01. Measuring domestic and intimate partner violence

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Follingstad, D. R., & Rogers, M. J. (2013). Validity Concerns in the Measurement of Women’s and Men’s Report of Intimate Partner Violence. Sex Roles, 69(3-4), 149-167.

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Hamby, S. L. (2016b). Self-report measures that do not produce gender parity in intimate partner violence: A multi-study investigation. Psychology of Violence, 6(2), 323-335. doi:10.1037/a0038207

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Loxton, D., Townsend, N., Cavenagh, D., & Green, L. (2018). Measuring Domestic Violence in Longitudinal Research. Callaghan, NSW: Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health.

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Martín-Fernández, M., Gracia, E., & Lila, M. (2020). Ensuring the comparability of cross-national survey data on intimate partner violence against women: a cross-sectional, population-based study in the European Union. BMJ Open, 10(3), e032231. 

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Sobočan, Ana M., Vesna Leskošek, and John Devaney. (eds.) (2023). Journal of Family Violence, Special issue: Methodological and Ethical Issues Related to the Study of Domestic Violence and Abuse, Volume 38, issue 6, August 2023
1. Methodological and Ethical Issues Related to the Study of Domestic Violence and Abuse / Ana M.Sobočan, Vesna Leskošek, and John Devaney, pp. 1009 - 1013
2. Parallels in Practice: Applying Principles of Research Integrity and Ethics in Domestic Violence Fatality Review (DVFR) / Elizabeth A. Cook, James Rowlands, and Grace Boughton, pp. 1015 - 1027
3. Power, Participation, Payment and Platform: Ethical and Methodological Issues in Recruitment in Qualitative Domestic Abuse Research / Kirsty McGregor, Bethan Taylor, Lisa Oakley, pp. 1029 - 1041
4. Researching Intimate Partner Violence Against Women (IPVAW): Overcoming Gender Blindness by Improving Methodology in Compliance with Measurement Standards / Andrés Sánchez-Prada, Carmen Delgado-Álvarez, and Victoria A. Ferrer-Pérez, pp. 1043 - 1054
5. Ethically Driven and Methodologically Tailored: Setting the Agenda for Systematic Reviews in Domestic Violence and Abuse / Karen Schucan Bird, Nicola Stokes, and Carol Rivas, pp. 1055 - 1069
6. Methodological and Ethical Considerations When Working Beyond the Victim-Offender Binary: A Brief Report on the Unintended Consequences of the C-ABI / Lisa Young Larance and Margaret Kertesz, pp. 1071 - 1078
7. The Measurement of Domestic Abuse – Redeveloping the Crime Survey for England and Wales / Marianne Hester, Sarah-Jane Walker, and Andy Myhill, pp. 1079 - 1093
8. Asking the Right Questions? A Critical Overview of Longitudinal Survey Data on Intimate Partner Violence and Abuse Among Adults and Young People in the UK / Valeria Skafida, Gene Feder, and Christine Barter, pp. 1095 - 1109
9. Integrating the Voices of Youth with Lived Experience as Co-researchers to Improve Research and Practice Approaches to Childhood Experiences of Intimate Partner Violence / Olivia Cullen, Angelique Jenney, and Katreena Scott, pp. 1111 - 1125
10. Who Gets heard/hurt in Gender-Based Domestic Violence Research: Comparing Ethical Concerns in Three Qualitative Research Designs / Blanka Nyklová, Dana Moree, and Petr Kubala, pp. 1127 - 1138
11. “I’ll be Okay”: Survivors’ Perspectives on Participation in Domestic Violence Research / Molly Dragiewicz, Delanie Woodlock, and Michael Salter, pp. 1139 - 1150
12. Voices of Experience: Development of the Flourishing Practice Model of Capabilities of Intimate Partner Violence Specialists / Katreena L. Scott, Linda Baker, and Expert Working Group Members, pp. 1151 - 1163
13. Addressing Post-Separation Parental Stalking: a Multimethod Qualitative Approach tProducing Knowledge of Stalking in Children’s Lives / Anna Nikupeteri and Merja Laitinen, pp. 1165 - 1176
14. The Devil’s in the Detail: Implementation Fidelity in Evaluating a School-Based Prevention Programme for Children Under 12 / Zain Kurdi, Annemarie Millar, and Nicky Stanley, pp. 1177 - 1189
15. Prioritising Children and Young People with Disability in Research About Domestic and Family Violence: Methodological, Ethical and Pragmatic Reflections / Sally Robinson, Kristen Foley, and Chris Brebner, pp. 1191 - 1204
16. A Systematic Literature Review of the Use of Computational Text Analysis Methods in Intimate Partner Violence Research / Lilly Neubauer, Isabel Straw, and Leonie Maria Tanczer, pp. 1205 - 1224
17. A Systematic Review of Systems Science Approaches tUnderstand and Address Domestic and Gender-Based Violence / Melissa Tracy, Li Shen Chong, and Brandon D. L. Marshall, pp. 1225 - 1241
18. Examining Intimate Partner Violence-Related Fatalities: Past Lessons and Future Directions Using U.S. National Data / Millan A. AbiNader, Laurie M. Graham, and Julie M. Kafka / 1243 - 1254
19. Addressing Data Gaps: Implications for Preventing Domestic Homicide / Crystal J. Giesbrecht, Myrna Dawson, and Anuradha Dugal, pp. 1255 - 1270
20. Correction to: Asking the Right Questions? A Critical Overview of Longitudinal Survey Data on Intimate Partner Violence and Abuse Among Adults and Young People in the UK / Valeria Skafida, Gene Feder, and Christine Barter, pp. 1271 – 1271.

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