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Institute on Violence, Abuse & Trauma (IVAT)

Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma (JAMT)
Journal of Child Sexual Abuse (JCSA)
Journal of Family Trauma, Child Custody & Child Development (JFT)


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Full article: Sexual Abuse, Commercial Sexual Exploitation, and Cumulative Adversity Among Sexually Diverse and Non-Sexually Diverse Girls in the Juvenile Justice System www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Sexual Abuse, Commercial Sexual Exploitation, and Cumulative Adversity Among Sexually Diverse and Non-Sexually Diverse Girls in the Juvenile Justice System
Despite awareness about high rates of sexual abuse among girls in the juvenile justice system, little is known about the additional risk conferred upon sexually diverse (SD) youths, as well as the ...
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December 31, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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Full article: Professional Insights into Sexual Violence Restorative Justice Risk Assessment, Recommendations for Practice www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Professional Insights into Sexual Violence Restorative Justice Risk Assessment, Recommendations for Practice
Conventional criminal justice systems are often ill-placed to offer appropriate justice responses for victim-survivors of sexual violence. Restorative justice following sexual violence (SVRJ) is a ...
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December 30, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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Full article: Callous-unemotional traits mediate the effect of childhood maltreatment in later non-consensual sexting practices www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Callous-unemotional traits mediate the effect of childhood maltreatment in later non-consensual sexting practices
Despite being a normative behavior, sexting often takes non-consensual forms when sexually explicit content is shared without permission. Studies have shown an association between non-consensual se...
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December 29, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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Full article: The Role of Personality, Just World Beliefs, and Rape Myth Acceptance on Sexual Violence Bystander Intentions www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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The Role of Personality, Just World Beliefs, and Rape Myth Acceptance on Sexual Violence Bystander Intentions
Socioecological models of bystander intervention suggest that a complex decision-making process is required for a prosocial bystander to intervene, starting with intrapersonal variables of cognitio...
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December 23, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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Full article: The Social Impacts of Peer Interactions During Emergency Accommodation for Those Who Have Experienced Domestic Violence: A Systematic Review www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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The Social Impacts of Peer Interactions During Emergency Accommodation for Those Who Have Experienced Domestic Violence: A Systematic Review
Emergency accommodation (EA) for those impacted by domestic violence (DV) established since the 1970s have provided vital support, fostering social connections among women who have experienced DV. ...
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December 22, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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Full article: School connectedness and substance use among early adolescents with diverse maltreatment histories www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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School connectedness and substance use among early adolescents with diverse maltreatment histories
Prior work has demonstrated that school connectedness correlates with several positive outcomes for adolescents. However, little is currently known about the efficacy of school connectedness in buf...
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December 19, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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Full article: Incident, Individual, and Campus Factors Associated with Cisgender Men’s Post Sexual Victimization Formal Help Seeking www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Incident, Individual, and Campus Factors Associated with Cisgender Men’s Post Sexual Victimization Formal Help Seeking
Introduction: This study explored factors associated with help seeking among cisgender men college and university students who experienced sexual victimization. Methods: We used multilevel logistic...
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December 18, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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Full article: “My Heart is Broken”: The Embodied Experience of IPV of Palestinian Women Living in Israel www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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“My Heart is Broken”: The Embodied Experience of IPV of Palestinian Women Living in Israel
Although Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) has profound psychological and physical effects, the embodied experiences of women who experience IPV remain underexplored. This study investigates the psyc...
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December 17, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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Full article: “I keep warning the new teachers, you’ll have elephant skin”: Teachers coping with physical violence perpetrated toward them by their pupils www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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“I keep warning the new teachers, you’ll have elephant skin”: Teachers coping with physical violence perpetrated toward them by their pupils
This study aimed to describe and analyze the experiences of Israeli teachers subject to physical violence from their pupils. Thematic analysis of interviews with 32 elementary school teachers from ...
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December 16, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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🕎 Hanukkah reminds us that even the smallest light can break through the deepest darkness.
For anyone who has survived trauma or abuse, this holiday is more than candles and celebration — it’s a symbol of resilience, courage, and the quiet ways you continue showing up for yourself every single day.
December 15, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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Full article: Identifying PTSD and Complex PTSD Profiles in Child Victims of Sexual Abuse www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Identifying PTSD and Complex PTSD Profiles in Child Victims of Sexual Abuse
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms are frequent in child victims of sexual abuse. Authors argued that early trauma could lead to alterations in development that go far beyond the primar...
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December 15, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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Full article: Trauma, Depression, and Anxiety from Gun Violence Exposure on Social Media: Development of the Gun Violence on Social Media Scale www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Trauma, Depression, and Anxiety from Gun Violence Exposure on Social Media: Development of the Gun Violence on Social Media Scale
Social media is a major vehicle that can facilitate people’s exposure to gun violence and polarized attitudes that favor gun ownership, yet little research has examined how such exposure affects pe...
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December 12, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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In 2024, IVAT provided 660 hours of trauma-informed therapy to 61 clients, helping survivors reclaim their lives. Your support ensures we can continue this vital work.

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December 11, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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Full article: Lessons learned from a quality improvement intervention to support implementation of childhood adversity screening in pediatric primary care www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Lessons learned from a quality improvement intervention to support implementation of childhood adversity screening in pediatric primary care
Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are traumatic exposures that can derail child health and development. This quality improvement intervention implemented and evaluated a process to adopt ACEs sc...
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December 10, 2025 at 11:51 PM
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December 8, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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Full article: Help-Seeking Behaviors of Young People with Problematic Sexualized Behaviors www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Help-Seeking Behaviors of Young People with Problematic Sexualized Behaviors
A substantial proportion of all reported child sexual abuse is perpetrated by other young people, though it is challenging to accurately depict its prevalence. Even less is known about the help-see...
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December 9, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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Full article: Trauma, Depression, and Anxiety from Gun Violence Exposure on Social Media: Development of the Gun Violence on Social Media Scale www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Trauma, Depression, and Anxiety from Gun Violence Exposure on Social Media: Development of the Gun Violence on Social Media Scale
Social media is a major vehicle that can facilitate people’s exposure to gun violence and polarized attitudes that favor gun ownership, yet little research has examined how such exposure affects pe...
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December 5, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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Too often, trafficked youth are misidentified as offenders, punished for their exploitation, and denied the support they desperately need. Join Mikayla Simeral, Director of Training Advancement at Shared Hope International, to learn more on Jan. 20!

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December 3, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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Full article: Introduction and preliminary validation of the family toxicity scale www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Introduction and preliminary validation of the family toxicity scale
Toxic family environments are not adequately measured in many preexisting scales like the ACEs. The current study sought to provide an adequate measure for assessing toxic family environments, a po...
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December 3, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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December 2, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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Full article: A Review of Digital Interventions as Secondary Prevention Measures to Combat Online Child Sexual Abuse Perpetration www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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A Review of Digital Interventions as Secondary Prevention Measures to Combat Online Child Sexual Abuse Perpetration
Interventions implemented in the digital space play an important role in the response to global concerns about the prevalence of online child sexual abuse. Digital detection software (e.g. Sweetie)...
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December 2, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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Full article: Latent Classes of Adverse Childhood Experiences in a Nationally Representative Chilean Sample: Associations with Depression, Suicidal Ideation, and Gender www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Latent Classes of Adverse Childhood Experiences in a Nationally Representative Chilean Sample: Associations with Depression, Suicidal Ideation, and Gender
Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) are linked to negative mental health outcomes, yet their co-occurrence remains understudied, particularly in Latin America and Chile. This cross-sectional study...
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December 1, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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Full article: “I see it running through my family”: The intergenerational and collective trauma of gender-based violence www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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“I see it running through my family”: The intergenerational and collective trauma of gender-based violence
This article uses two paradigmatic case studies to build on the theories of intergenerational and collective trauma to argue that dissociation should be a key target of prevention strategies for ge...
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November 26, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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November 25, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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Full article: Diversity of Profiles Among Adolescent-Athletes Reporting Sexual Violence in Sport www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Diversity of Profiles Among Adolescent-Athletes Reporting Sexual Violence in Sport
The experience of sexual violence (SV) in sport can vary according to contextual factors such as its form, type of perpetrator, and frequency of acts that might impact the risk factors and outcomes...
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November 25, 2025 at 12:44 AM