Kristina Nikolova

Biographic Data

ID913609
NAMEKristina Nikolova
GIVEN NAMESKristina
FAMILY NAMENikolova
SIGNATURENIKOLOVA K
AFFILIATIONSWayne State University
ORCID0000-0003-4387-8959
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS12
TOTAL CITATIONS11
AUTHOR COUNT12
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2017
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX2

  • Working With War-Affected Populations

    Open AccessНаталія Гусак, Kristina Nikolova et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of Social…2026

    BACKGROUND: Mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) professionals in healthcare, education, social welfare, and NGOs are expected to deliver quality care to war-affected populations, despite often sharing similar traumatic exposures that can impact their own well-being. AIMS: We aimed to explore the unique contributions of both demographic factors (i.e. age, gender, education, place of residence, and personal experience of displacement) as…

  • Perceived stigma toward naloxone among overdose education and naloxone distribution program participants

    Open AccessEmily Pasman, Kristina Nikolova et al.ARTICLEStigma and Health2024

  • Women’s Help-Seeking in China and Papua New Guinea

    Open AccessKristina Nikolova, Iris Cardenas et al.ARTICLESAGE Open2023

    Victimization due to men’s intimate partner violence (IPV) perpetration against women has many negative physical and mental health effects that can last for generations. Understanding how women seek help in response to abuse, and from whom, can help to inform intervention and prevention efforts. This study sought to understand the help-seeking behavior of women who have experienced IPV in two under-researched countries in Asia and the Pacific, Ch…

  • Covid-19 amongst western democracies

    Open AccessRaluca Bejan, Kristina NikolovaARTICLESocial Theory & Health2022Cited by: 4References: 5

  • Exploring Factors Associated with Intimate Partner Violence Survivors’ Use of Financial Safety Planning Strategies

    Open AccessLaura Johnson, Kristina Nikolova et al.ARTICLEViolence Against Women2022References: 16

    The purpose of this study was to explore financial strategies that intimate partner violence (IPV) survivors undertake when engaging in safety planning and to examine the relationship between these strategies and various survivor characteristics. As part of the cross-sectional study, a total of 425 female survivors of IPV were surveyed. To examine the relationship between financial safety planning strategies and participants' demographic characte…

  • Welfare States and Covid-19 Responses

    Open AccessKristina Nikolova, Raluca BejanARTICLEComparative Southeast European…2022Cited by: 2References: 32

    This study uses a welfare state lens to examine disparities in Covid-19 infections and mortality rates between countries in Eastern Europe compared to West European democracies. Expanding on Esping-Andersen’s typology of welfare regimes, the authors compare six country groups to conduct a multivariate statistical analysis that, when controlling for economic and health differences, shows the number of cases and deaths per 100,000 to be significant…

  • Escala de Abuso Economico

    Open AccessLaura Johnson, Gretchen L Hoge et al.ARTICLEJournal of Family Violence2021Cited by: 1References: 7

  • Responding to intimate partner violence (IPV) in Ontario, Canada

    Open AccessKristina Nikolova, Barbara Fallon et al.ARTICLEChildren and Youth Services Review2021Cited by: 1References: 33

    Over the past 20 years, Ontario child welfare agencies have seen an exponential increase in referrals for exposure to intimate partner violence (IPV) for children. Using a mixed methods approach, this paper examines the causes and consequences of the exponential increase in the incidence rates of IPV exposure between 1993 and 2013, providing important context for a maltreatment type that is not well understood in Ontario. The incidence of investi…

  • Administering the U.S. Family Violence Option

    Open AccessKristina Nikolova, Jordan J Steiner et al.ARTICLEHealth & Social Care in the…2020References: 7

    The Family Violence Option (FVO) was designed to help survivors of domestic violence (DV) more easily secure income support in the United States (U.S.), without placing them at risk of further abuse. The objective of this study is to determine whether the decision-making of advocates responsible for determining waiver recommendations under the FVO is influenced by the relationship status of DV survivors. Recursive partitioning was used to analyse…

  • Working together to protect women and children from domestic violence

    Open AccessKristina Nikolova, Judy L Postmus et al.ARTICLEChildren and Youth Services Review2020References: 54

  • Exploring subtypes of children’s exposure to intimate partner violence

    Open AccessTara Black, Barbara Fallon et al.ARTICLEChildren and Youth Services Review2020References: 39

  • Attitudes on the Responsibility for Child Safety

    Kristina Nikolova, Kristen Lwin et al.ARTICLEJournal of Public Child Welfare2017Cited by: 3References: 5

    The child protection workers’ attitude toward responsibility for child safety is complex and requires further examination. Using the Quality Improvement Project on Differential Response data from Illinois we examined the characteristics that influence worker attitude towards child safety. The attitude variable measures workers’ belief in family responsibility for child safety compared to state responsibility for child safety. Regression analyses …