Although researchers have explored factors that reinforce the silencing of women who
experience intimate partner violence, integrated understanding of how factors at each level …

Aims To report a study of processes used by women to disclose intimate partner violence to
healthcare professionals in urban emergency department settings. Background Women …

Little has been written about the impact on women of the man's obscuring and deflecting of
responsibility when domestic violence is used by him against her. Women's advocates …

Culture, defined as the distinctive, learned beliefs and patterns of behavior that are particular
to a given group or community, is a key determinant of mental health. The cultural dimension …

In order to extend knowledge about the communicative aspects of intimate partner violence
(IPV), we ask how those who talk about IPV frame the relationship between gender and …

Background. The transtheoretical model of change (TTM) was used as a framework to
examine the steps that women took to disclose intimate partner violence (IPV) in urban …

This article proposes that invalidation is a pervasive manifestation of gender relations as
expressed through strategies of minimisation, disbelief and denial. Invalidation is embedded …

Este artículo presenta el concepto de “dilema ideológico” como herramienta conceptual
para examinar las tensiones y contradicciones que definen nuestra vida cotidiana …

In this article, we explore how women survivors of intimate partner violence understand the
abuse they endured and the possible link to intimate femicide. This is a qualitative study …

In this paper, we document and theorise 'ownership'practices in young people's intimate
relationships and discuss the parallels with domestic violence. Ten young New Zealand …