Victims' Influence on Intimate Partner Violence Revictimization: An Empirical Test of Dynamic Victim-Related Risk Factors

Autor/inn/en	Kuijpers, Karlijn F.; Van der Knaap, Leontien M.; Winkel, Frans Willem
Titel	Victims' Influence on Intimate Partner Violence Revictimization: An Empirical Test of Dynamic Victim-Related Risk Factors
Quelle	In: Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 27 (2012) 9, S.1716-1742 (27 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0886-2605
DOI	10.1177/0886260511430389
Schlagwörter	Predictor Variables; Risk; Resilience (Psychology); Victims; Violence; Intimacy; Individual Characteristics; Prevention; Foreign Countries; Females; Help Seeking; Emotional Disturbances; Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Anxiety; Posttraumatic Stress Disorder; Quality of Life; Measures (Individuals); Netherlands + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Prädiktor; Risiko; Victim; Opfer; Gewalt; Intimität; Personality characteristic; Personality traits; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Prävention; Vorbeugung; Ausland; Weibliches Geschlecht; Help-seeking behavior; Help-seeking behaviour; Hilfe suchendes Verhalten; Gefühlsstörung; Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Angst; Lebensqualität; Messdaten; Niederlande
Abstract	Research has reported that not only characteristics of the perpetrator but also characteristics of the victim influence risk for intimate partner violence (IPV). This would suggest that prevention of repeat abuse could benefit from a focus on both perpetrator and victim characteristics. Knowledge on factors that are within victims' sphere of influence is important because a focus on victim characteristics can help victims to take control of their situations and can thereby empower them. Dynamic victim-related factors are most relevant here as these are factors that can be changed or improved, in contrast to unchangeable static factors. Surprisingly, however, little is known about how victim-related factors affect risk for revictimization of IPV. The current study was conducted among a Dutch sample of 156 female, help-seeking IPV victims. The aim was to examine to what extent prior IPV and, in particular, dynamic victim-related factors influence risk for future IPV. In accordance with the models articulated by Foa, Cascardi, Zoellner and Feeny, we studied how the three key factors from their models--partner violence, victims' psychological difficulties, and victims' resilience--related to risk for IPV revictimization. Results provide support for several key factors (partner violence and victims' psychological difficulties) and, moreover, show which victim-related factors contribute to revictimization risk above and beyond the influence of prior violence committed by a partner against the victim (i.e., victims' prior IPV victimizations). Findings are discussed in terms of recommendations for practice and future research. (Contains 5 tables and 2 notes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10