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Verona, Edelyn Allen, Nicole E. Verona, Edelyn Aber, Mark S. Greene, Jennifer C. Roberts, Brent W. Javdani, Shabnam 2012-09-18T21:18:19Z 2012-09-18T21:18:19Z 2014-09-18T10:00:52Z 2012-08 2012-09-18T21:18:19Z 2012-08 Although women engage in violence less frequently than men, an emerging body of research has documented the potentially devastating effects of women’s violence for individuals, families, and society. Research also suggests that women’s pathways to violence, particularly in terms of etiology, are characteristically different than that of men. However, empirically supported models of violence developed specifically for women are largely lacking. This study will examine models that are most relevant for explaining women’s violence, and span literatures and levels of analysis, including genetic, environmental, and socio-structural factors. Toward this end, a mixed methods design was employed and included a quantitative component to generate multivariate path models examining gene-environment interplay and environmental intervening variables of violence in women and men (Phase I), and a qualitative component with a subset of women aimed at exploring socio-structural factors influencing women’s violence (Phase II). In juxtaposition, these two components were leveraged toward delineating a pathway that includes both individual difference factors that explain variability in use of violence as well as socio-structural factors that place individual women’s violent acts in a broader social context. Findings supported both convergence and divergence across methods. Specifically, the quantitative component supported a female-specific path, with trauma and substance use intervening between GxE effects and violence. Female-specificity was largely supported by qualitative interviews with a subset of 20 women. Qualitative interviews also extend quantitative findings by informing the sequence of risky experiences in women’s lives and implicating the importance of gender-salient experiences, particularly intimate partner violence and sex work. Interviews also suggested that women’s subjugated roles in interpersonal and social contexts promote their use of violence and suggest the relevance of gender at the socio-structural level. Item withdrawn by Alexis Thompson (athmpsn1@illinois.edu) on 2012-07-10T13:50:48Z Item was in collections: University of Illinois Theses & Dissertations (ID: 1) No. of bitstreams: 1 Javdani_Shabnam.pdf: 6232317 bytes, checksum: 5b35e2e67a4cb351ff25b72616d1636b (MD5) Made available in DSpace on 2012-09-18T21:18:19Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 Javdani_Shabnam.pdf: 6232317 bytes, checksum: 5b35e2e67a4cb351ff25b72616d1636b (MD5) license.txt: 4065 bytes, checksum: 3c3a6b4caa04a8e487632eb165a0f53b (MD5) Restriction data tranferred 2014-07-01T11:35:02-05:00 Original Data Group with Access UIUC Users [automated] Release Date: 2014-09-18 16:21:01 UTC Reason: Author requested U of Illinois access only (OA after 2yrs) in Vireo ETD system Item marked as restricted to the 'UIUC Users [automated]' Group (id=2) by Seth Robbins (srobbins@illinois.edu) on 2012-09-18T21:21:08Z Item is restricted until 2014-09-18T21:21:01Z U of I Only Restriction Lifted for Item 34735 on 2014-09-18T10:00:52Z. http://hdl.handle.net/2142/34461 en Copyright 2012 Shabnam Javdani Antisocial Behavior Gender Differences Mixed-Methods Externalizing Psychopathology Violence Trauma Contextualized pathways towards women's use of violence: A mixed-methods investigation Psychology 1299 Psychology 0338 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Dissertation Ph.D. PHD:Psychology -UIUC 10KS0338PHD