Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Preface
Chapter 1. Defining, Conceptualizing, and Measuring Gender Violence across the World
Senem Ertan, PhD (University of Ankara, Ankara, Turkey), Catalina Monroy, PhD (Rosario University, Bogotá, Colombia), Juan Pablo Vallejo (Sergio Arboleda University, Bogotá, Colombia), and Germán Romero (National Planning Department, Colombia)
Chapter 2. Violence Against Women: Cross-National Comparison of Women’s Physical Security Using a New Measure for Rape
S. Matthew Stearmer, PhD (Ohio Department of Medicaid, Columbus, OH, US), and Rachel M. Durso, PhD (Washington College, Chestertown, MD, US)
Chapter 3. Intimate Partner Violence Against Women (IPVAW): Resilience and Emotional Intelligence as Health Protectors
Mariola Fernández Sánchez, PhD, and Esther Lopez-Zafra, PhD (University of Jaén, Andalucía, Spain)
Chapter 4. Psychosocial Factors Contributing to Economically Independent Women Staying in Abusive Relationships in the Randfontein, Gauteng Province of South Africa
Bakare Batsirai (University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa) and Pius Tanga, PhD (University of Fort Hare, Alice, South Africa)
Chapter 5. Gender Violence on Andean Communities: A Continuum
Priscilla Pecho-Ricaldi and Noelia Rodríguez-Espartal, PhD (Pontifical Catholic University of Perú, Lima, Perú)
Chapter 6. Targeting Parent-Child Interaction for Explaining and Intervening in Parental Verbal Aggression Toward Children
Eric Kyere, PhD (Indiana University—Purdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN, US)
Chapter 7. The Effects of Gender-Based Violence on Children: A Case Study of the Zimunya Community of the Mutare District in Zimbabwe
Mwanyara B. Chindoti and Pius Tanga, PhD (University of Fort Hare, Alice, South Africa)
Chapter 8. Gender and Sexually Diverse Populations: A Look into Gender-Based Violence
Corinne Renguette, PhD, Katrenia Reed Hughes, PsyD, and Anne Mitchell (Indiana University—Purdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN, US)
Index
Keywords: gender-based violence, gender violence, intimate partner violence
The target audience includes academics who teach topics related to gender violence, other classroom instructors for gender-violence courses (perhaps to use as a supplemental text), students who are interested in this type of work, policymakers (national/international), and advocates or professionals interested in issues around gender violence, as well as anyone else interested in gender violence work, women’s studies, human rights, culture, etc.