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Open research questions in Intimate Partner and Family Violence

1,462 gap statements mined from Intimate Partner and Family Violence papers in our 7.9M-paper local library, which holds 10,838 papers on the topic — drawn mostly from each paper's own stated research gap, future-work, challenge and limitation notes, and its abstract. The ones listed below are a selection still marked open; each names the study that raised it, with a DOI link where the paper has one.

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  • The experiences of other survivors, particularly in terms of an absence of facilitators as well as a greater need for safety, are likely different.

    Easing administrative burden in the public safety net: insights from a trauma-informed housing programme · 2026 · DOI

  • Research on public benefits staff would add another perspective on the relationships among TIC, administrative burden, and frontline challenges of policy and resource constraints. Research that probes more deeply into each of the six TIC principles to assess comparative relevance is an important next step for the field.

    Easing administrative burden in the public safety net: insights from a trauma-informed housing programme · 2026 · DOI

  • The study had to address the issue of stigma and lack of awareness among participants.

    Empowerment and resilience through a behavioural intervention among pregnant women facing domestic violence in India · 2026 · DOI

  • Further research is needed to examine the long-term effects of the BIP intervention. Studies can investigate the effectiveness of the BIP intervention in different settings and populations. Research can explore the potential of the BIP intervention to address other health issues among pregnant women.

    Empowerment and resilience through a behavioural intervention among pregnant women facing domestic violence in India · 2026 · DOI

  • One of the challenges identified is the need to address the shame, guilt, and stigma that act as barriers to help-seeking for individuals exposed to IPV. Another challenge is the need to develop person-centered, trauma-informed care that grounds care in the individual's needs, experiences, and resources.

    Person-centered, trauma-informed care and support for resilience after intimate partner violence: an integrative review through a neurobiological lens · 2026 · DOI

  • There is a need to analyze person-centered care and support interventions aimed at strengthening resilience in individuals exposed to IPV. Prior work has largely investigated women as victims and men as perpetrators, but there is a need to challenge this framing and address men as victims.

    Person-centered, trauma-informed care and support for resilience after intimate partner violence: an integrative review through a neurobiological lens · 2026 · DOI

  • While adolescent family violence and elder abuse have attracted increasing scholarly and policy attention, violence perpetrated by adult children against parents (adult filial violence) remains underexplored, particularly in relation to non-fatal violence and legal responses.

    Navigating Legal Responses to Emerging Adult Filial Violence: A Pandora's Box · 2026 · DOI

  • However, the impact of status compatibility and decision-making on IPV remains underexplored in African countries.

    Status Compatibility, Decision-Making, and Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) Among Nigerian Couples · 2026 · DOI

  • Although parental burnout is increasingly acknowledged as a critical mental health issue among parents, its manifestation within the context of Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) remains insufficiently examined.

    When Parenting Feels Overwhelming: Caregiving Helplessness and Parental Burnout in Mothers Exposed to Intimate Partner Violence · 2026 · DOI

  • Sibling violence is one of the most prevalent yet understudied forms of family violence.

    Parental Differential Treatment, Sibling Power, and Sibling Violence · 2026 · DOI

  • Results suggest that IPV prevention efforts should be focused on both victimization and perpetration, and that there may be underlying interactions between cultural connectedness and social support, particularly related to living on tribal lands, that should be investigated further in relation to IPV prevention.

    Intimate Partner Violence Among Indigenous Youth: Cultural Connectedness, Social Support, and the Victim-Offender Overlap · 2026 · DOI

  • Psychological IPV-including emotional abuse and coercive control-has a strong, cumulative effect on women's mental health and remains underrecognized in clinical protocol and public health policies.

    Depression and anxiety symptoms among Nepali women: a dose–response analysis of emotional abuse and coercive control · 2026 · DOI

  • Domestic violence (DV) legislation - encompassing criminal sanctions and civil remedies - has been implemented in many countries but evidence on its effects are lacking.

    Impact of domestic violence legislation on reported intimate partner violence: a difference-in-differences analysis across 16 countries · 2025 · DOI

  • Future research could explore effect heterogeneity across multiple socio-demographic subgroups and the potential mechanisms through which such policies may benefit women's health.

    Impact of domestic violence legislation on reported intimate partner violence: a difference-in-differences analysis across 16 countries · 2025 · DOI

  • The identification of unique and resilient clusters among women, despite similar childhood violence exposure, highlights the need for further research into protective mechanisms and trauma-to-benefit pathways, as conceptualized within the TTB framework.

    Patterns of violence exposure in a life-course perspective and associations to mental and physical health problems and health-related risk behaviors among women and men in Sweden: A latent class analysis · 2025 · DOI

  • While PAD has been linked to emotional regulation difficulties, its relationship with metacognitive skills – crucial for processing interpersonal issues – remains unexplored.

    Pathological Affective Dependence, Intimate Partner Violence, and Metacognition: The Moderating Role of Different Forms of Violence in Italian Women Survivors · 2025 · DOI

  • While IPV is well-documented as a factor that exacerbates financial difficulties, the specific effects of immigration-related IPV on financial outcomes remain underexplored.

    The Association Between Immigration Status-Related Intimate Partner Violence and Financial Strain Among Women · 2025 · DOI

  • However, data on the emotional impact of IPV is limited and the mechanisms involved are poorly explored.

    The Impact of Intimate Partner Violence on Negative Affect: The Mediating Role of Adult Attachment · 2025 · DOI

  • In under-resourced settings such as Africa, where research on male victimization is limited, little is known about the post-separation experiences of male victims.

    Post-Separation Experience of Male Victims of Intimate Partner Violence in Southern Nigeria · 2025 · DOI

  • Ongoing training, support, and further research on long-term sustainability are needed.

    “Waiting for Someone to Ask”: Successful Implementation of an IPV Response by Bicultural Settlement Staff with Refugee Women in Australia · 2025 · DOI

  • Although Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) has profound psychological and physical effects, the embodied experiences of women who experience IPV remain underexplored.

    “My Heart is Broken”: The Embodied Experience of IPV of Palestinian Women Living in Israel · 2025 · DOI

  • Yet, little is known regarding survivors’ lived experiences of strangulation based on descriptions provided during a forensic medical examination.

    Lived Experiences of Intimate Partner Violence-Related Nonfatal Strangulation Survivors · 2025 · DOI

  • Prior research suggests that parental differential treatment and power imbalances within sibling relationships are each associated with sibling aggression, but these processes have rarely been examined together.

    Parental Differential Treatment, Sibling Power, and Sibling Violence · 2026 · DOI

  • IMPACT: Trauma-informed care can prevent re-traumatisation and disrupt trauma impacts, but implementation in the health sector is poorly understood.

    The Impact of Trauma‐Informed Care on Patient Engagement, Experience and Barriers to Care: A Qualitative Study: Empirical Research Qualitative · 2025 · DOI

  • Further research is needed to investigate the burden caused by MDD and exposure to IPV in women in the Middle East and North Africa, - Studies should focus on the negative effects of IPV on children, - Research should be conducted to develop effective interventions to reduce the burden of MDD attributed…

    Major depressive disorder attributed to intimate partner violence against women in North Africa and the Middle East: Global Burden of Disease Study · 2026 · DOI

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Open questions raised by papers listed on this page include: (1) The study had to address the issue of stigma and lack of awareness among participants (“Empowerment and resilience through a behavioural intervention among pregnant…”, 2026); (2) There is a need to analyze person-centered care and support interventions aimed at strengthening resilience in individuals exposed to IPV (“Person-centered, trauma-informed care and support for resilience after intimate…”, 2026); (3) The impact of status compatibility and decision-making on IPV remains underexplored in African countries (“Status Compatibility, Decision-Making, and Intimate Partner Violence (IPV)…”, 2026); (4) Domestic violence (DV) legislation - encompassing criminal sanctions and civil remedies - has been implemented in many countries but evidence on its effects are lacking (“Impact of domestic violence legislation on reported intimate partner violence:…”, 2025); (5) While PAD has been linked to emotional regulation difficulties, its relationship with metacognitive skills – crucial for processing interpersonal issues – remains unexplored (“Pathological Affective Dependence, Intimate Partner Violence, and…”, 2025). 1,462 gap statements have been mined from Intimate Partner and Family Violence papers in our 7.9M-paper local library, which holds 10,838 papers on the topic; the gaps come from whichever of those papers state one. They are mostly the research gaps the authors state and the papers' abstracts, plus future-work, limitations and challenges passages. The ones listed below are a selection still marked open; each names the study that raised it, with a DOI link where the paper has one, so you can read the original claim in context.

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