‘Constant Violence from Everywhere’: Psychodynamics of Power and Abuse Amongst Rural and Small-Town Youth

Robinson, Robin A.; Ryder, Judith A.

doi:10.1007/s10612-014-9254-3

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“…Moreover, aspects of rural culture promote ideals of self‐sufficiency and trauma fatalism (the conviction that one's destiny is decided by a higher force over which one has no control), preventing help‐seeking, especially among rural men who have sex with men (MSM) (Gessert et al, 2015; Huntley et al, 2019; Keller & Owens, 2020; Maercker et al, 2019). These issues contribute to an aversion to help‐seeking and abuse disclosure among rural boys and men for fear of drawing attention to the assumed weakness of being a male victim or the moral failing of being an abuser (Huntley et al, 2019; Robinson & Ryder, 2014).…”

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“…However, existing research does not adequately describe the impact of rurality (or rural culture) and male‐centered programs on dating violence experiences among rural youths (Robinson & Ryder, 2014). As a result, there is still emerging evidence on “what works” to effectively reduce dating violence risk with rural youth, many of whom fall through gaps in intervention, research, and program initiatives.…”

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Rural young males’ acceptance & receptiveness to technology‐based interventions for dating violence prevention: A qualitative descriptive study

Emezue

Enriquez

Dougherty

et al. 2021

Journal of Adolescence

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Introduction: Rural youth are twice as likely as urban youth to experience some forms of teen dating violence (TDV), and significant barriers to accessing support services for physical, psychological, sexual violence. However, rural youth remain understudied and undersampled. Rural young men, in particular, are at risk for experiencing or perpetrating dating violence influenced by regional and sociocultural risk factors that promote male supremacy ideals while also impeding male help-seeking. Technology-based interventions circumvent some of these risk factors by offering confidential and reliable support. This study investigates rural young males' acceptability of technology-based interventions for fostering healthy relationships and preventing dating abuse, including their preferences for intervention content and features. Methods: Three online focus groups (n = 14) and phone interviews (n = 13) were conducted with rural young males. Participants were stratified by age (15-17 and 18-24 year-olds). Most were White (81%) from the United States Midwest (65%). Semi-structured interview data were analyzed using Qualitative Description (QD), guided by the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT). Results: Three themes identified were (1) Scarcity of Useful Resources, (2) Socio-Structural Challenges for Intervention Uptake, with two subthemes (2a) Rural-Specific Structural Barriers and (2b) Rural Masculinity Disrupting Help-seeking; (3) Finally, participants discussed Functionality and Design Needs, itemizing their intervention "must-have" in terms of content, resources, and features. Conclusion: This qualitative study identified obstacles and facilitators to using technology-based interventions for dating violence prevention among young rural males and offers pragmatic "ready-to-use" recommendations for the development of technology-based anti-dating violence interventions for rural youth.

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confidence: 99%

Rural young males’ acceptance & receptiveness to technology‐based interventions for dating violence prevention: A qualitative descriptive study

Emezue

Enriquez

Dougherty

et al. 2021

Journal of Adolescence

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“…Neighborhood boundaries were defined by U.S Census block groups, but other neighborhood boundaries may be more meaningful. 74 Rural communities are heterogeneous (e.g., in types of social controls and inter-relationships between neighborhood characteristics) 48,71,72,75,76 and thus findings may generalize only to counties similar to the study counties. Also, the data are 9 years old, which could limit generalizability of the findings to present day.…”

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The Synergy of Family and Neighborhood on Rural Dating Violence Victimization

Foshee

Chang

Reyes

et al. 2015

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

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Introduction Rural adolescents are at high risk for dating violence victimization (DVV), which has serious negative consequences. Understanding more about the conditions that increase DVV risk for rural adolescents is needed to inform prevention efforts. In response to calls for examining the influence of upper levels of the social ecology on adolescent dating violence, this study examined whether associations between the family context and physical DVV were conditioned by the characteristics of the neighborhoods in which the family resided. Methods Data were from a multi-wave longitudinal study of 3,236 rural adolescents nested in 65 block groups, which defined neighborhoods. Data were collected between 2003 and 2005. Multilevel growth curve modeling was conducted in 2014 to test hypothesized synergistic effects of the family and neighborhood on trajectories of physical DVV from grade 8 to 12. Results Low parental closeness was a DVV risk in residentially stable (p<0.001), but not unstable, neighborhoods. Family aggression was a DVV risk, regardless of neighborhood characteristics (p=0.001). Low parental monitoring and rule setting were not DVV risks and their effects were not moderated by neighborhood characteristics. Neighborhood ethnic heterogeneity was significantly (p<0.05) positively associated with DVV, but neighborhood economic disadvantage, social disorganization, and violence were not associated with DVV. None of the effects varied by sex of the adolescent, across time (grade), or by the combination of sex and time. Conclusions Findings demonstrate the importance of considering the family and neighborhood, and particularly their synergistic effects in efforts to prevent adolescent DVV.

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“…For example, the interplay of the police and the public creates forms of social control, including the ability or efficacy of law enforcement within a community, and examples of the public's widespread support of Black Lives Matter during the Summer of 2020 can be examined in this way. A second interplay is between the victim and the offender which considers an assessment of crime on victims, but with the caveat that rural people's lifestyles (including their own involvement in illegal activities) make them susceptible to victimization, a pattern Robinson and Ryder (2014) wrote about in reference to a small town on the east coast tiled "Constant Violence from Everywhere. "…”

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Fitting In: A Book Review Essay on Rural Prisons and Prisoner Re-entry through the Lens of a Rural Critical Criminology

Gido¹,

Donnermeyer²

2020

International Journal of Rural Criminology

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‘Constant Violence from Everywhere’: Psychodynamics of Power and Abuse Amongst Rural and Small-Town Youth

Cited by 53 publications

References 43 publications

Rural young males’ acceptance & receptiveness to technology‐based interventions for dating violence prevention: A qualitative descriptive study

Rural young males’ acceptance & receptiveness to technology‐based interventions for dating violence prevention: A qualitative descriptive study

The Synergy of Family and Neighborhood on Rural Dating Violence Victimization

Fitting In: A Book Review Essay on Rural Prisons and Prisoner Re-entry through the Lens of a Rural Critical Criminology

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