GIUV2016-323
Violence in intimate relationships, and in particular in parent-child and intimate partner relationships, is a huge social problem in our societies, with high costs at the individual, family and societal levels. Violence in intimate relationships affects large numbers of people throughout their life cycle, constitutes the majority of violence acts committed in our societies and remains a fundamental public health and human rights issue. Although significant progress has been made in recent decades in the recognition and understanding of this social problem, there are still many questions, challenges and controversies that arise for a better understanding and prevention of such a complex and multifaceted problem. Research on the various types of violence in intimate relationships has traditionally been kept separate with little interconnection between the different lines of work. However, there is a growing recognition that different types of intimate partner violence share common ground, and that there may be an overlap in the processes, patterns, causes, risk factors and interventions in different types of intimate partner violence, and that an integrating and multifaceted...Violence in intimate relationships, and in particular in parent-child and intimate partner relationships, is a huge social problem in our societies, with high costs at the individual, family and societal levels. Violence in intimate relationships affects large numbers of people throughout their life cycle, constitutes the majority of violence acts committed in our societies and remains a fundamental public health and human rights issue. Although significant progress has been made in recent decades in the recognition and understanding of this social problem, there are still many questions, challenges and controversies that arise for a better understanding and prevention of such a complex and multifaceted problem. Research on the various types of violence in intimate relationships has traditionally been kept separate with little interconnection between the different lines of work. However, there is a growing recognition that different types of intimate partner violence share common ground, and that there may be an overlap in the processes, patterns, causes, risk factors and interventions in different types of intimate partner violence, and that an integrating and multifaceted approach to the study of this social problem is increasingly necessary. This research group proposes precisely an integrative approach to the violence investigation in intimate relationships. Through the combined efforts of a group of researchers from the Universitat de València with a solid and recognised career, and a group of national and international collaborators, an integrating strategy articulated around four lines of research is proposed.
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- A multidimensional, multifaceted, and multimethod approach to the investigation of family and gender-based violence. This approach will allow for the analysis of diverse dimensions and facets of the problem, as well as the introduction of a research strategy that simultaneously uses various methodologies in the analysis of similar processes.
- Development of advanced assessment strategies that allow for a better understanding and analysis of family and gender-based violence.
- Analysis of the geography of family and gender violence and its correlates from a Bayesian spatio-temporal epidemiological perspective.
- Evaluation of the effectiveness of new tools for intervention and prevention of family and gender violence.
- Violence in parent-child relationships.Analysis of intercultural differences in the use of discipline practices; development of implicit measures of attitudes towards aggression in parent-child relationships; attitudes towards corporal punishment and child maltreatment risk.
- Social attitudes towards violence against women in couple relationships.Development and validation of new attitude measures towards gender-based violence; changing attitudes towards gender-based violence in abusers.
- The social and spatial context of violence in close relationships.Spatio-temporal epidemiology of child abuse and gender-based violence in the city of Valencia; socio-demographic correlates of the spatial distribution of violence in close relationships; neighbourhood characteristics and social attitudes geography in the city of Valencia.
- Risk assessment, change processes and intervention with male abusers.New intervention strategies: motivational techniques and social support networks; change indicators and trajectories in the intervention process; effectiveness of intervention programmes with abusers developed in the community.
| Name | Nature of participation | Entity | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| ENRIQUE GRACIA FUSTER | Director | Universitat de València | |
| Research team | |||
| M SOLEDAD LILA MURILLO | Member | Universitat de València | |
| RAQUEL CONCHELL DIRANZO | Member | Universitat de València | |
| MIRIAM MARCO FRANCISCO | Member | Universitat de València | |
| VIVIANA-SYLVIA VARGAS SALINAS | Member | Universitat de València | |
| CRISTINA EXPOSITO ALVAREZ | Member | Universitat de València | |
| ROCIO DEL PILAR PEREZ SABATER | Member | Universitat de València | |
| AIDA MARIANA VILLAGRAN VENEGAS | Member | Universitat de València | |
| ANTONIO MANUEL LOPEZ QUILEZ | Collaborator | Universitat de València | |
| LUIS MOYA ALBIOL | Collaborator | Universitat de València | |
| ANGEL ROMERO MARTINEZ | Collaborator | Universitat de València | |
| ELENA TERREROS GARCIA | Collaborator | Universitat de València - CSIC | External researcher - mixed centre |
| JUAN MERLO | Collaborator | Lund University (Suecia) | Full university professor |
| CHRISTINA MARIA RODRIGUEZ | Collaborator | University of Alabama at Birmingham (Estados Unidos de America) | Tenured university professor |
- Research and experimental development in the social sciencies and humanities
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- Social Psychology
- EFFICACY
- ATTITUDES
- AGGRESSION
- CORPORAL PUNISHMENT
- COERCION
- DISCIPLINE
- SOCIALISATION STYLES
- EDUCATIONAL PRACTICES
- PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIPS
- VIOLENCE
- SOCIAL SUPPORT
- INTERVENTION GROUPS
- INTERVENTION WITH ABUSERS
- CHANGE MOTIVATION
- DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
- AGGRESSORS
- MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS
- CHANGE OF ATTITUDES
- IMPLICIT MEASURES
- PREVALENCE
- DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
- HIGH-RISK NEIGHBORHOODS
- SOCIAL DISORDER
- SOCIAL DISORGANIZATION
- CHILD NEGLECT
- SPATIAL EPIDEMIOLOGY
- SPATIAL STATISTICS
