 2.44; [1.60, 3.72]). These findings show substantial GBV rates among older women and their significant health impacts, highlighting the need for age-specific screening and intervention strategies in geriatric care settings.
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Pub Date : 2026-02-04DOI: 10.1177/08862605251414450
Lisa A. Eaton, Ryan J. Watson, Samantha E. Lawrence, Raymond L. Moody, Nikole Babcock, Megan S. Paceley
Experiences of sexual violence are often underreported and can lead to comorbidities related to mental health and substance use across all populations, yet little is known about these experiences among sexual and gender diverse youth (SGDY). Drawing from the 2022 LGBTQ National Teen Survey , the current study ( N = 10,527) used an intersectional analytic approach to investigate sexual violence at the intersection of sexual orientation, gender identity, race, and ethnicity among SGDY. Participants were selected based on responses to at least one survey item about sexual violence or harassment. Of the included participants, most identified their gender as non-binary (16.5%) or transgender boys (19.65%) and their sexual orientation as gay/lesbian (28.8%). Participants were predominantly white (73%), non-Hispanic/Latina/x/o (83.1%), and between the ages of 13 to 18. Results showed that 14.4% reported having ever been forced to have sex and 30.2% experienced nonconsensual sexual touching in the past 12 months. Using exhaustive chi-square automatic interaction detection, we identified disproportionate intersectional experiences of forced sex among American Indian, Alaska Native, or Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander adolescents, identifying these populations as almost two times more likely to experience forced sex in comparison to the rest of the sample. In addition, transgender boys, especially those who identified as queer or pansexual, experienced some of the highest rates of sexual violence. Findings can be used to inform sexual violence prevention and treatment programs aimed at bolstering access to more inclusive social services for groups sharing disproportionate burdens of sexual violence.
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