2018
Women's Use of Aggression and Their Depressive Symptoms: The Mediating Effect of Aggression-Related Shame and Avoidance Coping Among Women Experiencing Bidirectional Intimate Partner Violence.
Overstreet NM, Weiss NH, Swan SC, Sullivan TP. Women's Use of Aggression and Their Depressive Symptoms: The Mediating Effect of Aggression-Related Shame and Avoidance Coping Among Women Experiencing Bidirectional Intimate Partner Violence. Violence And Victims 2018, 33: 533-546. PMID: 30567863, DOI: 10.1891/0886-6708.v33.i3.533.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDepressive symptomsIntimate partner violenceBidirectional Intimate Partner ViolenceWomen's usePoor mental health outcomesCurrent male partnerGreater depressive symptomsMental health outcomesPartner violenceHealth outcomesIPV victimizationSymptomsMale partnersWomenAvoidance copingPositive associationCommunity samplePresent studyMultiple mediator modelSerial multiple mediator modelSignificant indirect effectIndirect effectsWomen's IPV victimizationIntimate partner aggression
2016
Intimate Partner Violence and HIV-Risk Behaviors: Evaluating Avoidant Coping as a Moderator
Weiss NH, Peasant C, Sullivan TP. Intimate Partner Violence and HIV-Risk Behaviors: Evaluating Avoidant Coping as a Moderator. AIDS And Behavior 2016, 21: 2233-2242. PMID: 27778220, PMCID: PMC5472532, DOI: 10.1007/s10461-016-1588-2.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2014
The underlying role of posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms in the association between intimate partner violence and deliberate self-harm among African American women
Weiss NH, Dixon-Gordon KL, Duke AA, Sullivan TP. The underlying role of posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms in the association between intimate partner violence and deliberate self-harm among African American women. Comprehensive Psychiatry 2014, 59: 8-16. PMID: 25752736, PMCID: PMC4363011, DOI: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2014.05.018.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAfrican American womenPsychological IPV severityPTSD symptom severityIntimate partner violencePTSD symptomsAmerican womenSymptom severityIPV severityHealth-compromising behaviorsPosttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptomsSignificant positive associationHistory of DSHPartner violenceSymptomsCommunity womenSeverityWomenDisorder symptomsPositive associationUnderlying roleSixty participantsPresent studyDSH