Zhang Kudon, H., Herbst, J. H., Richardson, L. C., Smith, S. G., Demissie, Z., & Siordia, C. (2024). Prevalence estimates and factors associated with violence among older adults: National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence (NISVS) Survey, 2016/2017. Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect, 36(1), 67-83.
This section suggests a selection of international publications on mistreatment of older adults that have been published since 2007. A scientific literature review is carried out every six months in order to regularly enhance this reference list.
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Waltzman, D., Daugherty, J., Haarbauer-Krupa, J., Zheng, X., Jorge, C., & Basile, K. C. (2024). Association between lifetime sexual violence and recent traumatic brain injury among adults: 2017 Connecticut Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System. Journal of interpersonal violence, 39(5-6), 1351-1367. https://doi.org/10.1177/08862605231203962
Themes:
Risk factors and vulnerability* and sexual mistreatment*
Nobels, A., De Schrijver, L., Van Landuyt, M., Vandeviver, C., Lemmens, G. M., Beaulieu, M., & Keygnaert, I. (2024). “In the End You Keep Silent”: Help-Seeking Behavior Upon Sexual Victimization in Older Adults. Journal of interpersonal violence, 39(9-10), 2318-2343. https://doi.org/10.1177/08862605231220017
Themes:
Barriers to help seeking* and sexual mistreatment*
Kane, D., Gill, N., Walshe, J., Fallon, C., Flood, K., & Eogan, M. (2024). Sexual assault of the older person: attendances to the Republic of Ireland's sexual assault treatment unit network. Journal of forensic and legal medicine, 103, 102683. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jflm.2024.102683
Themes:
Barriers to help seeking* and sexual mistreatment*
Pijlman, V., Eichelsheim, V., Pemberton, A., & de Waardt, M. (2023). “Sometimes it seems easier to push it away”: A study into the barriers to help-seeking for victims of sexual violence. Journal of interpersonal violence, 38(11-12), 7530-7555. https://doi.org/10.1177/08862605221147064
Themes:
Detection and identification* and sexual mistreatment*
Gitlitz, T., & Ayalon, L. (2023). The mediating role of self-directed ageism in sexual health among Jewish-Israeli older people. Geriatric nursing (New York, N.Y.), 54, 341–349. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gerinurse.2023.10.006
Themes:
Consequences*, self-ageism and sexual mistreatment*
Hand, M. D., Lee, M. Y., Dabelko-Schoeny, H., Kaiser, M., & Mengo, C. (2022). Societal, Organizational, Relational, and Individual Perceptions of Sexual Violence Against Older Adults and Its Prevention: A Systematic Scoping Review. The Gerontologist, 62(10), e597–e613. https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnab144
Themes:
Ageism*, prevention* and sexual mistreatment*
Nobels, A., Cismaru-Inescu, A., Nisen, L., Hahaut, B., Lemmens, G. M. D., Vandeviver, C., & Keygnaert, I. (2022). Challenges in Conducting Sexual Health and Violence Research in Older Adults Beyond the General Data Protection Regulation: A Belgian Case Study. Journal of interpersonal violence, 37(15-16), NP14695–NP14715. https://doi.org/10.1177/08862605211015256
Harel, D., Band-Winterstein, T., Goldblatt, H. Between sexual assault and compassion: The experience of living with a spouse’s dementia-related hypersexuality—A narrative case-study. Dementia. 2022;21(1), 181-195. doi:10.1177/14713012211032068
Themes:
Dementia and sexual mistreatment*
Hillman J. (2022). Lifetime Prevalence of Intimate Partner Violence and Health-Related Outcomes among Transgender Adults Aged 50 and Older. The Gerontologist, 62(2), 212–222. https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnab067
Themes:
Extent of the phenomenon*, gender* and sexual mistreatment*