The hidden challenges of intimate partner violence and traumatic brain injury: A multifaceted exploration of women’s personal experiences
The hidden challenges of intimate partner violence and traumatic brain injury: A multifaceted exploration of women’s personal experiences
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2025
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Holton, Meagan
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Approximately one-third of women suffer from intimate partner violence (IPV) at least once in their lifetime. Moreover, women experiencing IPV are also at risk of sustaining one or several traumatic brain injuries (TBI). This study aims to explore the personal experiences of women with concurrent IPV-TBI factors seeking clinical treatment. To address this, the author conducts a literature review based on studies from the past decade that examine IPV-TBI factors among women. An array of peer-reviewed American journals are employed, providing a combination of research methods including qualitative, quantitative, meta-analysis, and systematic studies. The study’s findings determine increased frustration, a sense of hopelessness, and a negative self-concept to be the main themes for the personal experiences of women with concurrent IPV-TBI factors seeking clinical treatment. Further, the study establishes several subthemes that support its findings, including professional competency issues, cognitive impairment, and stigmatization, to name a few. The study offers several advantages for researchers as well as clinicians, as it displays novel and in-depth insight into the personal experiences of women facing concurrent IPV-TBI factors that can shape clinical treatment.
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cognitive impairment , intimate partner violence , professional competency , self-concept , socioecological model , stigmatization , traumatic brain injury , women
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Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United States , openAccess