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BMC Womens Health
January 2025
Faculty of Science and Humanities, School of Postgraduate Studies and Research (SPGSR), Amoud University, Amoud Valley, Borama, 25263, Somalia.
Background: Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a pervasive issue across Sub-Saharan Africa and other developing countries, including Somalia. Understanding the prevalence and drivers of IPV against women is crucial for effective prevention and intervention efforts. However, limited research has focused on identifying these determinants specifically in the Somali context.
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January 2025
School of Psychology, University of Ottawa.
Sexual minority (SM) individuals appear to be at greater risk for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Despite this, little is known about OCD presentation and treatment outcomes among SM individuals. Although some research has suggested that SM individuals may be more likely to endorse intrusive thoughts related to violence/sex/religion compared to heterosexual individuals, extant literature has neglected to examine potential differences across different SM groups, a notable limitation given the apparent differences in the types of minority stress that each group experiences and the unique health disparities affecting each group.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBody touch and close physical proximity are inevitable in some healthcare procedures and can evoke feelings of shame, humiliation, and anger in patients. Given the increasing recognition of human dignity, exploring the occurrence of these negative emotional experiences and identifying mechanisms for their prevention are crucial. To develop and define the concept of "patient's sexual dignity discomfort.
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December 2024
Centre for Wellbeing, Resilience and Recovery, Neuroscience Research Australia, Sydney, NSW, Australia; School of Psychology, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia; The Black Dog Institute, Sydney, NSW, Australia. Electronic address:
Early life stress (ELS) significantly influences mental health in later stages of life. Yet it is unclear whether recent life events lessen or intensify the effects of ELS on present wellbeing and distress. We addressed this question in 1064 healthy community adults with a normative range of wellbeing and distress.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEmpathy is an aspect of social cognition which has gained much attention to explain sexual violence perpetration, with research resulting in mixed and contradictory findings. Another aspect of social cognition, which has been linked to, and even used synonymously with, cognitive empathy is Theory of Mind (ToM). However, research is severely lacking on the role which ToM may play in sexual violence.
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