Patricia Melgar
Biographic Data
| ID | 171709 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Patricia Melgar |
| GIVEN NAMES | Patricia |
| FAMILY NAME | Melgar |
| SIGNATURE | MELGAR P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universitat de Girona |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2278-4569 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 25 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 55 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 25 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Asserting the visibility of social work in science
Scientific evidence has shown that Social Work has frequently been considered a second-level discipline in the traditional sexist hierarchy, because pioneers and most social workers are women. The twofold objective of this article is to analyze the dynamics that overcome this consideration and to put forward actions to go further in the near future. The factors that limit these actions and those that make them possible are studied. This article e…
Health Impacts of Isolating Gender Violence
Isolating Gender Violence (IGV) is the violence perpetrated against those who support victims of gender violence and results from such support. Research has shown that overcoming IGV is central to eliminate gender violence. In this regard, a central step occurred in December 2020, when the Catalan Parliament approved by unanimity the creation of a new juridical figure and legal victim that never existed in the world before: victims of IGV. Now, p…
Social Intervention That Facilitates Recovery from Gender-Based Violence
Services for victims of gender-based violence are an interdisciplinary work space where the recovery of women and, thus, preventing their social exclusion are among the main objectives. Although previous scientific literature provides some indicators of the social impact of these services, that is, the improvements in the lives of these women, and allow them to advance in their recovery, it is necessary to deepen and broaden this knowledge. One o…
Dating Violence Experiences Among Sex-Trafficking Youths in Juvenile Detention
Juvenile justice involvement is a risk factor for sex trafficking, as is teen dating violence (TDV). However, little is known about how TDV victimization correlates with sex-trafficking victimization among girls in juvenile detention. This study was conducted with 111 detained female minors from two Arizona juvenile detention centers. All female detainees were screened for sex-trafficking risk factors by a clinical staff member and completed a se…
A systematic review of family and social relationships
Sex trafficking is a current, severe and intense global phenomenon. Many studies have made substantial efforts to map the routes and relations between countries of origin, transit, destination, and the methods of recruitment and retention. With a focus on the role of social relationships, for this article, we conducted a literature review using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) to provide further scie…
Mental Health and Access to Information in Times of Covid-19
The confinements and limited social interactions that have derived from COVID-19 have aggravated the situation of people with previous pathologies. As a result, access to health and its rehabilitation or support resources has been limited and redirected toward online care. People with mental health problems have considerably suffered during the pandemic because, for many of them, accessing different information resources through telematic means p…
Fear to Retaliation
When faced with situations of gender-based violence, one becomes exposed to risk in giving support to the victim (van Reemst, Fischer, & WC Zwirs, 2015, Hamby, Weber, Grych, & Banyard, 2016; Liebst, Heinskou & Ejbye-Ernst, 2018). This form of violence, second order of sexual harassment (SOSH), occurs when people who support victims of gender-based violence experience violence themselves because of this positioning (Vidu et al., 2017; Flecha, 2021…
‘I think I will need help’
The Consequences of Disdainful Hook-Ups for Later Egalitarian Relationships of Girls
The previously mentioned attitudes could generate health problems for non-dominant masculinities engaged in these relationships
Jane Addams, Coherence in Uncertain Times
Since its inception, social work has promoted the defense of human rights and social justice. Doing so has also implied having an influence in the political arena. Although, in some contexts, participation in the political arena of social workers is limited. Based on an analysis of the figure of Jane Addams, using a bibliographic analysis, this study shows the role that social work can play in changing policies and the importance of being coheren…
Petites Bonnes” minors sex trafficked in Morocco and Spain
Identifying violence against the LGTBI+ community in Catalan universities
Social struggles have led to the legal recognition of the rights of LGTBI+ people in some countries. Even so, violence against LGTBI+ people is a social problem throughout the world, and has resulted in the vulnerability and victimization of the members of this group. In Spain, no research has been published to date that analyzes this problem in the university context. Considering the scarcity of studies on the identification of this type of viol…
Solidarity Actions Based on Religious Plurality
The successive crises experienced recently (financial crisis in 2008, refugees in 2015 and the current crisis resulting from COVID) have led to surges in discrimination, racism and lack of solidarity between groups. However, these same crises have inspired important manifestations of solidarity with a significant social impact (improving people's lives) for many groups and in very different areas. This article focuses on two solidarity initiative…
Language of Desire
Previous research has generally found that providing specific research evidence about concrete improvements in the development of field work promotes the achievement of social impact during the research process itself ( Aiello et al., 2021 ). This result opens as a prospective for further research to specify which scientific evidences can promote this impact in the different research topics, as well as the methodological aspects that will facilit…
The Impact of Radical Love on Human Memory
The social impact of reading the book Radical Love cannot be grasped by the dominant discourse on the evaluation of social impact. A deep understanding of autobiographical memories must go beyond the quantitative analysis of details and episodes to qualitatively examine the meanings constructed through recollection. Thus, we explored young women's memories of intimate partner violence through memory narratives and the way these memories were reco…
Key Concepts in Gender Studies
Full Issue 6(1)
This paper interrogates the equation of women and peace through the prism of the Afghanistan Peace and Reintegration Program (APRP). The Program was designed to create the conditions for inclusion of the insurgency within the democratic system and provide a roadmap for peace. It builds on a central justification of the war: the liberation of Afghan women. It requires gender mainstreaming in accordance with United Nations Security Council Resoluti…
Beckett's Masculinity
Full Issue June 2016
Breaking the Silence at Spanish Universities
The first research conducted on violence against women in the university context in Spain reveals that 62% of the students know of or have experienced situations of this kind within the university institutions, but only 13% identify these situations in the first place. Two main interrelated aspects arise from the data analysis: not identifying and acknowledging violent situations, and the lack of reporting them. Policies and actions developed by …
Full Issue 4(3) 2015
This essay examines the (re)production of the discourses of dispossession that frame women's issues in the Arab, Middle East and Muslim majority countries.Taking the case of revolutionary women in the Arab Uprisings as an example, the author traces the constructs of dehistoricization, disempowerment and western centric logic that underlies media coverage reports about women's participation in public protest.The essay produces a counter narrative …
Desmontando el caso de la vampira del Raval. Misoginia y clasismo en la Barcelona modernista
Luis, From Ex-Prisoner to Neighborhood Representative and Interlocutor With Public Administrations
As an ex-prisoner from a ghetto in Albacete (Spain), Luis's aspirations were constrained to either obtaining a seasonal job when possible or resigning to becoming a permanent user of social services. However, his participation in dialogic spaces such as Dialogic Literary Gatherings (DLG) made him dream that a different life was possible, not only for him but also for his children. In the DLG, he began a process of personal transformation that all…
Truth, beauty, and goodness reframed. Educating for the virtues in the Twenty-First century
Communicative Daily Life Stories and Focus Groups
The scientific literature has identified an attraction toward models of masculinity marked by abuse and domination in teenagers' sexual and affective relationships. Given this reality, greater insight is needed on the mechanisms that lead young people to choose this type of relationship. In theory, different authors argue that as a result of the disassociation between goodness and attractiveness a profound crisis of meaning is found. A study cond…
Breaking the Silence at Spanish Universities
The first research conducted on violence against women in the university context in Spain reveals that 62% of the students know of or have experienced situations of this kind within the university institutions, but only 13% identify these situations in the first place. Two main interrelated aspects arise from the data analysis: not identifying and acknowledging violent situations, and the lack of reporting them. Policies and actions developed by …
Communicative Daily Life Stories and Focus Groups
The scientific literature has identified an attraction toward models of masculinity marked by abuse and domination in teenagers' sexual and affective relationships. Given this reality, greater insight is needed on the mechanisms that lead young people to choose this type of relationship. In theory, different authors argue that as a result of the disassociation between goodness and attractiveness a profound crisis of meaning is found. A study cond…
Language of Desire
Previous research has generally found that providing specific research evidence about concrete improvements in the development of field work promotes the achievement of social impact during the research process itself ( Aiello et al., 2021 ). This result opens as a prospective for further research to specify which scientific evidences can promote this impact in the different research topics, as well as the methodological aspects that will facilit…
Petites Bonnes” minors sex trafficked in Morocco and Spain
The Impact of Radical Love on Human Memory
The social impact of reading the book Radical Love cannot be grasped by the dominant discourse on the evaluation of social impact. A deep understanding of autobiographical memories must go beyond the quantitative analysis of details and episodes to qualitatively examine the meanings constructed through recollection. Thus, we explored young women's memories of intimate partner violence through memory narratives and the way these memories were reco…
Luis, From Ex-Prisoner to Neighborhood Representative and Interlocutor With Public Administrations
As an ex-prisoner from a ghetto in Albacete (Spain), Luis's aspirations were constrained to either obtaining a seasonal job when possible or resigning to becoming a permanent user of social services. However, his participation in dialogic spaces such as Dialogic Literary Gatherings (DLG) made him dream that a different life was possible, not only for him but also for his children. In the DLG, he began a process of personal transformation that all…
Jane Addams, Coherence in Uncertain Times
Since its inception, social work has promoted the defense of human rights and social justice. Doing so has also implied having an influence in the political arena. Although, in some contexts, participation in the political arena of social workers is limited. Based on an analysis of the figure of Jane Addams, using a bibliographic analysis, this study shows the role that social work can play in changing policies and the importance of being coheren…
Solidarity Actions Based on Religious Plurality
The successive crises experienced recently (financial crisis in 2008, refugees in 2015 and the current crisis resulting from COVID) have led to surges in discrimination, racism and lack of solidarity between groups. However, these same crises have inspired important manifestations of solidarity with a significant social impact (improving people's lives) for many groups and in very different areas. This article focuses on two solidarity initiative…
Communicative Daily Life Stories and Focus Groups
The scientific literature has identified an attraction toward models of masculinity marked by abuse and domination in teenagers' sexual and affective relationships. Given this reality, greater insight is needed on the mechanisms that lead young people to choose this type of relationship. In theory, different authors argue that as a result of the disassociation between goodness and attractiveness a profound crisis of meaning is found. A study cond…
Truth, beauty, and goodness reframed. Educating for the virtues in the Twenty-First century
Full Issue 4(3) 2015
This essay examines the (re)production of the discourses of dispossession that frame women's issues in the Arab, Middle East and Muslim majority countries.Taking the case of revolutionary women in the Arab Uprisings as an example, the author traces the constructs of dehistoricization, disempowerment and western centric logic that underlies media coverage reports about women's participation in public protest.The essay produces a counter narrative …
Desmontando el caso de la vampira del Raval. Misoginia y clasismo en la Barcelona modernista
Luis, From Ex-Prisoner to Neighborhood Representative and Interlocutor With Public Administrations
As an ex-prisoner from a ghetto in Albacete (Spain), Luis's aspirations were constrained to either obtaining a seasonal job when possible or resigning to becoming a permanent user of social services. However, his participation in dialogic spaces such as Dialogic Literary Gatherings (DLG) made him dream that a different life was possible, not only for him but also for his children. In the DLG, he began a process of personal transformation that all…
Full Issue June 2016
Breaking the Silence at Spanish Universities
The first research conducted on violence against women in the university context in Spain reveals that 62% of the students know of or have experienced situations of this kind within the university institutions, but only 13% identify these situations in the first place. Two main interrelated aspects arise from the data analysis: not identifying and acknowledging violent situations, and the lack of reporting them. Policies and actions developed by …
Full Issue 6(1)
This paper interrogates the equation of women and peace through the prism of the Afghanistan Peace and Reintegration Program (APRP). The Program was designed to create the conditions for inclusion of the insurgency within the democratic system and provide a roadmap for peace. It builds on a central justification of the war: the liberation of Afghan women. It requires gender mainstreaming in accordance with United Nations Security Council Resoluti…
Beckett's Masculinity
Key Concepts in Gender Studies
The Impact of Radical Love on Human Memory
The social impact of reading the book Radical Love cannot be grasped by the dominant discourse on the evaluation of social impact. A deep understanding of autobiographical memories must go beyond the quantitative analysis of details and episodes to qualitatively examine the meanings constructed through recollection. Thus, we explored young women's memories of intimate partner violence through memory narratives and the way these memories were reco…
Fear to Retaliation
When faced with situations of gender-based violence, one becomes exposed to risk in giving support to the victim (van Reemst, Fischer, & WC Zwirs, 2015, Hamby, Weber, Grych, & Banyard, 2016; Liebst, Heinskou & Ejbye-Ernst, 2018). This form of violence, second order of sexual harassment (SOSH), occurs when people who support victims of gender-based violence experience violence themselves because of this positioning (Vidu et al., 2017; Flecha, 2021…
‘I think I will need help’
The Consequences of Disdainful Hook-Ups for Later Egalitarian Relationships of Girls
The previously mentioned attitudes could generate health problems for non-dominant masculinities engaged in these relationships
Jane Addams, Coherence in Uncertain Times
Since its inception, social work has promoted the defense of human rights and social justice. Doing so has also implied having an influence in the political arena. Although, in some contexts, participation in the political arena of social workers is limited. Based on an analysis of the figure of Jane Addams, using a bibliographic analysis, this study shows the role that social work can play in changing policies and the importance of being coheren…
Petites Bonnes” minors sex trafficked in Morocco and Spain
Identifying violence against the LGTBI+ community in Catalan universities
Social struggles have led to the legal recognition of the rights of LGTBI+ people in some countries. Even so, violence against LGTBI+ people is a social problem throughout the world, and has resulted in the vulnerability and victimization of the members of this group. In Spain, no research has been published to date that analyzes this problem in the university context. Considering the scarcity of studies on the identification of this type of viol…
Solidarity Actions Based on Religious Plurality
The successive crises experienced recently (financial crisis in 2008, refugees in 2015 and the current crisis resulting from COVID) have led to surges in discrimination, racism and lack of solidarity between groups. However, these same crises have inspired important manifestations of solidarity with a significant social impact (improving people's lives) for many groups and in very different areas. This article focuses on two solidarity initiative…
Language of Desire
Previous research has generally found that providing specific research evidence about concrete improvements in the development of field work promotes the achievement of social impact during the research process itself ( Aiello et al., 2021 ). This result opens as a prospective for further research to specify which scientific evidences can promote this impact in the different research topics, as well as the methodological aspects that will facilit…
A systematic review of family and social relationships
Sex trafficking is a current, severe and intense global phenomenon. Many studies have made substantial efforts to map the routes and relations between countries of origin, transit, destination, and the methods of recruitment and retention. With a focus on the role of social relationships, for this article, we conducted a literature review using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) to provide further scie…
Mental Health and Access to Information in Times of Covid-19
The confinements and limited social interactions that have derived from COVID-19 have aggravated the situation of people with previous pathologies. As a result, access to health and its rehabilitation or support resources has been limited and redirected toward online care. People with mental health problems have considerably suffered during the pandemic because, for many of them, accessing different information resources through telematic means p…
Asserting the visibility of social work in science
Scientific evidence has shown that Social Work has frequently been considered a second-level discipline in the traditional sexist hierarchy, because pioneers and most social workers are women. The twofold objective of this article is to analyze the dynamics that overcome this consideration and to put forward actions to go further in the near future. The factors that limit these actions and those that make them possible are studied. This article e…
Health Impacts of Isolating Gender Violence
Isolating Gender Violence (IGV) is the violence perpetrated against those who support victims of gender violence and results from such support. Research has shown that overcoming IGV is central to eliminate gender violence. In this regard, a central step occurred in December 2020, when the Catalan Parliament approved by unanimity the creation of a new juridical figure and legal victim that never existed in the world before: victims of IGV. Now, p…
Social Intervention That Facilitates Recovery from Gender-Based Violence
Services for victims of gender-based violence are an interdisciplinary work space where the recovery of women and, thus, preventing their social exclusion are among the main objectives. Although previous scientific literature provides some indicators of the social impact of these services, that is, the improvements in the lives of these women, and allow them to advance in their recovery, it is necessary to deepen and broaden this knowledge. One o…
Dating Violence Experiences Among Sex-Trafficking Youths in Juvenile Detention
Juvenile justice involvement is a risk factor for sex trafficking, as is teen dating violence (TDV). However, little is known about how TDV victimization correlates with sex-trafficking victimization among girls in juvenile detention. This study was conducted with 111 detained female minors from two Arizona juvenile detention centers. All female detainees were screened for sex-trafficking risk factors by a clinical staff member and completed a se…
Psychology (13 works) · Sociology (13 works) · Political science (9 works) · Criminology (6 works) · Medicine (6 works) · Social Psychology (6 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Gender Studies (4 works)