ANR Grant Funding
The Believe-FR has been financed by the National Agency for Research (Agence National de Recherche) in France, in order to develop and...
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BELIEVE-FR PROJECT
BELIEVE-FR PROJECT
Intimate Partner Violence
A global issue affecting women around the world
Intimate partner violence (IPV) refers to violent behaviors by one's partner or ex-partner that can cause either psychological, sexual and/or physical harm. Types of behaviors include threats, intimidation, humiliation, and physical aggression such as hits to the head or strangulation. The World Health Organization estimates that one out of every three women in the world has experienced physical and or sexual violence from their partner or ex-partner.
Among women who attend the emergency room due to IPV-related injuries, 90% of those injuries are found on the head, neck and face. Of those who have experienced physical intimate partner violence, it is estimated that 74% have acquired at least one traumatic brain injury, and 50% multiple.
Brain Injury in Intimate Partner Violence Survivors
An unprecedented yet hidden epidemic
The urgent need for free and easy-to-access tools
Detecting possible brain injuries and cognitive sequelae
Despite the estimated high rates of acquired brain injury and related neuropsychological sequelae, very few women are being assessed for potential brain injury or cognitive impairment. This is in great part due to the lack of free and comprehensive neuropsychological tools, and the fact that very few women actually seek help (an estimated 21%)
The BELIEVE-FR Project
Development and validation of a free assessment tool
The main objective of the BELIEVE-FR project is to develop a free, cross-culturally sensitive, and computerized assessment tool to improve the detection of brain injury among women IPV survivors. This battery is currently being developed in French, English, Spanish and Portuguese. This project will also contribute population-based data on the prevalence of IPV-related brain injury in France, and findings on the potential causal mechanisms for neuropsychological alterations.
How to get involved
Are you a women above the age of 18? Whether or not you have experience intimate partner violence or not, you may be able to participate in our research.
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Do you work for a center caring for IPV survivors? We can use your help with recruitment, and would be happy to provide more information about using the BELIEVE battery in your institution.
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Learn more! Every bit of knowledge we can spread about this underrepresented issue is helpful. Please feel free to explore our reference below, the Pink Concussions task force for IPV-related brain injury, and the Spanish branch of the Believe project.
Related work from the Research Team
Books, Chapters, and Scientific publications
June 2017
Marín Torices, M. I., Hidalgo-Ruzzante, N., Daugherty, J. C., Jiménez-González, P., & Perez Garcia, M. (2018). Validation of neuropsychological consequences in victims of intimate partner violence in a Spanish population using specific effort tests. The Journal of Forensic Psychiatry & Psychology, 29(1), 86-98.
November 2018
Daugherty, J. C., Marañón-Murcia, M., Hidalgo-Ruzzante, N., Bueso-Izquierdo, N., Jiménez-González, P., Gómez-Medialdea, P., & Pérez-García, M. (2019). Severity of neurocognitive impairment in women who have experienced intimate partner violence in Spain. The Journal of Forensic Psychiatry & Psychology, 30(2), 322-340.
July 2019
Daugherty, J. C., Querido, L., Quiroz, N., Wang, D., Hidalgo-Ruzzante, N., Fernandes, S., ... & Valera, E. (2021). The coin in hand–extended version: Development and validation of a multicultural performance validity test. Assessment, 28(1), 186-198.
September 2019
Quiroz Molinares, N., Daugherty, J. C., Mejía Villarreal, R., Hidalgo-Ruzzante, N., & De los Reyes Aragón, C. J. (2019). Intimate partner violence-related injuries among Colombian women. Violence and Gender, 6(3), 196-199.
July 2020
Daugherty, J. C., Pérez-García, M., Hidalgo-Ruzzante, N., & Bueso-Izquierdo, N. (2021). Perceived Executive Functioning among Female Survivors of Intimate Partner Violenc e. Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma, 30(1), 25-42.
September 2020
April 2021
Daugherty, J. C., Verdejo-Román, J., Pérez-García, M., & Hidalgo-Ruzzante, N. (2022). Structural brain alterations in female survivors of intimate partner violence. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 37(7-8), NP4684-NP4717.
Ferreira, I., Fernandes, S., Querido, L., Pires, R., Daugherty, J. C., Hidalgo-Ruzzante, N., & Pérez-García, M. (2022). Validation of the coin in hand-extended version among older adults with and without dementia. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 37(1), 91-103.
October 2021
Franzen, S., European Consortium on Cross-Cultural Neuropsychology (ECCroN), Watermeyer, T. J., Pomati, S., Papma, J. M., Nielsen, T. R., ... & Bekkhus-Wetterberg, P. (2022). Cross-cultural neuropsychological assessment in Europe: Position statement of the European consortium on Cross-Cultural Neuropsychology (eccron). The Clinical Neuropsychologist, 36(3), 546-557.
November 2021
February 2022
Bueso-Izquierdo, N., Daugherty, J. C., Puente, A. E., & Caparros-Gonzalez, R. A. (2022). Intimate partner violence and pregnancy during the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Gender Studies, 31(5), 573-583.
Valera, E. M., Daugherty, J. C., Scott, O. C., & Berenbaum, H. (2022). Strangulation as an acquired brain injury in intimate–partner violence and its relationship to cognitive and psychological functioning: A preliminary study. The Journal of head trauma rehabilitation, 37(1), 15-23.
June 2023
Hidalgo-Ruzzante, Daugherty, J. C., Bueso-Izquierdo, N., Teva Alvarez, I., Verdejo-Román, J., Perez-García, M. Neuropsicología de la violencia de género. Biblioteca de Ciencias de la Salud.
September 2024
Daugherty, J. C., García-Navas-Menchero, M., Fernández-Fillol, C., Hidalgo-Ruzzante, N., & Pérez-García, M. (2024). Tentative Causes of Brain and Neuropsychological Alterations in Women Victims of Intimate Partner Violence. Brain Sciences, 14(10), 996.
December 2023
Fernández-Fillol, C., Hidalgo-Ruzzante, N., Perez-Garcia, M., Hyland, P., Shevlin, M., & Karatzias, T. (2024). The role of resilience in the relationship between intimate partner violence severity and ICD-11 CPTSD severity. European journal of psychotraumatology, 15(1), 2285671.
July 2024
Adhikari, S. P., Daugherty, J. C., Quiroz Molinares, N., Maldonado-Rodriguez, N., Wallace, C., Smirl, J., ... & Valera, E. M. (2024). A Four-Country Study of Strangulation-Related Alterations in Consciousness in Women Who Have Experienced Intimate Partner Violence: Co-Occurrence with Traumatic Brain Injuries and Measures of Psychological Distress. Journal of neurotrauma.
September 2024
Daugherty, J. C., García-Navas-Menchero, M., Fernández-Fillol, C., Hidalgo-Ruzzante, N., & Pérez-García, M. (2024). Tentative Causes of Brain and Neuropsychological Alterations in Women Victims of Intimate Partner Violence. Brain Sciences, 14(10), 996.
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