The Utility of a Function-Based Approach to Intimate Partner Violence and Gender Bias in Family Courts

Eilers, Heidi J.

doi:10.1007/s40617-019-00383-0

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“…Experts suggest that problematic IPV-related biases are related to a skewed, inaccurate, and/or incomplete understanding of IPV dynamics (Donnelly et al, 2016; Haas et al, 2011; Saunders, 2015). Professionals operating solely from a topographical or typographical knowledge of IPV may evidence increased problematic bias (Bonem et al, 2008; Eilers, 2019; Perrin, 2017).…”

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“…Interventions might prompt participants to examine how IPV-related bias intersects with other problematic biases. IPV-related biases likely stem from gender bias (Eilers, 2019; Perrin, 2017; Peters, 2008), which promote notions of females as sensitive and gentle and males as more forceful or domineering (Drake, Primeaux, & Thomas, 2018). Ferguson and Negy (2004) found both gender and ethnicity significantly impacted biased responses to IPV scenarios.…”

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A Systematic Review of Empirical Studies Measuring Training Effects on Biases Evidenced by Professionals toward Intimate Partner Violence

Sereno

Catagnus

Griffith

et al. 2023

Trauma, Violence, & Abuse

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A professional’s response to a client’s disclosure of intimate partner violence (IPV) is shown to significantly impact client outcomes. The quality of a professional’s response is largely influenced by that professional’s beliefs or biases surrounding IPV. This systematic review examined empirical studies conducted in North America and published between 2000 and 2020 evaluating training effects on biases held by professional groups toward victim-survivors of IPV. Search and extraction were conducted in accordance with preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses standards across seven electronic databases. A total of 17 studies met inclusion criteria. Participant groups included professionals from medical, academic, and social/community service disciplines. All included studies reported significant gains on at least one measure of bias. Upon visual inspection, we found no correlations between characteristics of training interventions and reported outcomes on measures of bias. We discuss results in terms of challenges to measuring bias and functional relationships between training interventions, measures of bias, and professional behavior. Variation presented across studies within and between disciplines in regards to training methodology and measurement of bias. Experts in the field of IPV call for a more cohesive approach. We propose the behavior analytic conceptualization of bias as a framework through which interdisciplinary efforts might be unified toward addressing IPV-related biases. Through this lens, we discuss environmental cues within professional settings that might be influencing problematic IPV-related bias. We offer preliminary recommendations for curricular enhancements. We advocate for revision of terms commonly used in IPV-related research and intervention to better reflect and honor diversity across persons experiencing IPV.

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A Systematic Review of Empirical Studies Measuring Training Effects on Biases Evidenced by Professionals toward Intimate Partner Violence

Sereno

Catagnus

Griffith

et al. 2023

Trauma, Violence, & Abuse

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“…Supervised visitation and/or exchanges, and other provisions to reduce risk such as refraining from alcohol and other substances during visitation may help keep mothers and children safe from abuse, but given the costs associated may not be available in all jurisdictions and are no panacea ( Pond & Morgan, 2008 ; Spearman et al, 2022 ). Nurses can advocate for policies and judicial training that is trauma-informed and promotes understanding the complexities and nuances of the ways in which abusers continue to harass their former partners when they share children ( Eilers, 2019 ).…”

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Post‐separation abuse: A concept analysis

Spearman

Hardesty

Campbell

2022

Journal of Advanced Nursing

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Aim:To report an analysis of the concept of post-separation abuse and its impact on the health of children and adult survivors.Design: Concept analysis.Data Sources: A literature search was conducted via PubMed, Cochrane and Embase and identified articles published from 1987 to 2021. Methods:Walker and Avant's (2019) eight stage methodology was used for this concept analysis, including identifying the concept, determining the purpose of analysis, identifying uses of the concept, defining attributes, identifying a model case and contrary case, antecedents and consequences and defining empirical referents.Results: Post-separation abuse can be defined as the ongoing, willful pattern of intimidation of a former intimate partner including legal abuse, economic abuse, threats and endangerment to children, isolation and discrediting and harassment and stalking.An analysis of literature identified essential attributes including fear and intimidation; domination, power and control; intrusion and entrapment; omnipresence; and manipulation of systems. Antecedents to post-separation abuse include patriarchal norms, physical separation, children, spatiality and availability, pre-separation IPV and coercive control and perpetrator characteristics. Consequences include lethality, adverse health consequences, institutional violence and betrayal, such as loss of child custody and economic deprivation. Conclusion:This concept analysis provides a significant contribution to the literature because it advances the science for understanding the phenomenon of post-separation abuse. It will aid in developing risk assessment tools and interventions to improve standards of care for adult and children survivors following separation from an abusive partner.Impact: This concept analysis of post-separation abuse provides a comprehensive insight into the phenomenon and a theoretical foundation to inform instrument development, future research and intervention. Post-separation abuse is a complex, multi-faceted phenomenon that requires differential social, legal and healthcare systems responses to support the health and well-being of survivors and their children.

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“…Practitioners can collect data about racist behaviors, identify functions, develop an intervention, increase monitoring and reporting of prejudicial behaviors, reinforce alternative behaviors, or punish prejudice through social contingencies. Many potential prejudice reduction procedures fit neatly with traditional behavioral methods, such as reinforcing interracial socializing, altering listener responding, penalizing overt racism, modeling, developing relationships (see Arhin & Thyer, 2004, for a review), counterreasoning (Flannelly & Flannelly, 2000), and behavioral training (Eilers, 2019) or perspective taking (McHugh et al, 2019;Peters & Thompson, 2018). Practitioners can apply these approaches to everyday racial prejudice situations such as bullying, segregation, slurs, health access disparities, and hiring bias.…”

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Can Behavior Analysis Help Us Understand and Reduce Racism? A review of the Current Literature

Matsuda

García

Catagnus

et al. 2020

Behav Analysis Practice

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Despite ongoing efforts to eradicate racism, it persists globally, negatively affecting education, mental health, community relations, and economic development. Every behavior analyst can, and should, contribute to the reduction of racism in some way. Unfortunately, little behavior-analytic research exists to guide us. This article proposes ways that members of our scientific community can learn about racism from a behavioral perspective, extend experimental analyses of prejudice, and intervene to reduce racism in varied settings. It describes both traditional behavior-analytic and functionalcontextualist accounts of racism and summarizes the small amount of related empirical and applied research. The review suggests that combining traditional behavior-analytic methods with acceptance and commitment training techniques may attenuate racism more effectively. The article ends with a call to collaborate around this globally important issue-and to do more to reduce racism.

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The Utility of a Function-Based Approach to Intimate Partner Violence and Gender Bias in Family Courts

Cited by 6 publications

References 32 publications

A Systematic Review of Empirical Studies Measuring Training Effects on Biases Evidenced by Professionals toward Intimate Partner Violence

A Systematic Review of Empirical Studies Measuring Training Effects on Biases Evidenced by Professionals toward Intimate Partner Violence

Post‐separation abuse: A concept analysis

Can Behavior Analysis Help Us Understand and Reduce Racism? A review of the Current Literature

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