Sandra M Stith
Biographic Data
| ID | 164977 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sandra M Stith |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sandra M |
| FAMILY NAME | Stith |
| SIGNATURE | STITH S M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Kansas State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3223-4325 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 40 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 191 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 40 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1990 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
Engaging Mozambican men in a couple-based therapy to reduce intimate partner violence and improve mental health: Community stakeholders’ perspectives
Adherence to masculine norms about strength was a barrier to engagement. • Power dynamics within healthcare exchanges heightened many men's vulnerabilities. • Stakeholders expressed high acceptability for including men in therapy. • Recommendations for men's engagement were situated at the community level
Community-informed perspectives of implementing interpersonal psychotherapy for couples to reduce situational intimate partner violence and improve common mental disorders in Mozambique
Stakeholders recommended multilevel involvement and inclusion of community-based programming. Task shifting and use of technology can help address these resource demands
Risk Markers for Victimization and Perpetration of Male-to-Female Physical Intimate Partner Violence in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Meta-Analysis
Exposure to intimate partner violence (IPV) incurs significant public health consequences. Understanding risk markers can accelerate prevention and response efforts, important in settings like Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) where resources are scarce. In this study, four databases were searched to identify studies that examined risk markers for male-to-female physical IPV. With application of the socioecological model, we analyzed 11 risk markers for m…
Commentary: 25 Years After Johnson’s Typology of Intimate Partner Violence the Impact of Johnson’s Typology on Clinical Work
Is separate the new equal? A meta‐analytic review of correlates of intimate partner violence victimization for Black and White women in the United States
Black women experience intimate partner violence (IPV) at higher rates than White women, and are more likely to experience more serious injuries, serious mental health diagnoses, or even death as consequences of IPV. Most research on factors associated with physical IPV does not primarily focus on Black women experiencing IPV. To be able to offer targeted intervention and prevention services, understanding unique correlates is critical. To addres…
The Dark Side of the Rainbow: Queer Women’s Experiences of Intimate Partner Violence
Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a worldwide issue that, although often thought of as a very gendered and heteronormative crime (male perpetrators and female victims within heterosexual relationships), occurs in all kinds of relationships. The purpose of this study is to examine and raise awareness of how IPV operates within female same-gender relationships. Researchers utilized a narrative inquiry framework, as well as thematic analysis, in or…
What Puts Individuals at Risk for Physical Intimate Partner Violence Perpetration? A Meta-Analysis Examining Risk Markers for Men and Women
Intimate partner violence (IPV) perpetration is a serious public health concern around the world. This meta-analysis aimed to synthesize all available data examining risk markers for physical IPV perpetration among men and women between 1980 and 2018. Studies were included in the analysis if they examined physical IPV in adult opposite-sex relationships, included statistical information needed to calculate at least one bivariate effect size, and …
Common Life Stressors as Risk Markers for Intimate Partner Violence: A Meta-analysis
The Association between Attachment Styles and Physical Intimate Partner Violence Perpetration and Victimization: A Meta‐Analysis
In this meta‐analysis, we examine attachment styles—something commonly incorporated into couples therapy—and their association with physical intimate partner violence (IPV) perpetration and victimization among men and women. This meta‐analysis incorporated 33 studies that looked at the association between four different attachment styles and IPV. This study examined the strength of the correlation among different attachment styles and IPV perpetr…
Risk Markers for Women’s Physical Intimate Partner Violence Victimization in Iran: A Meta-Analysis
In this study, evidence from 14 studies examines 16 unique risk markers for intimate partner violence (IPV) victimization for Iranian women. Large-to-medium effect sizes were found for emotional abuse victimization, depression, poor mental health, poor physical health, partner’s drug use, living in a patriarchal household, and partner having experienced child abuse as risk markers. Higher levels of education and higher levels of household income …
Perpetrator Risk Markers for Intimate Terrorism and Situational Couple Violence: A Meta-Analysis
Johnson developed a typology of intimate partner violence (IPV) which includes two different categories of violence: situational couple violence (SCV) and intimate terrorism (IT). Johnson proposed that IT is more likely to be found in clinical samples (e.g., batterer intervention programs or domestic violence shelters) compared to nonclinical (general population) samples. This meta-analysis ( n = 149 studies; k = 216 effect sizes) examines differ…
Risk Factors for Male Perpetration and Female Victimization of Intimate Partner Homicide: A Meta-Analysis
Intimate partner homicide (IPH) is a serious problem throughout the world. Research has identified the continued need to examine risk factors for IPH to identify individuals who may be at a greater risk of IPH perpetration or victimization. In this study, we conducted a meta-analysis on risk factors for male IPH perpetration and female IPH victimization. This meta-analysis examined results from 17 studies, which included 148 effect sizes used in …
I'm Black, I'm Strong, and I Need Help”: Toxic Black Femininity and Intimate Partner Violence
Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a serious threat to the lives of Black women in the United States. Research has shown that Black women report more serious injuries and mental health consequences, are less likely to report IPV, and receive fewer services related to IPV victimization than White women do. This article proposes the new concept of toxic Black femininity, which refers to the constant attempts for Black women to uphold a stereotype o…
Preventing Maltreatment at Home: A Meta-Analysis Examining Outcomes From Online Programs
Purpose: During the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been an increase in cases of intimate partner violence (IPV) related to stay-at-home orders, as well as the financial and emotional stress many individuals are experiencing. With limitations on group gatherings, typical in-person prevention and intervention resources, such as anger management groups or batterer intervention programs, may be inaccessible to people in need of resources. Method: In or…
Risk markers for physical intimate partner violence victimization: A meta-analysis
Mental health factors and intimate partner violence perpetration and victimization: A meta-analysis.
A Meta-Analysis of Risk Markers for Intimate Partner Violence in Same-Sex Relationships
Research on intimate partner violence (IPV) has largely focused on heterosexual relationships, but, in recent years, researchers have expanded their focus to include same-sex relationships. Using meta-analytic techniques, this study was conducted to examine the relative strength of various risk markers for men and women being perpetrators and victims of physical IPV in same-sex relationships. Articles were identified through research search engin…
Moving to Restoration: The Experiences of Women Exiting Sex Trafficking
In this article, we use qualitative interviews to learn from three sex-trafficking survivors how service providers can better help female victims of domestic sex trafficking with restoration and recovery, along with how to better identify female victims of sex trafficking and their needs. In this article, participants are referred to as survivors of sex trafficking because they are no longer being trafficked, and individuals who are currently bei…
Substance use and intimate partner violence: A meta-analytic review.
Why Sexual Assault Survivors Do Not Report to Universities: A Feminist Analysis
The present study analyzed responses from 220 female survivors of sexual assault at a U.S. college campus. Guided by feminist thought, we used thematic analysis to analyze survivors' reasons for not reporting their sexual assault to university officials. Drawing on participants' own words, the most common reasons for not reporting included “It was not a big enough deal,” “I didn't know who to report to or that I could report,” “It wasn't related …
Gender Differences in Risk Markers for Perpetration of Physical Partner Violence: Results from a Meta-Analytic Review
The Role of Family Therapy in Journal of Family Theory & Review
Effects of Childhood Experiences of Family Violence on Adult Partner Violence: A Meta‐Analytic Review
This meta‐analysis examined the association between being raised in a physically violent home and becoming an adult victim or perpetrator of physical intimate partner violence ( IPV ). We also explored the effects of sex of child victim and sex of parent perpetrator. In total, 124 studies, which reported 288 effect sizes measuring the association between witnessing interparental violence and/or experiencing child abuse and adult IPV , were includ…
Gender Differences in Experiences with Couples Treatment for IPV
Immigrant and Nonimmigrant Women: Factors That Predict Leaving an Abusive Relationship
This research used logistic regression to test components of Choice and Lamke's (1997) two-part decision-making model and Hamby's (2008) holistic risk assessment as predictors of the decision to separate from an abusive partner, comparing significant predictors for immigrant (n = 497) and nonimmigrant (n = 808) women. Findings demonstrated that immigrant women reported higher levels of perceived risks/barriers to leaving, provided some support fo…
The Intergenerational Transmission of Spouse Abuse: A Meta-Analysis
This study uses meta-analytic procedures to examine the relationship between growing up in a violent home and subsequently becoming part of a violent marital relationship. Our meta-analysis examines published and unpublished research studies that investigate the relationship between witnessing or experiencing family violence in childhood and receiving or perpetrating violence in an adult heterosexual cohabiting or marital relationship. The findin…
A predictive model of male spousal violence
Sex role egalitarianism and marital violence
Culturally Sensitive Therapy With Black Clients
Immigrant and Nonimmigrant Women: Factors That Predict Leaving an Abusive Relationship
This research used logistic regression to test components of Choice and Lamke's (1997) two-part decision-making model and Hamby's (2008) holistic risk assessment as predictors of the decision to separate from an abusive partner, comparing significant predictors for immigrant (n = 497) and nonimmigrant (n = 808) women. Findings demonstrated that immigrant women reported higher levels of perceived risks/barriers to leaving, provided some support fo…
Emotional Reactivity and Psychological Distress
A primary purpose of this article was to test part of Bowen’s intergenerational family systems theory. A secondary purpose was to provide further evidence for the construct validity of a newly developed instrument that assesses differentiation of self. Using Bowen’s family system theory, a model was developed that hypothesized both direct and indirect relationships between emotional reactivity toward parents, one aspect of Bowen’s differentiation…
Close Dating Relationships among College Students: Differences by Use of Violence and by Gender
Data from 280 first-year college students in serious dating relationships were examined. Differences in relationship dimensions, negotiation styles and use of coping strategies were identified between participants in violent and non-violent relationships and between males and females. Multivariate analysis of covariance techniques revealed significant effects for gender and use of violence on the dependent research variables. No interaction effec…
Women Terminating Abusive Dating Relationships: A Qualitative Study
Dating violence, a serious social problem, has commanded much attention during the last decade. This study was conducted to enhance our understanding of complex relationship and individual processes that occur in dating relationships where abuse becomes a pattern. The experiences of 11 young women who left their abusive dating relationships were analyzed using the tenets of grounded theory in a multiple-case qualitative research design. Processes…
I'm Black, I'm Strong, and I Need Help”: Toxic Black Femininity and Intimate Partner Violence
Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a serious threat to the lives of Black women in the United States. Research has shown that Black women report more serious injuries and mental health consequences, are less likely to report IPV, and receive fewer services related to IPV victimization than White women do. This article proposes the new concept of toxic Black femininity, which refers to the constant attempts for Black women to uphold a stereotype o…
Using Bowen Theory to Enhance Understanding of the Intergenerational Transmission of Dating Violence
This study used Bowen theory to broaden our understanding of the intergenerational transmission of dating violence. A sample of single, never-married college students completed measures of violence perpetrated or received in their dating relationships, and measures of childhood violence and differentiation of self (a central component of Bowen theory). Using structural equation modeling, three models were compared: family-of-origin violence and c…
Moving to Restoration: The Experiences of Women Exiting Sex Trafficking
In this article, we use qualitative interviews to learn from three sex-trafficking survivors how service providers can better help female victims of domestic sex trafficking with restoration and recovery, along with how to better identify female victims of sex trafficking and their needs. In this article, participants are referred to as survivors of sex trafficking because they are no longer being trafficked, and individuals who are currently bei…
Gender Differences in Experiences with Couples Treatment for IPV
Commentary: 25 Years After Johnson’s Typology of Intimate Partner Violence the Impact of Johnson’s Typology on Clinical Work
Preventing Maltreatment at Home: A Meta-Analysis Examining Outcomes From Online Programs
Purpose: During the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been an increase in cases of intimate partner violence (IPV) related to stay-at-home orders, as well as the financial and emotional stress many individuals are experiencing. With limitations on group gatherings, typical in-person prevention and intervention resources, such as anger management groups or batterer intervention programs, may be inaccessible to people in need of resources. Method: In or…
Nursing Students' Attitudes Toward Victims of Domestic Violence as Predicted by Selected Individual and Relationship Variables
The Role of Family Therapy in Journal of Family Theory & Review
The Importance of Therapist/Client Ethnic/Racial Matching in Couples Treatment for Domestic Violence
Sex role egalitarianism and marital violence
Culturally Sensitive Therapy With Black Clients
Close Dating Relationships among College Students: Differences by Use of Violence and by Gender
Data from 280 first-year college students in serious dating relationships were examined. Differences in relationship dimensions, negotiation styles and use of coping strategies were identified between participants in violent and non-violent relationships and between males and females. Multivariate analysis of covariance techniques revealed significant effects for gender and use of violence on the dependent research variables. No interaction effec…
Violence in Dating Relationships
A predictive model of male spousal violence
Women Terminating Abusive Dating Relationships: A Qualitative Study
Dating violence, a serious social problem, has commanded much attention during the last decade. This study was conducted to enhance our understanding of complex relationship and individual processes that occur in dating relationships where abuse becomes a pattern. The experiences of 11 young women who left their abusive dating relationships were analyzed using the tenets of grounded theory in a multiple-case qualitative research design. Processes…
Building bridges between shelters for battered women and religious organizations: Advice from victim advocates
Nursing Students' Attitudes Toward Victims of Domestic Violence as Predicted by Selected Individual and Relationship Variables
The Intergenerational Transmission of Spouse Abuse: A Meta-Analysis
This study uses meta-analytic procedures to examine the relationship between growing up in a violent home and subsequently becoming part of a violent marital relationship. Our meta-analysis examines published and unpublished research studies that investigate the relationship between witnessing or experiencing family violence in childhood and receiving or perpetrating violence in an adult heterosexual cohabiting or marital relationship. The findin…
Using Bowen Theory to Enhance Understanding of the Intergenerational Transmission of Dating Violence
This study used Bowen theory to broaden our understanding of the intergenerational transmission of dating violence. A sample of single, never-married college students completed measures of violence perpetrated or received in their dating relationships, and measures of childhood violence and differentiation of self (a central component of Bowen theory). Using structural equation modeling, three models were compared: family-of-origin violence and c…
Emotional Reactivity and Psychological Distress
A primary purpose of this article was to test part of Bowen’s intergenerational family systems theory. A secondary purpose was to provide further evidence for the construct validity of a newly developed instrument that assesses differentiation of self. Using Bowen’s family system theory, a model was developed that hypothesized both direct and indirect relationships between emotional reactivity toward parents, one aspect of Bowen’s differentiation…
Intimate partner physical abuse perpetration and victimization risk factors: A meta-analytic review
Marital Satisfaction and Marital Discord as Risk Markers for Intimate Partner Violence: A Meta-analytic Review
Risk factors in child maltreatment: A meta-analytic review of the literature
Immigrant and Nonimmigrant Women: Factors That Predict Leaving an Abusive Relationship
This research used logistic regression to test components of Choice and Lamke's (1997) two-part decision-making model and Hamby's (2008) holistic risk assessment as predictors of the decision to separate from an abusive partner, comparing significant predictors for immigrant (n = 497) and nonimmigrant (n = 808) women. Findings demonstrated that immigrant women reported higher levels of perceived risks/barriers to leaving, provided some support fo…
The Importance of Therapist/Client Ethnic/Racial Matching in Couples Treatment for Domestic Violence
Effects of Childhood Experiences of Family Violence on Adult Partner Violence: A Meta‐Analytic Review
This meta‐analysis examined the association between being raised in a physically violent home and becoming an adult victim or perpetrator of physical intimate partner violence ( IPV ). We also explored the effects of sex of child victim and sex of parent perpetrator. In total, 124 studies, which reported 288 effect sizes measuring the association between witnessing interparental violence and/or experiencing child abuse and adult IPV , were includ…
Gender Differences in Experiences with Couples Treatment for IPV
Gender Differences in Risk Markers for Perpetration of Physical Partner Violence: Results from a Meta-Analytic Review
The Role of Family Therapy in Journal of Family Theory & Review
Why Sexual Assault Survivors Do Not Report to Universities: A Feminist Analysis
The present study analyzed responses from 220 female survivors of sexual assault at a U.S. college campus. Guided by feminist thought, we used thematic analysis to analyze survivors' reasons for not reporting their sexual assault to university officials. Drawing on participants' own words, the most common reasons for not reporting included “It was not a big enough deal,” “I didn't know who to report to or that I could report,” “It wasn't related …
Substance use and intimate partner violence: A meta-analytic review.
Risk markers for physical intimate partner violence victimization: A meta-analysis
Mental health factors and intimate partner violence perpetration and victimization: A meta-analysis.
A Meta-Analysis of Risk Markers for Intimate Partner Violence in Same-Sex Relationships
Research on intimate partner violence (IPV) has largely focused on heterosexual relationships, but, in recent years, researchers have expanded their focus to include same-sex relationships. Using meta-analytic techniques, this study was conducted to examine the relative strength of various risk markers for men and women being perpetrators and victims of physical IPV in same-sex relationships. Articles were identified through research search engin…
Psychology (31 works) · Intimate Partner and Family Violence (26 works) · Medicine (25 works) · Poison control (25 works) · Domestic violence (22 works) · Human Factors and Ergonomics (17 works) · Social Psychology (17 works) · Medical emergency (15 works) · Clinical Psychology (14 works) · Suicide prevention (14 works)