The Effects Of Intimate Partner Violence

Just about everyone out there can say they know someone who has been affected my intimate partner violence. Or most often they have been a victim themselves but the point is intimate partner violence is so widespread that it has often been referred to as an epidemic. Most dictionaries roughly define the word epidemic as affecting many people at the same time or a rapid increase or spread in the occurrence of something. That right there can easily be compared to the problem with intimate partner violence. Some may believe that intimate partner violence only happens in poor homes or poor communities because it’s so closely associated with poverty, drugs and alcohol. Contrary to what many may

Intimate partner violence (IPV) is described a psychological, emotional, sexual or physical harm to a person by their spouse or former partner (Breiding et al, 2015). National reports have revealed that about one in three women experience IPV (Sharron et al, 2015). Intimate partner violence is a growing epidemic in the United States. However, recent studies have focused on rural regions, such as Appalachia.

Domestic violence exists everywhere and affects all people regardless of socioeconomic status, sexual orientation, sex, ethnicity, or religion. Most times physical violence is accompanied by emotional abuse and controlling behaviors. The result of domestic violence includes physical injury, psychological issues, and death. Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) occurs in 1 of 4 women in the United States and can be correlated with a loss of emotional, social, physical and mental health. Intimate Partner Violence is an issue that does not receive a lot of recognition and is overlooked majority of the time. There is a lot of information on women in intimate partner violence relationships that explains how it affects women physically, mentally, and socially.

On Wednesday, June 10, 2015, at 4pm I visited a Jersey Battered Women ‘s Services (JBWS) located in Morris plains New Jersey that deals with violence issues. I interviewed Miss Lid, one of the agency personnel. She told me that her name is “Miss Lid for the purpose of the interview and to assure privacy “. Immediately she gave me an overview of the agency and insisted on how proud she is in helping this population because domestic violence represents a major problem in the United States as well as many other parts of the word. She described to me that the mission of JBWS is to prevent domestic violence, protects the victims, counsel them about the dynamics of domestic violence and provide information on potential

“Future without Violence is working with three Patient Centered Medical Home-Certified Health Centers and domestic violence programs on a pilot project to improve the health outcomes for women through the identification and response to intimate partner violence IPV”(futureswithoutviolence.org ). Health care leaders are working hard to combat many aspect of IPV. Because most perpetrators are victims themselves, it is not that easy to tell if some of them actually know if this is an acceptable behavior. What someone think is right may be wrong for the other person. The National Health Care Workforce Commission, should liaison with the (IOM), Health Resources including the state nursing workforce centers; American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN); AANP (Nurse Practitioners); and the Department of Health and Human Services coupled with the Law enforcement to help bring about changes to IVP. These changes are critical to the health and well-being of all victims throughout the country. The populations in society who are at greatest risk to IVP are vulnerable; sometimes they are too scared to report the issues. Let us all collaborate to develop tools to more thoroughly collect information on how defeat Intimate Partner

What is Intimate Partner Violence and who does it affect? According to Wilcoxon, Remley, and Gladding (2013), “Domestic violence or intimate partner violence (IPV) have emerged in the professional literature as descriptors of chronic as well as episodic patterns of abuse, ranging from harsh criticism to aggressive brutality, between adults in intimate relationships” (p.105). IPV does not discriminate, it refers to both married and unmarried individuals. This type of violence affects men, woman, and children.

Violence has become an enormous issue all around the world, but in the United Sates alone it has been estimated that nearly ten million people are abused in a time frame of only one year. According to Spitzberg, intimate partner violence is any behavior intended to inflict physical harm on someone in an ongoing interdependent or close relationship with the perpetrator. He has also specified that there many forms of intimate partner violence and he went on to fully explained the difference between aggression and intimate partner violence as well. Many scholars have done intense research on IPV and the research can be quite surprising as there have been many stigmas associated with violence and who are mostly the perpetrator in IPV. All the research

The prevalence of domestic violence in USA is constantly increasing from day to day. Various studies suggest that in most of the cases it frequently goes undetected. Among different types of violence, Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) is considered as one of the major public health issues faced by women. Around 1.3 to 5.3 million people are facing IPV each year in the United States mainly being immigrant women. The National Intimate Partner Sexual Violence Survey (NVAWS) reports that 3 in 10 women have suffered by an intimate partner. The paper mostly covers on the sources that are used by the immigrant women and the legitimate reasons behind.

Questions for this section were based on Composite Abuse Scale (CAS), which is a well-validated and reliable tool which can be used to measure Intimate Partner Violence for both abused and non-abused populations and can be used in clinical setting as a research tool (Hegarty, Bush, & Sheehan, 2005). Questions which were asked include: 1) Do you think your partner’s life has changed very much since having the baby? 2) Are you happy with the contribution that your partner makes to looking after the baby? 3) Are you happy with the contribution your partner makes to household tasks? 4) Who makes the decision about contraceptive use if you are using one? 5) Who decided to have a baby in your household? 6) Was your recent pregnancy planned? 7) Did you want to have the

Everyone finds themselves in a relationship at some point in their life; no matter who you are. However, not all relationships are the same, in either the type of love or lifestyle. Most couple’s relationships will come to the ‘next step’, which could involve commitment. It is more common in today’s society that the couple could choose to either move in with each other (cohabiting lifestyle) or choose to get married. With every relationship, there will be ups and downs. Along with, every couple have fights. However, how far do these ups and downs and fights go. The co-authors of, Intimate Partner Violence in Young Adult Dating, Cohabitating, and Married Drinking Partnerships, correlated a research in intimate partner violence in couples; along

Although becoming friends with clients with has many issues, some clinical psychologists have gone further than this and have had sexual relationships with their clients. Like friendships with clients, sexual relationships with clients can be harmful. If a clinical psychologist has a relationship with a client, their arguments could escalate into intimate partner violence. Kuther (2017) states that “about 36% of women and 29% of women experience intimate partner violence defined as rape, physical violence, or stalking at some point in their lifetime.” Intimate partner violence is a terrible thing to happen to a person, and it would be horrific for a trusted clinical psychologist to treat a client this way. Sexual relationships could also result

Underreported and underestimated, domestic abuse rips families apart every single day. Domestic violence comes in mainly five different forms, physical, sexual, psychological, emotional, and economic. This violence ruins families, demoralizes the victims, and the public downplays the household terrorism that goes on every day. Generally thought of as taboo, the public belittles and humorizes domestic abuse as a way to deal with it, that avoidance must come to an end.

“I object to violence, because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent”, quoted by Mahatma Gandhi. Violence is defined as an unjust or unwarranted exertion of power or force to intentionally injure, damage, or destroy something or someone. Amongst the various types of violence, there is one in particular that has been causing an ongoing debate within societies across the world; this certain type of violence is known as domestic violence. Domestic violence, also known as intimate violence or family violence, is a pattern of violent behaviors that are being used by an individual in a relationship to control his or her partner.() This act of abuse can come in many different forms, such as physical abuse, sexual abuse, emotional abuse, or psychological abuse, and can affect not only the victim, but anyone that he or she may come in contact with.

Health care providers, such as physicians, nurse practitioners, physician’s assistants, and registered nurses, can enhanced their job recognizing the needs of abused women with whom they are in interaction daily. The consequences of violence on health are terrible. In addition to the direct damages from the battering, maltreated women might complain from chronic pain, digestive complaints, psychological symptoms, and eating disorders. Even though emotional abuse is often considered less serious, health care providers and supporters are more and more familiar with all kind of domestic violence and the tragic physical and emotional health consequences. Domestic violence is accompanying by mental health issues such as depression, nervousness and

In this literature review, issues associated with IPV are discussed. It is important to note that intimate partner violence causes physical, mental, and sexual consequences for female victims of abusive relationships. Women involved in IPV report poor health–related quality of life. Their personalities and associated behaviors change as they psychologically adjust and situationally adapt to an abusive environment. Unfortunately, women in abuse relationships attempt to adaptively cope through expressive forms of depersonalization, dissociation, and forgetfulness. Persistent exposure to manipulated conditions also influences the women’s decision to stay or leave the abuse relationship as well as her willingness to develop prevention or protective mechanisms against abuse. As women continue to be exposed to more severe and more frequent abusive situations, they are more likely to become so traumatized that they are unable to competently leave the relationship.