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When we hurt the ones we love: Predicting violence against women from men's mate-retention behaviors
Title
When we hurt the ones we love: Predicting violence against women from men's mate-retention behaviors.
Creator
Goetz, Aaron T., Florida Atlantic University, Shackelford, Todd K.
Abstract/Description
Mate-retention behaviors are designed to solve several adaptive problems, such as deterring a partner's infidelity and preventing defection from the relationship. Although many mate-retention behaviors appear to be innocuous romantic gestures (e.g., giving flowers), some may be harbingers of violence. Here, the relationship between men's mate-retention and violence against women was investigated. In Study 1, men reported their use of mate-retention behaviors and violence in their...
Show moreMate-retention behaviors are designed to solve several adaptive problems, such as deterring a partner's infidelity and preventing defection from the relationship. Although many mate-retention behaviors appear to be innocuous romantic gestures (e.g., giving flowers), some may be harbingers of violence. Here, the relationship between men's mate-retention and violence against women was investigated. In Study 1, men reported their use of mate-retention behaviors and violence in their relationships. Study 2 assessed women's reports of their partners' mate-retention behaviors and their partners' violence against them. Study 3 secured husbands' reports of their mate retention and wives' reports of their husbands' violence. As predicted, and across all studies, men's mate-retention behaviors predicted violence against romantic partners.
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Date Issued
2005
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13244
Subject Headings
Family violence, Abused women, Victims of family violence, Abusive men--Psychology, Man-woman relationships
Format
Document (PDF)
Image-Based Sexual Abuse in the Workplace: Examining the Effects and Responses of Professional Women
Title
Image-Based Sexual Abuse in the Workplace: Examining the Effects and Responses of Professional Women.
Creator
Stewart, Veronica Tyler, Bishop, Carol Mills, Florida Atlantic University, School of Communication and Multimedia Studies, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
Abstract/Description
Although the sensationalized term “Revenge Porn” is used by media outlets to spark conversation about consent and digital privacy, the nonconsensual distribution of intimate media, or “image-based sexual abuse” (IBSA), is the preferred term by scholars for its more accurate depiction of the variety of modes, methods, and damages. I argue that targeted women experience many of the same damages to their socioemotional, interpersonal, and professional well-being that targets of traditional,...
Show moreAlthough the sensationalized term “Revenge Porn” is used by media outlets to spark conversation about consent and digital privacy, the nonconsensual distribution of intimate media, or “image-based sexual abuse” (IBSA), is the preferred term by scholars for its more accurate depiction of the variety of modes, methods, and damages. I argue that targeted women experience many of the same damages to their socioemotional, interpersonal, and professional well-being that targets of traditional, offline, sexual violence experience, and that the nature and affordances of digital technology often allow these harms to transcend the once isolated contexts in which offline cases of sexual violence occurred. Moreover, regulatory bodies often trivialize and dismiss IBSA, deeming it inconsequential despite the devastating professional and socioemotional effects targets experience. This research explored a) how women navigate and respond to IBSA in the workplace when boundaries of personal and professional identities are crossed nonconsensually and whether demographic differences influence approaches via fifteen interviews with IBSA targets and two organizational leaders. The findings revealed that organizational environment and attitudes were the most influential factors in female employees' decisions to report, and in turn, employee turnover, organizational commitment, and job satisfaction. Demographic characteristics, such as age and gender, influenced how and from whom targets sought informal, or emotional support. Therefore, this research demonstrates the need for, IBSA and its impact to be foregrounded in how traditional sexual violence and harassment are dealt with. Finally, to extend the IBSA and workplace sexual harassment literature further, I argue for the importance of an organizational climate that is not only understanding, but supportive of IBSA targets in establishing appropriate training, regulations, and policy for sexual harassment both online and offline, structured around target support, prevention, and bystander intervention.
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Date Issued
2024
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00014389
Subject Headings
Image-based sexual abuse, Sexual harassment, Internet, Women, Women professional employees
Format
Document (PDF)
Clarity-Parity Community Nursing Practice framework: A critical ethnonursing study of women in recovery from chemical dependence and their return to the community
Title
The Clarity-Parity Community Nursing Practice framework: A critical ethnonursing study of women in recovery from chemical dependence and their return to the community.
Creator
Lange, Bernadette M., Florida Atlantic University, Ray, Marilyn A.
Abstract/Description
Women in recovery from chemical dependence represent a unique culture that should be viewed through a transcultural lens in order to facilitate and sustain their recovery in the dominant culture community. The purpose of this research was to explore the perceptions and experiences of women in recovery from chemical dependence and their return to the community. Leininger's ethnonursing method was used to obtain a holistic transcultural view of the beliefs, values and lifeways of twelve women...
Show moreWomen in recovery from chemical dependence represent a unique culture that should be viewed through a transcultural lens in order to facilitate and sustain their recovery in the dominant culture community. The purpose of this research was to explore the perceptions and experiences of women in recovery from chemical dependence and their return to the community. Leininger's ethnonursing method was used to obtain a holistic transcultural view of the beliefs, values and lifeways of twelve women in recovery. A communal moral focus was used to understand patterns of meaning, values, virtues and principles using Ray's Transcultural Nursing Ethics. Critical Social Theory was used as an overarching framework to critically analyze the lifeworld (community life of women in recovery) and the system (sociopolitical structures) to enhance the community nurse's knowledge about the needs of women to facilitate their return to community. Four themes included the following: understanding the lifeworld of chemical dependence was a symbol for facilitating the recovery process, restoring a sense of well being contributed to the meaning of a successful recovery, resituating in the community was demonstrated by actions of recreating new lifeways, and sustaining recovery by relying on the community as a source for supporting new lifeways. A critical analysis of the themes revealed paradoxical experiences of women in the dominant culture community. A synthesis of the findings from the lifeworld and analysis of the themes resulted in the co-creation of The Clarity-Parity Community Nursing Practice Framework. The framework demonstrates how the moral caring actions of the community nurse and the mutual moral caring actions of the community nurse, women in recovery and dominant culture community can result in increasing the clarity of transcultural communication and encouraging a position of parity for women in recovery within the dominant culture community.
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Date Issued
2005
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/12153
Subject Headings
Substance abuse--Patients--Rehabilitation, Drug abuse--Treatment, Women--Substance use, Addicts--Rehabilitation, Transcultural nursing, Nursing--Cross-cultural studies
Format
Document (PDF)
demographic profile of the victims and perpetrators of domestic homicide
Title
A demographic profile of the victims and perpetrators of domestic homicide.
Creator
Pearl, Jodi., Florida Atlantic University, Iscan, M. Yasar, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Anthropology
Abstract/Description
The purpose of this study, which covers the 1992-1994 period, was to review the scientific literature on domestic abuse, to define the magnitude of fatal domestic abuse in Broward County, to analyze the demographic characteristics of the victims and their assailants and to evaluate the legal processing of charges by the organs of the local Administration of Justice. The sources of information which were used included the files of the Broward County Medical Examiner's Office, data provided by...
Show moreThe purpose of this study, which covers the 1992-1994 period, was to review the scientific literature on domestic abuse, to define the magnitude of fatal domestic abuse in Broward County, to analyze the demographic characteristics of the victims and their assailants and to evaluate the legal processing of charges by the organs of the local Administration of Justice. The sources of information which were used included the files of the Broward County Medical Examiner's Office, data provided by the Broward County State Attorney's Office and the Department of Corrections and the records of Women in Distress, a volunteer advocacy group for abused women. Findings revealed that 42 women were victims of domestic homicide during this three year period. A demographic profile of these women showed they were mostly black, high school educated and in their 30s. The majority were shot by their less educated male partners/husbands with prior arrest records between May and August.
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Date Issued
1996
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/15271
Subject Headings
Abused women--Services for--Florida--Broward County, Criminal justice, Administration of--Florida--Broward County, Abused wives--Services for--Florida--Broward County, Wife abuse--Florida--Broward County, Victims of crimes surveys--Florida--Broward County
Format
Document (PDF)
Policymaking on violence against women in the United States: A multi-theoretical perspective on the terrorization of women
Title
Policymaking on violence against women in the United States: A multi-theoretical perspective on the terrorization of women.
Creator
Meyer-Emerick, Nancy, Florida Atlantic University
Abstract/Description
The purpose of this study of policymaking on violence against women in the United States was to examine beliefs about the causes of violence against women through alternative theoretical lenses in order to compare competing theories of problem definition. An initial multidisciplinary review of the roots of the problem indicated that public policy on violence against women, specifically the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) of 1994, was limited in its response. The primary components of VAWA...
Show moreThe purpose of this study of policymaking on violence against women in the United States was to examine beliefs about the causes of violence against women through alternative theoretical lenses in order to compare competing theories of problem definition. An initial multidisciplinary review of the roots of the problem indicated that public policy on violence against women, specifically the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) of 1994, was limited in its response. The primary components of VAWA were to further criminalize violent physical abuse and educate law enforcement and the courts to address violence after it had occurred. The application of three competing theoretical perspectives on socio-cultural beliefs about sexuality, the limits of government, and sexual violence as a means of maintaining male domination yielded new information about the nature of the problem. With this information, interviews were conducted with the federal policymakers who drafted VAWA, local practitioners in programs pertaining to violence against women, and focus groups with citizens, survivors and perpetrators of domestic violence. This dialogue provided a check on the researcher's biases and unique perceptions on sexuality, intimate violence and the role of government. A written questionnaire using pertinent questions from the 1992 National Election Studies was used to determine whether the opinions of the focus groups were representative of national opinion on these issues. The research confirmed the working hypothesis that VAWA was limited due to the socio-cultural nature of the problem. The participants identified some common misperceptions about intimate violence. The research also revealed a difference between men's and women's trust of government. The participants' testimony moderately supported the proposal that male dominance is preserved through sexual violence. The study implies that policymaking on violence against women must address the roots of the problem in the socio-cultural system where people obtain their beliefs. This may not be possible through government policy because the state is limited in its ability to change that system.
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Date Issued
1998
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/12560
Subject Headings
Women--Crimes against--United States, Policy sciences, Women--Legal status, laws, etc --United States, Abused women--United States
Format
Document (PDF)
The Experience of Caring for Women with Drug or Alcohol Problems in the General Hospital
Title
The Experience of Caring for Women with Drug or Alcohol Problems in the General Hospital.
Creator
Payne, Linda Gail, Barry, Charlotte D., Florida Atlantic University, Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing
Abstract/Description
The purpose of this study was to describe the lived experience of nurses who care for hospitalized women outside of an addiction treatment setting who have a problem with drugs and/or alcohol. The relational experiences of ten registered nurses who had cared for women with drug and alcohol problems were elicited. Heideggerian hermeneutic phenomenology was the method used to interpret the nurse participant's meaning of their experience. The theoretical framework that was used to explore the...
Show moreThe purpose of this study was to describe the lived experience of nurses who care for hospitalized women outside of an addiction treatment setting who have a problem with drugs and/or alcohol. The relational experiences of ten registered nurses who had cared for women with drug and alcohol problems were elicited. Heideggerian hermeneutic phenomenology was the method used to interpret the nurse participant's meaning of their experience. The theoretical framework that was used to explore the nurses' experience o caring for women who abuse or are dependent on alcohol and/or drugs was Boykin and Schoenhofer's Nursing as Caring (1993). The relational themes that emerged were: Caring in the dark; Intentionally knowing the woman with AOD as a unique person; and Experiencing sisterhood.
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Date Issued
2015
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004534
Subject Headings
Communication in nursing, Nurse and patient, Nursing assessment, Nursing models, Outcome assessment (Medical care), Women -- Substance abuse -- Treatment
Format
Document (PDF)