Intimate Partner Violence in the Relationships of Men With Disabilities in the United States

Mitra, Monika; Mouradian, Vera E.

doi:10.1177/0886260514534526

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“…Previous studies established the heightened rates of IPV among men with disabilities (Cohen et al, 2006;Mitra et al, 2011;Mitra & Mouradian, 2014;Olofsson et al, Percentages represent the percentage of valid responses. b Some clients reported more than one disability type; therefore, percentage for this category adds up to greater than 100%, and n is greater than 70.…”

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Intimate Partner Violence Among Men With Disabilities: The Role of Health Care Providers

Ballan¹,

Freyer

Powledge

2015

Am J Mens Health

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Men with disabilities experience higher rates of interpersonal violence (IPV) than either women or men without disabilities, yet research exploring this problem is limited. This retrospective descriptive study examines the clinical files of male survivors of IPV with disabilities who received services from the Secret Garden, a disability-specific nonresidential IPV program located in New York City. These data inform the role health care providers may fill in helping address IPV against men with disabilities. Abuse history, medical and mental health service utilization, and the channels through which men accessed IPV assistance were areas of focus for analysis. Data were analyzed descriptively and outcomes reported as frequencies and percentages. Results indicate that more than half of study participants were abused by an intimate partner (66.2%) and nearly two-thirds described an act of physical abuse as the most serious type of abuse perpetrated (71.7%). Nearly half (40.8%) had previous contact with medical providers due to abuse. The high prevalence of physical abuse in this sample has critical physical and mental health implications, and could further exacerbate already precarious health statuses. While nearly half reported previous contact with health care providers due to abuse, only 15.8% were referred for IPV assistance by a health care provider, indicating a missed opportunity to identify signs of abuse and direct survivors to additional resources.

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Intimate Partner Violence Among Men With Disabilities: The Role of Health Care Providers

Ballan¹,

Freyer

Powledge

2015

Am J Mens Health

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“…7 Mitra and colleagues 11 found 2.6% of men with disabilities reported sexual abuse by an intimate partner compared with 1.1% of nondisabled men. Powers et al 7 found 9% reported sexual abuse by their personal care assistants.…”

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“…Studies examining the relationship between the perpetrator of sexual violence and men with disabilities have focused on sexual abuse by intimate partners 6,11 and personal care assistants. 7 Mitra and colleagues 11 found 2.6% of men with disabilities reported sexual abuse by an intimate partner compared with 1.1% of nondisabled men.…”

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Prevalence and Characteristics of Sexual Violence Against Men with Disabilities

Mitra

Mouradian

Fox

et al. 2016

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

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Introduction Few studies have examined lifetime and past-year sexual violence against men with disabilities and the types of perpetrator–survivor relationships among men with disabilities. The purpose of this study is to document the prevalence of lifetime and past-year sexual violence against men with disabilities in the U.S., compare these estimates with those of men without disabilities and women with and without disabilities, and examine the gender and relationship of the perpetrator of sexual violence against men with disabilities relative to perpetrator characteristics identified in incidents against other adults. Methods Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System 2005–2007 data were analyzed in 2014 using domain analysis and multivariate logistic regression. Results Men with a disability were more likely than men without a disability to report lifetime sexual violence (8.8% vs 6.0%). They were also more likely than men without a disability to report lifetime experience of attempted or completed nonconsensual sex (5.8% and 2.3% vs 4.1% and 1.4%, respectively). There were no statistically significant differences between the two groups of men’s reports of their relationship to the perpetrator of the most recent incident of sexual violence or perpetrator gender. Conclusions Men with disabilities are at heightened risk for lifetime and current sexual violence compared with men without disabilities. Given the relatively high prevalence of sexual violence among people with disabilities of both genders, sexual assault screening, prevention, and response efforts need to be inclusive and attentive to all people with disabilities.

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“…Since the publication of a meta‐analysis showing that adults with disabilities had a 1.5‐fold increase in the odds of interpersonal violence, there have been analyses of disability and violence of population‐based surveys in other high‐income countries. Prevalence estimates from the US show that 19% of men and 36% of women reported intimate partner violence in their lifetime compared to 13% of men and 22% of women without disabilities 10 . A US longitudinal study also found higher levels of intimate partner violence among those with disabilities compared to their non‐disabled counterparts, with an increased odds of 1.6 for those with both physical and mental health impairments 11 .…”

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“…while men with disabilities have a higher risk of physical and non‐domestic violence 12 . There is also evidence to suggest that men with disabilities are more likely to experience intimate partner violence than men without disabilities 10 …”

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Prevalence and risk of violence against people with and without disabilities: findings from an Australian population‐based study

Krnjacki

Emerson

Llewellyn

et al. 2016

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

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Objectives: There are no population-based estimates of the prevalence of interpersonal violence among people with disabilities in Australia. The project aimed to: 1) estimate the prevalence of violence for men and women according to disability status; 2) compare the risk of violence among women and men with disabilities to their same-sex non-disabled counterparts and; 3) compare the risk of violence between women and men with disabilities. Methods:We analysed the 2012 Australian Bureau of Statistics Survey on Personal Safety of more than 17,000 adults and estimated the population-weighted prevalence of violence (physical, sexual and intimate partner violence and stalking/harassment) in the past 12 months and since the age of 15. Population-weighted, age-adjusted, logistic regression was used to estimate the odds of violence by disability status and gender.Results: People with disabilities were significantly more likely to experience all types of violence, both in the past 12 months and since the age of 15. Women with disabilities were more likely to experience sexual and partner violence and men were more likely to experience physical violence. Conclusions:These results underscore the need to understand risk factors for violence, raise awareness about violence and to target policies and services to reduce violence against people with disabilities in Australia.

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Intimate Partner Violence in the Relationships of Men With Disabilities in the United States

Cited by 38 publications

References 18 publications

Intimate Partner Violence Among Men With Disabilities: The Role of Health Care Providers

Intimate Partner Violence Among Men With Disabilities: The Role of Health Care Providers

Prevalence and Characteristics of Sexual Violence Against Men with Disabilities

Prevalence and risk of violence against people with and without disabilities: findings from an Australian population‐based study

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