The Intimate Partner Violence Stigmatization Model and Barriers to Help Seeking

Overstreet, Nicole; Quinn, Diane M.

doi:10.1080/01973533.2012.746599

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“…Although the concept of stigma has been studied for many years as it applies to other issues (e.g., mental illness and HIV), the stigma surrounding domestic and sexual violence has only recently begun to be studied (Crowe and Murray 2015;Overstreet and Quinn 2013). Therefore, additional research is needed to add to scholars' and practitioners' understanding of this stigma, including its causes, impact on victims and survivors, and strategies for challenging, reducing, and eliminating it.…”

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confidence: 95%

“…Regarding stigma and IPV, Overstreet and Quinn's (2013) IPV Stigmatization Model provided the first formal published application of the concept of stigma to IPV. Three stigma components included in their model are as follows: (a) anticipated stigma; (b) stigma internalization; and (c) cultural stigma.…”

Section: The Intimate Partner Violence (Ipv) Stigmatization Modelmentioning

confidence: 99%

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How Can We End the Stigma Surrounding Domestic and Sexual Violence? A Modified Delphi Study with National Advocacy Leaders

2015

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The purpose of this study was to use a modified Delphi methodology study to identify priority actions that can be taken at the individual, local, and national levels to eliminate the stigma surrounding domestic and sexual violence. An expert panel of national organizational leaders provided input about the nature of the stigma surrounding domestic and sexual violence, as well as strategies to end this stigma. The findings were organized into three themes: (a) the social context of the stigma surrounding domestic and sexual violence; (b) the impact of the stigma on resources for victims and survivors; and (c) strategies for eradicating the stigma surrounding domestic and sexual violence. Implications of the study's findings for research, practice, and advocacy are discussed.Keywords Stigma . Domestic violence . Intimate partner violence . Sexual abuse . Sexual assault Domestic and sexual violence remain major public health problems with serious consequences for victims, child witnesses, and society. Despite this, there remains a significant stigma surrounding these issues, and this stigma is a major barrier to preventing further violence and supporting victims and survivors. Because this stigma presents so many added challenges to addressing domestic and sexual violence at the individual and societal levels, efforts are needed to directly challenge that stigma. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to use a modified Delphi methodology study to identify priority actions that can be taken at the individual, local, and national levels to eliminate the stigma surrounding domestic and sexual violence.

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Section: The Intimate Partner Violence (Ipv) Stigmatization Modelmentioning

confidence: 99%

How Can We End the Stigma Surrounding Domestic and Sexual Violence? A Modified Delphi Study with National Advocacy Leaders

2015

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“…This process is non-linear and is influenced by individual, interpersonal, and sociocultural factors. This model has been cited by many family violence researchers over the years and has also been applied to broader populations of victims including those from same-sex couples (Alhusen et al 2010;Finneran and Stephenson 2013;Overstreet and Quinn 2013).…”

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Service Contacts Proximate to Intimate Partner Homicides in Victoria

2015

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This study examined the frequency, nature and proximity of service contacts among victims and perpetrators of intimate partner homicide in Victoria, Australia. A retrospective review was conducted of coroner's records of 120 intimate partner homicides for the period 2000-2008. In 91 (75.8 %) of the cases, one or both parties had contact with a service in the 12 months preceding the homicide. The justice system was the most frequent point of contact among both parties, and the healthcare system was often the first and preferred point of contact for victims and perpetrators when seeking assistance individually. Overall, perpetrators were more likely to have contact with a service than victims, and the majority of all service contacts occurred within 1 month of the homicide. This paper outlines the prevention opportunities that exist within the service system and highlights the importance of interventions and treatments directed at perpetrators of family violence.

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“…Based on the stage model of help-seeking behaviour of Liang et al [81], one could argue that people progress from making initially more private attempts to seeking informal support to deal with abuse, and as violence worsens, to pursuing more formal/public help [85]. This theory aligns with our assumption that we probably mainly measured low-level mutal violence with regard to which IPV is defined as temporary, survivable or reasonable and for which private attempts and informal help are used as main resources.…”

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The impact of a referral card-based intervention on intimate partner violence, psychosocial health, help-seeking and safety behaviour during pregnancy and postpartum: a randomized controlled trial

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Deschepper

Roelens

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BMC Pregnancy Childbirth

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Background: We aimed to investigate the impact of a referral-based intervention in a prospective cohort of women disclosing intimate partner violence (IPV) on the prevalence of violence, and associated outcomes psychosocial health, help-seeking and safety behaviour during and after pregnancy. Methods: Women seeking antenatal care in eleven Belgian hospitals were consecutively invited from June 2010 to October 2012, to participate in a single-blind randomized controlled trial (RCT) and handed a questionnaire. Participants willing to be interviewed and reporting IPV victimisation were randomised. In the Intervention Group (IG) participants received a referral card with contact details of services providing assistance and tips to increase safety behaviour. Participants in the Control Group (CG) received a "thank you" card. Follow-up data were obtained through telephone interview at an average of 10 months after receipt of the card. Results: At follow-up (n = 189), 66.7% (n = 126) of the participants reported IPV victimisation. Over the study-period, the prevalence of IPV victimisation decreased by 31.4% (P < 0.001), psychosocial health increased significantly (5.4/140, P < 0.001), 23.8% (n = 46/193) of the women sought formal help, 70.5% (n = 136/193) sought informal help, and 31.3% (n = 60/192) took at least one safety measure. We observed no statistically significant differences between the IG and CG, however. Adjusted for psychosocial health at baseline, the perceived helpfulness of the referral card seemed to be larger in the IG. Both the questionnaire and the interview were perceived to be significantly more helpful than the referral card itself (P < 0.001).

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The Intimate Partner Violence Stigmatization Model and Barriers to Help Seeking

Cited by 309 publications

References 51 publications

How Can We End the Stigma Surrounding Domestic and Sexual Violence? A Modified Delphi Study with National Advocacy Leaders

How Can We End the Stigma Surrounding Domestic and Sexual Violence? A Modified Delphi Study with National Advocacy Leaders

Service Contacts Proximate to Intimate Partner Homicides in Victoria

The impact of a referral card-based intervention on intimate partner violence, psychosocial health, help-seeking and safety behaviour during pregnancy and postpartum: a randomized controlled trial

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