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The Intimate Partner Violence Stigmatization Model and Barriers to Help Seeking

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ID23319684
AuthorsNicole M Overstreet (0000-0003-3954-7575, Yale University, corresponding author), Diane M Quinn (0000-0003-4492-7580, b University of Connecticut)
Year2013
Volume35
Issue1
Pages109-122
Publication date2013-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueBasic and Applied Social Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0197-3533 • E-ISSN: 1532-4834
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/01973533.2012.746599
PMID23524454
PMCIDPMC3601798
OpenAlexW2044230309
LanguageEN
Citations received191
References cited55

The intimate partner violence (IPV) stigmatization model identifies how three stigma components hinder IPV help-seeking behaviors: cultural stigma, stigma internalization, and anticipated stigma. Cultural stigma highlights societal beliefs that delegitimize people experiencing abuse. Stigma internalization involves the extent to which people come to believe that the negative stereotypes about those who experience IPV may be true of themselves. Anticipated stigma emphasizes concern about what will happen once others know about the partner abuse (e.g., rejection). We provide an integrative literature review that supports the IPV stigmatization model and its role in reducing help-seeking behaviors.

Domestic violence · Help-seeking · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) · Internalization · Medical emergency · Mental health · Poison control · Psychiatry · Psychotherapist · Social stigma · Stigma (botany) · Suicide prevention · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics · Intimate Partner and Family Violence · Medicine · Psychology · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology · Social Psychology

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