Perceptions of verbal abuse were examined in a sample of 120 female undergraduate students. Participants read a scenario depicting a verbally abusive situation between a male and a female college student. The scenarios varied by type of relationship (friendship vs. dating), duration of relationship (1 month vs. 2 years), and genders of perpetrator and victim. Participants rated the perpetrator’...

The growth and development process of the child is influenced by reciprocal environmental, psychological and social factors, and the family’s role is very crucial in all of this. It is obvious that although it’s important to start a family, but what’s further important is its survival in a healthy and intimate atmosphere. It has been estimated that between 2 and 12 million American families are...

BACKGROUND Gender-based violence against women, including intimate partner violence (IPV), is a pervasive health and human rights concern. However, relatively little intervention research has been conducted on how to reduce IPV in settings impacted by conflict. The current study reports on the evaluation of the incremental impact of adding "gender dialogue groups" to an economic empowerment gro...

Although domestic violence is an increasing public health concern in developing countries, evidence from representative, community-based studies is limited. In a survey of 5109 women of reproductive age in the Rakai District of Uganda, 30% of women had experienced physical threats or physical abuse from their current partner--20% during the year before the survey. Three of five women who report...

Objectives: The current study tested differences in depression, anxiety, and stress among Iranian wives with and without a history of spousal abuse. Methods: The physically abused wives (N = 40) were among those who had been referred to a local forensic medical center. The control group (N = 40) comprised married women living in the same area of the city as the experimental group. The Persian f...

Alcohol use is frequently associated with violence between intimate partners. The real link between alcohol abuse and domestic violence is difficult to establish. This study intends to examine the prevalence of domestic violence in females attending a psychiatric clinic and the role of alcohol in violence and the nature of violence. Of the 115 cases seen, 65 were married and formed the sample o...

This case report documents the use of sleep apnea as a criminal defense for a man who fatally shot his wife during his usual sleeping hours. The defendant, who had severe sleep apnea as determined by a clinical evaluation and a polysomnographic study, admitted to shooting his wife but claimed that he was asleep at the time. Two physicians testified for the defense that the sleep apnea was of su...

The study examined “gendered” and “general” factors associated with homicide using interviews men convicted of murder or manslaughter in Australia. We compared committing intimate partner femicide (IPF; n = 68) killing female non-intimate partners (MF; 44) male (MM; 135). They shared developmental socio-economic characteristics. MM reported extensive criminal histories serious substance problem...