Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Stigma and IPV Victimization

  • Living reference work entry
  • First Online:
Handbook of Interpersonal Violence and Abuse Across the Lifespan

  • 403 Accesses

Abstract

This chapter explains the concept of stigma and how it impacts those who are in abusive relationships. We begin with an overview of the stigma concept and how it affects those experiencing IPV. Specific types of stigmas including internalized stigma, anticipated stigma, enacted stigma, perpetrator stigma, and cultural stigma are explained, offering readers a nuanced understanding of the similarities and differences in these types of stigmas. Conceptual models of the stigma process that are established in the literature are discussed, as well as assessments that measure IPV stigma. This information has implications for practice regarding how to assist survivors with understanding the stigma process and measuring the amount and types of stigma one is experiencing. Ways of overcoming stigma related to IPV, as well as strategies for ending IPV stigma, are shared.

This chapter was initially published with an incorrect copyright holder name. It has been corrected to © Springer Nature Switzerland AG.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this chapter

Log in via an institution

Institutional subscriptions

References

  • Brener, L., Hippel, W. V., Kippax, S., & Preacher, K. J. (2010). The role of physician and nurse attitudes in the health care of injecting drug users. Substance Use & Misuse, 45, 1007–1018. https://doi.org/10.3109/10826081003659543.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Byrne, P. (2000). Stigma of mental illness and ways of diminishing it. Advances in Psychiatric Treatment, 6, 65–72.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Campbell, R., Raja, S., & Grining, P. L. (1999). Training mental health professionals on violence against women. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 14(10), 1003–1013. https://doi.org/10.1177/088626099014010001.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Cohen, N. (1990). Stigma is in the eye of the beholder: A hospital outreach program for treating homeless mentally ill people. Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic, 54, 255–258.

    Google Scholar 

  • Corrigan, P. (2004). Target- specific stigma change: A strategy for impacting mental illness stigma. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal, 28, 113–121.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Corrigan, P. W., Bink, A. B., Schmidt, A., Jones, N., & Rüsch, N. (2016). What is the impact of self-stigma? Loss of self-respect and the “why try” effect. Journal of Mental Health, 25, 10–15. https://doi.org/10.3109/09638237.2015.1021902.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Crowe, A., & Murray, C. E. (2015). Stigma from professional helpers toward survivors of intimate partner violence. Partner Abuse, 6, 157–179.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Crowe, A., Averett, P., & Glass, J. S. (2016). Mental illness stigma, psychological resilience, and help seeking: What are the relationships? Mental Health & Prevention, 4, 63–68.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Crowe, A., Mullen, P. R., & Avent Harris, J. (2017). Help for the helper: Mental health concerns, supports, and stigma in school counselors. Journal of Professional Counseling, 44, 33–54.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Crowe, A., Murray, C. E., Mullen, P. R., Lundgren, K., Hunnicutt, G., & Olson, L. (2019a). Help-seeking behaviors and intimate partner violence-related traumatic brain injury. Violence and Gender, 6, 64. https://doi.org/10.1089/vio.2018.0003.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Crowe, A., Overstreet, N. M., & Murray, C. E. (2019b). The intimate partner violence stigma scale: Initial development and validation. Journal of Interpersonal Violence. https://doi.org/10.1177/0886260519834095.

  • Ding, L., Landon, B., Wilson, I., Wong, M., Shapiro, M., & Cleary, P. (2005). Predictors and consequences of negative physician attitudes toward HIV-infected injection drug users. Archives of Internal Medicine, 165, 618–623. https://doi.org/10.1001/archinte.165.6.618.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Eckstein, J. J. (2016). IPV stigma and its social management: The roles of relationship-type, abuse-type, and victims’ sex. Journal of Family Violence, 31, 215–225.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Feldman, D. B., & Crandall, C. S. (2007). Dimensions of mental illness stigma: What about mental illness causes social rejection? Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 26, 137–154.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Flasch, P., Murray, C. E., & Crowe, A. (2017). Overcoming abuse: A phenomenological investigation of the journey to recovery from past intimate partner violence. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 32, 3373–3401. https://doi.org/10.1177/0886260515599161

  • Goffman, E. (1963). Stigma: Notes on the management of spoiled identity. New York: Simon and Schuster.

    Google Scholar 

  • Hamberger, K. L., Ambuel, B., Marbella, A. M., & Donze, J. (1998). Physician interaction with battered women: The women’s perspective. Archives of Family Medicine, 7, 575–582.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Hatzenbuehler, M. L., Phelan, J. C., & Link, B. G. (2013). Stigma as a fundamental cause of population health inequities. American Journal of Public Health, 103, 813–821.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Henderson, C., Evans-Lacko, S., & Thornicroft, G. (2013). Mental illness stigma, help seeking, and public health programs. American Journal of Public Health, 103, 777–780. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2012.301056.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Link, B. G. (1987). Understanding labeling effects in the area of mental disorders: An assessment of the effects of expectations of rejection. American Sociological Review, 52, 96–112.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Link, B. G., & Phelan, J. C. (2001). Conceptualizing stigma. Annual Review of Sociology, 27, 363–385.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Link, B. G., Cullen, F., Struening, E., Shrout, P., & Dohrenwend, B. (1989). A modified labeling theory approach in the area of the mental disorders: An empirical assessment. American Sociological Review, 54, 400–423.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Mullen, P., & Crowe, A. (2017). Self-stigma of mental illness and help seeking among school counselors. Journal of Counseling and Development, 95, 401–411. https://doi.org/10.1002/jcad.12155.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Murray, C. E., & Crowe, A. (2017). Overcoming the stigma of intimate partner abuse. New York: Routledge Mental Health.

    Google Scholar 

  • Murray, C. E., Crowe, A., & Overstreet, N. M. (2018). Sources and components of stigma experienced by survivors of intimate partner violence. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 33(3), 515–536.

    Google Scholar 

  • Murray, C. E., Crowe, A., & Akers, W. (2016a). How can we end the stigma surrounding domestic and sexual violence? A modified Delphi study with national advocacy leaders. Journal of Family Violence, 31, 271–287. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10896-015-9768-9.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Murray, C. E., Davis, J., Rudolph, L., Graves, K. N., Colbert, R., Fryer, M., Mason, A., & Thigpen, B. (2016b). Domestic violence training experiences and needs among mental health professionals: Implications from a statewide survey. Violence & Victims, 31(5), 901. https://doi.org/10.1891/0886-6708.VV-D-14-00092.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • O’Connor, K., Muller Neff, D., & Pitman, S. (2018). Burnout in mental health professionals: A systematic review and meta-analysis of prevalence and determinants. European Psychiatry, 53, 74–99.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Overstreet, N. M., & Quinn, D. M. (2013). The intimate partner violence stigmatization model and barriers to help seeking. Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 35, 109–122.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Scheff, T. J. (1974). The labelling theory of mental illness. American Sociological Review, 39, 444–452.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Socall, D., & Holtgraves, T. (1992). Attitudes toward the mentally ill: The effects of labels and beliefs. The Sociological Quarterly, 33, 435–445.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • The Lancet. (2016). The health crisis of mental health stigma. 387(10023), 1027. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(16)00687-5. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140673616006875

  • Tucker, J. R., Hammer, J. H., Vogel, D. L., Bittman, R. L., Wade, N. G., & Maier, E. J. (2013). Disentangling self-stigma: Are mental illness and help-seeking self-stigmas different? Journal of Counseling Psychology, 60, 520–531.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Van Brakel, W. H. (2006). Measuring health-related stigma – A literature review. Psychology, Health, & Medicine, 11, 307–334.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Vogel, D. L., Wade, N., & Haake, S. (2006). Measuring the self-stigma associated with seeking psychological help. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 53, 325–337.

    Article  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Interdisciplinary Professions, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, USA

    Allison Crowe

  2. Department of Counseling and Educational Development, University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG), Greensboro, NC, USA

    Christine E. Murray

Authors
  1. Allison Crowe
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Christine E. Murray
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Allison Crowe .

Editor information

Editors and Affiliations

  1. Institute on Violence, Abuse and Trauma, Alliant International University, San Diego, CA, USA

    Robert Geffner

  2. School of Health and Human Sciences, University of North Carolina at Greensbo, Greensboro, NC, USA

    Jacquelyn W. White

  3. Dept of Family and Community Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA

    L. Kevin Hamberger

  4. Department of Psychology, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL, USA

    Alan Rosenbaum

  5. Ethelyn R. Strong School of Social Work, Norfolk State University, Norfolk, VA, USA

    Viola Vaughan-Eden

  6. Education and Research, Zero Abuse Project, St. Paul, MN, USA

    Victor I. Vieth

Section Editor information

  1. Consultant, Alexandria, VA, USA

    Glenna Tinney

  2. College of Arts and Sciences - Society, Culture, and Language, University of South Florida - St. Petersburg, St. Petersburg, Florida, USA

    Shelly M. Wagers

  3. Department of Psychology, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL, USA

    Jennifer Langhinrichsen-Rohling

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

Copyright information

© 2019 Springer Nature Switzerland AG

About this entry

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this entry

Crowe, A., Murray, C.E. (2019). Stigma and IPV Victimization. In: Geffner, R., White, J.W., Hamberger, L.K., Rosenbaum, A., Vaughan-Eden, V., Vieth, V.I. (eds) Handbook of Interpersonal Violence and Abuse Across the Lifespan. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-62122-7_150-1

Download citation

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-62122-7_150-1

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Publisher Name: Springer, Cham

  • Print ISBN: 978-3-319-62122-7

  • Online ISBN: 978-3-319-62122-7

  • eBook Packages: Springer Reference Behavioral Science and PsychologyReference Module Humanities and Social SciencesReference Module Business, Economics and Social Sciences

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Search

Navigation