Trauma-informed and oppression-sensitive intervention for those who engage in intimate partner violence

Taft, Casey T.; Davis, Maxine; Cole, Hannah; Franz, Molly R.; Johnson, Gabrielle

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“…is also tackled ( Sokoloff & Dupont, 2005 ). Key examples of IPV interventions trying to address contextual drivers and structural forms of violence include syndemic models of IPV prevention ( Gibbs et al, 2014 ; González-Guarda et al, 2011 ), interventions targeting historical trauma and racism as a driver of IPV perpetration ( Taft et al., 2021 ), as well as vital work on indigenous approaches to violence prevention ( Varcoe et al, 2017 ). In addition, a decolonising approach to VAW research and intervention development in LMICs ( Mannell et al, 2021 ) may be particularly helpful in finding localised solutions to the global problem of IPV.…”

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High-Risk Contexts for Violence Against Women: Using Latent Class Analysis to Understand Structural and Contextual Drivers of Intimate Partner Violence at the National Level

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Lowe

Gibbs

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J Interpers Violence

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Introduction: Intimate partner violence (IPV) affects 1 in 3 women and poses a major human rights threat and public health burden, yet there is great variation in risk globally. Whilst individual risk factors are well-studied, less research has focussed on the structural and contextual drivers of IPV and how these co-occur to create contexts of high risk. Methods: We compiled IPV drivers from freely-accessible global country-level data sources and combined gender inequality, natural disasters, conflict, colonialism, socioeconomic development and inequality, homicide and social discrimination in a latent class analysis, and identified underlying ‘risk contexts’ based on fit statistics and theoretical plausibility (N=5,732 country-years; 190 countries). We used multinomial regression to compare risk contexts according to: proportion of population with disability, HIV/AIDS, refugee status, and mental health disorders; proportion of men with drug use disorders; men’s alcohol consumption; and population median age (N=1,654-5,725 country-years). Finally, we compared prevalence of physical and/or sexual IPV experienced by women in the past 12 months across risk contexts (N=3,175 country-years). Results: Three distinct risk contexts were identified: 1) non-patriarchal egalitarian, low rates of homicide; 2) patriarchal post-colonial, high rates of homicide; 3) patriarchal post-colonial conflict and disaster-affected. Compared to non-patriarchal egalitarian contexts, patriarchal post-colonial contexts had a younger age distribution and a higher prevalence of drug use disorders, but a lower prevalence of mental health disorders and a smaller refugee population. IPV risk was highest in the two patriarchal post-colonial contexts and associated with country income classification. Conclusions: Whilst our findings support the importance of gender norms in shaping women’s risk of experiencing IPV, they also point towards an association with a history of colonialism. To effectively address IPV for women in high prevalence contexts, structural interventions and policies are needed that address not only gender norms, but also broader structural inequalities arising from colonialism.

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High-Risk Contexts for Violence Against Women: Using Latent Class Analysis to Understand Structural and Contextual Drivers of Intimate Partner Violence at the National Level

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Lowe

Gibbs

et al. 2022

J Interpers Violence

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“…It is notable that 87% of the sample identified as racial and/or ethnic minorities, with 52% identifying as African American and 48% as Latino. Trauma-informed approaches for IPV intervention may be particularly important for this population due to experiences of racism and historical trauma on top of other forms of trauma exposure (Taft et al, in press). We have recently argued that conceptualizations of trauma that do not account for daily experiences of racism are incomplete and do not fully capture the experiences of people of color (Taft et al, in press).…”

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“…Trauma-informed approaches for IPV intervention may be particularly important for this population due to experiences of racism and historical trauma on top of other forms of trauma exposure (Taft et al, in press). We have recently argued that conceptualizations of trauma that do not account for daily experiences of racism are incomplete and do not fully capture the experiences of people of color (Taft et al, in press). Moreover, it may be particularly challenging to establish a trusting, collaborative relationship with individuals skeptical of mainstream, court-ordered intervention providers, though some evidence indicates that trauma-informed approaches may be particularly beneficial in overcoming these barriers (Taft et al, 2001).…”

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“…While the field has recently come to recognize the importance of prior trauma for this population, it is not clear the degree to which commonly delivered programs incorporate a truly trauma-informed approach into the program material. Addressing trauma inclusively defined may be particularly important for diverse samples exposed to higher rates of violence and historical trauma in the community (Taft et al, in press). There is every reason to believe that trauma-informed intervention will prove critically important for those who use IPV, as has been shown to be the case for a range of marginalized treatment populations (e.g., King, 2015).…”

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Examining strength at home for preventing intimate partner violence in civilians.

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Cole³

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Journal of Family Psychology

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The Strength at Home (SAH) intervention, a trauma-informed, cognitive-behavioral intervention for intimate partner violence (IPV), was examined in a sample of court-mandated men. Evidence from prior research indicates that SAH is effective in military veterans but the program has not been examined in civilians. It was expected that SAH participants would evidence reductions in physical and psychological IPV, as well as secondary outcomes of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms and alcohol use problems. Participants included 23 men court mandated to IPV intervention. The sample was low income and 72.7% had a reported prior history of severe physical IPV perpetration. Data from these participants and collateral partners were examined across assessments reflecting baseline, posttreatment, and two 3-month follow-ups. The outcome variables were assessed at each time point to examine change over time and a post-treatment satisfaction measure was also administered immediately following the intervention. Participants showed a significant linear decrease between baseline and posttreatment in all of the primary and secondary IPV outcomes, which maintained at 3-and 6-month follow-up time points. Effect sizes across models were moderate to large. Participants reported high satisfaction with SAH. Study findings provide preliminary support that the SAH intervention is associated with reductions in IPV among civilians and addresses other trauma-and alcohol-related problems. Further research including larger randomized controlled trials are needed to determine the efficacy of this intervention.

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“…From the decoding and interpretation of a situation, through response generation and selection, and then enactment of a response and monitoring of its impact, trauma may hinder normal processing at any one of these stages. For example, considerable evidence indicates that PTSD contributes to various cognitive biases that lead to an overly negative interpretation of others’ behavior and contributes to risk for aggressive behavior (see Taft et al, in press). As the findings from Augsburger and Maercker (2020) suggest, we need to better understand how different forms of trauma may impact differences in SIP across gender, and how this may lead to differential risk for aggressive behavior.…”

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Commentary on Augsburger and Maercker—Posttraumatic stress disorder and aggression: What the data tell us and where we go from here.

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2020

Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice

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Trauma-informed and oppression-sensitive intervention for those who engage in intimate partner violence

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High-Risk Contexts for Violence Against Women: Using Latent Class Analysis to Understand Structural and Contextual Drivers of Intimate Partner Violence at the National Level

High-Risk Contexts for Violence Against Women: Using Latent Class Analysis to Understand Structural and Contextual Drivers of Intimate Partner Violence at the National Level

Examining strength at home for preventing intimate partner violence in civilians.

Commentary on Augsburger and Maercker—Posttraumatic stress disorder and aggression: What the data tell us and where we go from here.

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