Books and Articles — Relationship Violence

Imaging Study Shows How Family Violence Changes Brain Activity, by Rick Nauert. Psych Central, December 06, 2011.  “Family violence appears to increase a child's sensitivity to detect potential additional threats, as researchers found brain changes are analogous to those found in soldiers exposed to combat.”

Violence Against Women Raises Risk for Long-Term Mental Health Issues, by Drucilla Dyess. Health News, August 03, 2011.  “For women who have suffered from gender-based violence, the likelihood of suffering damaging long-term effects on mental health is far greater than for women who are non-victims of such atrocities. New research from Australian researchers shows that women who are victims of violent crimes including rape, sexual assault, stalking, and intimate-partner violence, are at a greater risk-of developing a mental condition, such as anxiety disorder, experiencing both physical and mental disabilities, and also have a greater chance of living a poorer quality of life.”

Study Identifies Protective Factors that Help Women Recover from Childhood Violence, by Emily Martin and Craven. University of Missouri, July 07, 2011.  “A University of Missouri researcher has found that certain protective factors foster resilience and increase the likelihood that the cycle of violence will end for women who, as children, were exposed to their mothers' battering.”

Male Victims of 'Intimate Terrorism' Can Experience Damaging Psychological Effects, by Anna Randle and Hines. American Psychological Assosciation, April 07, 2011.  “Men who are abused by their female partners can suffer significant psychological trauma, such as post-traumatic stress disorder, depression and suicidal thoughts, according to two new papers published by the American Psychological Association.”

Minimal Training Aids in Response to Trauma, by Traci Pedersen. Psych Central, March 31, 2011.  “Even a small amount of training can teach people how to be more supportive when a friend or loved one confides in them a traumatic event or other type of mistreatment, suggests new research from the University of Oregon.”

Three In Four Domestic Violence Victims Go Unidentified In Emergency Rooms, by Penn Medicine. Penn Medicine, March 16, 2011.  “More than three quarters of domestic violence victims who report the incidents to police seek health care in emergency rooms, but most of them are never identified as being victims of abuse during their hospital visit. These findings, from a new Perelman School of Medicine study, point to a missed opportunity to intervene and offer help to women who suffer violence at the hands of an intimate partner.”

Teen Dating Violence is Common, Study Finds, by Randy Dotinga. Business Week, December 06, 2010.  “Almost one-fifth of high-school students admit they physically abused someone they were dating, and those same students were likely to have abused other students and their siblings, a new study finds.”

Teenage Girls Stand by Their Man, by Jan Hoffman. New York Times, March 18, 2009.  “"On blogs and social networking sites, teenagers are having an e-shouting match about the highly publicized episode between Rihanna and Chris Brown. Perhaps the first time their generation has been compelled to think aloud about dating violence."”