Deck 20: Intimate Partner Violence and Womens Health in the Usa

Question 1

Which term refers to violence involving a general pattern of controlling behaviors that indicate that the perpetrator is attempting to exert general control over the partner?

A) mutual violent control
B) situational couple violence
C) violent resistance
D) intimate terrorism

Answer 1

D

Question 2

Which of the following increases the likelihood of IPV during pregnancy?

A) age of 35 or older
B) married status
C) interpregnancy interval of more than 24 months
D) history of suicidal ideation

Answer 2

D

Question 3

What is believed to be the most prevalent type of IPV?

A) situational couple violence
B) intimate terrorism
C) mutual violent control
D) violent resistance

Answer 3

A

Question 4

What is the most consistent marker for IPV at an interpersonal level?

A) poor family functioning
B) relationship conflict
C) status inconsistency
D) ethnic inconsistency

Question 5

Which of the following is a reason found to explain the underreporting of PIV?

A) sense of selflessness
B) fear of a lawsuit
C) fear of discriminatory treatment
D) placing the blame for victimization on others

Question 6

It has been suggested that a public health approach to changing the availability of _____ through policy interventions may help to prevent IPV.

A) cigarettes
B) alcohol
C) health insurance
D) public transportation

Question 7

Rates of severe IPV are extremely high among homeless women with serious mental illness.

Question 8

The ways in which different studies define IPV affects reported prevalence rates.

Question 9

The Nurse Family Partnership, evaluated through randomized controlled trials, found that nurse visits to low-income women before and after birth had no impact on the rate of reported IPV.

Question 10

IPV is strongly associated both with an increase in the development of a mental health condition and with an exacerbation of an existing one.

Question 11

The PIV homicide rate for African American women is approximately the same as that observed for white women.

Question 12

What four forms may IPV take?

Question 13

What are the three main data sources on IPV?

Question 14

List five of the reasons why healthcare providers frequently fail to either screen for IPV or conduct case finding during health-related visits.

Question 15

List five psychological/behavioral consequences of IPV.