This study examined the relationship between (1) quality of life and forms of intimate partner violence (IPV) (i.e., psychological abuse, physical violence, sexual violence, and types of economic ...abuse), and (2) quality of life and economic empowerment among Latina IPV survivors. The authors used data from the Moving Ahead financial literacy program evaluation (n = 200). Nested random-effects models were conducted. Findings indicated that psychological abuse and economic control were significantly and negatively associated with quality of life. Economic empowerment (i.e., financial knowledge, economic self-efficacy, and economic self-sufficiency) was significantly and positively related to Latinas’ quality of life. Financial strain was inversely associated with Latina’s quality of life. These findings highlight the importance of identifying strategies for increasing the overall well-being of Latina IPV survivors. Economic empowerment interventions can be an effective mechanism for improving their quality of life. As such, domestic violence organizations should include economic empowerment as part of the services offered to survivors.
This study examined how workers' personal experience with domestic violence (DV) and their training and education impact their attitudes and beliefs about DV. Understanding workers' attitudes is ...necessary to ensure an effective and non-judgmental service response. A statewide survey of child welfare and DV organization workers was analyzed using linear regression to predict workers' victim blaming attitudes (N = 846). Gender, type of education, recognizing the impact of DV in one's life, and DV training are all significantly associated with workers' attitudes toward survivors. Those working with survivors should be provided with the training necessary to recognize the pervasive nature of DV.
Previously, we reported a series of families presenting with trichodiscomas, inherited in an autosomal dominant pattern. The phenotype was named familial multiple discoid fibromas (FMDF). The genetic ...cause of FMDF remained unknown so far. Trichodiscomas are skin lesions previously reported to be part of the same spectrum as the fibrofolliculoma observed in Birt-Hogg-Dubé syndrome (BHD), an inherited disease caused by pathogenic variants in the FLCN gene. Given the clinical and histological differences with BHD and the exclusion of linkage with the FLCN locus, the phenotype was concluded to be distinct from BHD. We performed extensive clinical evaluations and genetic testing in ten families with FMDF. We identified a FNIP1 frameshift variant in nine families and genealogical studies showed common ancestry for eight families. Using whole exome sequencing, we identified six additional rare variants in the haplotype surrounding FNIP1, including a missense variant in the PDGFRB gene that was found to be present in all tested patients with FMDF. Genome-wide linkage analysis showed that the locus on chromosome 5 including FNIP1 was the only region reaching the maximal possible LOD score. We concluded that FMDF is linked to a haplotype on chromosome 5. Additional evaluations in families with FMDF are required to unravel the exact genetic cause underlying the phenotype. When evaluating patients with multiple trichodisomas without a pathogenic variant in the FLCN gene, further genetic testing is warranted and can include analysis of the haplotype on chromosome 5.
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