Intimate Partner Violence Victims’ Accuracy in Assessing their Risk of Re-abuse

Cattaneo, Lauren Bennett; Bell, Margret E.; Goodman, Lisa A.; Dutton, Mary Ann

doi:10.1007/s10896-007-9097-8

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“…Previous research indicates that although two-thirds of women (66%) were able to accurately predict their risk of future violence, many women did not accurately predict. 54 Campbell 55 suggests reviewing levels of danger with women who believe their risk for future abuse is low. Our findings support the importance of informing women of the increased danger if they return to the abuser.…”

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Risk of Behaviors Associated with Lethal Violence and Functional Outcomes for Abused Women Who Do and Do Not Return to the Abuser Following a Community-Based Intervention

McFarlane

Nava²,

Gilroy³

et al. 2015

Journal of Women's Health

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Background: To determine the differential risk of behaviors associated with lethal violence and functioning outcomes for abused women with children who received an intervention of shelter or justice services and return to the abuser were compared with women who did not return. Methods: The study was carried out using a matched-pair analysis of 152 women. Measures of risk of behaviors associated with lethal violence, type, and severity of abuse, and poor mental health symptoms were measured every 4 months for 24 months. Results: Irrespective of service used, women returning to the abuser reported significantly ( p < 0.001) more risk of behaviors associated with lethal violence compared to women who did not return. Additionally, severity of physical abuse was significantly higher ( p < 0.01) for women returning to the abuser who had been in a shelter but not for women who received a protection order. Similarly, levels of depression, posttraumatic stress disorder, and anxiety were significantly higher ( p < 0.01) for sheltered women who returned to the abuser but not for women using a protection order who returned. Conclusions: Risk of behaviors associated with lethal violence increases when abused women return to live with the abuser. Abused women should be informed of the heightened risk and greater probability for poor mental health.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Risk of Behaviors Associated with Lethal Violence and Functional Outcomes for Abused Women Who Do and Do Not Return to the Abuser Following a Community-Based Intervention

McFarlane

Nava²,

Gilroy³

et al. 2015

Journal of Women's Health

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“…Because safety plans should be informed by each woman's personalized goals, extracted from her subjective interpretation of the abuse (Dienemann et al, 2002, pg. 221 (Cattaneo, Bell, Goodman & Dutton, 2007). Further, those with worse IPV experiences or those considering making a relationship change may report a heightened sense of risk (Harding & Helweg-Larsen, 2008).…”

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“…Reports of risk or harm may be a better indicator of overall participant safety because questions that measure subjective experience of safety can actually be measuring an increase in thoughts about the abuse rather than actual safety, especially among those with post-traumatic stress disorder (Cattaneo et al 2007). However, in general, when individuals have a heightened perception that they are at risk, they are more likely to adopt protective behaviors to reduce the perceived risk, and this may be true for IPV victims as well.…”

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“…While this study hypothesized that there would be a reduction in mean safety scores (increase in perceived safety) for the combined Experimental group, the null hypothesis demonstrates that this protocol did not incite more risk among those in the combined Experimental group as indicated by participant's perceived risk levels. There is some debate about the best way to measure perceptions of safety among IPV victims (Cattaneo et al, 2007;Harding & Helweg-Larsen, 2008), calling to question the validity of self-reports. Some of the relevant ways to measure perceptions of safety and their significance are explored further throughout this chapter.…”

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“…However, when controlling for this item, the difference between violence upon partner notification of serostatus remained significantly higher among those who reported they would not be in trouble with their partner in the Standard of Care compared to those in the combined Experimental group. Cattaneo et al (2007) define situations where individuals predict they are low risk for re-abuse but go on to experience re-abuse as false negatives, and those who predict they are high risk but then do not experience re-abuse as false positives. This source argues there would be qualitative differences between false positive and false negative groups with those with more severe violence who also "saw themselves at low risk…[being] almost two times more likely to be incorrect than correct," (pg.…”

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Should we be paying more attention to firearm threats in ex‐partner stalking cases?

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This study examined relationship abuse, firearm threats, and threat credibility factors as well as help-seeking for (ex)partner-stalking victims with partners who did (n = 153) and did not own guns (n = 263). Victims with (ex)partners who owned guns experienced increased coercive control and physical violence, a longer duration of stalking, and more threats during the relationship and during the course of stalking. Victims reported that (ex)partner gun owners had more extremist beliefs and other risk factors, and more of them believed their (ex)partner was extremely capable of harming them. Most, regardless of partner gun ownership, turned to informal sources of help, while about one-quarter of victims whose partners did not own guns tried to obtain a protective order or talked to police, compared to about 40% of stalking victims with abusers who owned guns.Fear of harm from guns, coercive control during the relationship, and believing their partner was capable of harming harm them were all associated with an increased number of help-seeking sources whereas being threatened with a firearm and abuser gun ownership were not.

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Intimate Partner Violence Victims’ Accuracy in Assessing their Risk of Re-abuse

Cited by 90 publications

References 27 publications

Risk of Behaviors Associated with Lethal Violence and Functional Outcomes for Abused Women Who Do and Do Not Return to the Abuser Following a Community-Based Intervention

Risk of Behaviors Associated with Lethal Violence and Functional Outcomes for Abused Women Who Do and Do Not Return to the Abuser Following a Community-Based Intervention

Mitigating intimate partner violence to promote safe linkage to care for South African women who test HIV positive during mobile counseling and testing.

Should we be paying more attention to firearm threats in ex‐partner stalking cases?

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