Review: Does Acknowledgement as an Assault Victim Impact Postassault Psychological Symptoms and Coping?

Caroline Clements and Richard Ogle write an interesting article in the Journal of Interpersonal Violence.  Their findings report that women who do not acknowledge  victimization report greater problems across the scope of their lives: disability, psychological problems, and reduced or impaired coping skills.  This seems so obvious, that un-acknowledgment of problems leads to greater problems.  [...]

Family Violence Social Indicators

Last week I attended an interesting discussion/workgroup on family violence social indicators.  While there is some agreement on what are social indicators of violence, there is debate on what are the most important indicators to study to get the best information.  In the section of preliminary social indicators are the community context areas limited to [...]