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Intimate Partner Violence in College Settings

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Handbook of Interpersonal Violence and Abuse Across the Lifespan

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In general, the college experience overlaps with emerging adulthood and is a time where romantic relationships begin to develop as a primary source of companionship. It is also the time period wherein intimate partner violence is most likely to occur. In this chapter, we discuss prevalence for, and predictors of, physical and psychological abuse in romantic relationships among college students. We present research on factors linked with IPV at both the level of the institution (e.g., size, public/private) and of the individual (e.g., gender, age, mental health symptomatology). We also consider recent findings around the role of technology in partner abuse (e.g., smartphones, social media, stalking), typologies around the mutuality of partner abuse (e.g., unilateral versus situational couple violence), and gender symmetry in partner abuse specifically among college students. We explore similarities and differences in violence between heterosexual and LGBTQ romantic relationships among college students. Finally, we discuss the response to IPV among college students by university administrations across the country, including the development of and changes to Title IX policies. We define and provide a historical perspective on Title IX and discuss the role of administrators, staff, and faculty in enforcing Title IX polices as well as the experience and impact of such policies on students.

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Correspondence to Lindsey M. Rodriguez .

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Rodriguez, L.M., Beltran, V., Chenneville, T. (2022). Intimate Partner Violence in College Settings. 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/10.1007/978-3-319-89999-2_138

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