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Informing Intimate Partner Violence Prevention Efforts: Dyadic, Developmental, and Contextual Considerations

Authors: Deborah M. Capaldi, Jennifer Langhinrichsen-Rohling

Published in: Prevention Science | Issue 4/2012

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The use of physically aggressive tactics during disagreements between romantic partners, a critical dimension of intimate partner violence (IPV), has been named a significant public health problem (White 2009) and is the focus of the current Special Section. The consequences of IPV are far reaching and include health and mental health impacts (Breiding et al. 2008; Coker et al. 2002), difficulties associated with an increased probability of being involved in the legal system (Jordan 2004), loss of income and work productivity (Rothman and Corso 2008), and financial costs associated with medical and psychological treatment and recovery (Bonomi et al. 2009; Brown et al. 2008). Unfortunately, even once IPV has come to clinical attention, evidence indicates that existing perpetrator treatment programs are relatively ineffective (Babcock et al. 2004; Jackson et al. 2003). In addition, a recent review concludes that many existing teen dating violence prevention programs also have had a disappointing level of impact on recipients (Whitaker et al. 2006). …

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Title: Informing Intimate Partner Violence Prevention Efforts: Dyadic, Developmental, and Contextual Considerations
Authors: Deborah M. Capaldi
Jennifer Langhinrichsen-Rohling
Publication date: 01-08-2012
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Prevention Science / Issue 4/2012
Print ISSN: 1389-4986
Electronic ISSN: 1573-6695
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11121-012-0309-y

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