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Sandra M. Stith is a researcher affiliated with Kansas State University in the United States. Their academic work spans several areas within the social sciences, with a particular focus on intimate partner and family violence.

The main fields of study covered by their research include Social Sciences, with significant contributions in the subfields of Health, Sociology and Political Science, General Health Professions, Clinical Psychology, and Gender Studies.

Key topics addressed in their publications center around:

  • Intimate Partner and Family Violence
  • Sex work and related issues
  • Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
  • Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies
  • Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
  • Homelessness and Social Issues
  • Child Abuse and Trauma

Some of their recent papers include:

  • "What Puts Individuals at Risk for Physical Intimate Partner Violence Perpetration? A Meta-Analysis Examining Risk Markers for Men and Women," 2020, published in Trauma Violence & Abuse
  • "The Association between Attachment Styles and Physical Intimate Partner Violence Perpetration and Victimization: A Meta-Analysis," 2020, published in Family Process
  • "The Dark Side of the Rainbow: Queer Women's Experiences of Intimate Partner Violence," 2020, published in Trauma Violence & Abuse
  • "I'm Black, I'm Strong, and I Need Help": Toxic Black Femininity and Intimate Partner Violence," 2020, published in Journal of Family Theory & Review
  • "Using systemic interventions to reduce intimate partner violence or child maltreatment: A systematic review of publications between 2010 and 2019," 2021, published in Journal of Marital and Family Therapy

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Sandra M. Stith are:

  • Chelsea M. Spencer
  • Brooke M. Keilholtz
  • Fatemeh Nikparvar
  • L. Kelly
  • Jennifer J. Mootz

The researcher's work appears regularly in several publication venues, including:

  • Journal of Interpersonal Violence
  • Partner Abuse
  • Trauma Violence & Abuse
  • Family Process
  • The Handbook of Systemic Family Therapy

Sandra M. Stith has also contributed to book publications, such as:

  • International Perspectives on Intimate Partner Violence, published by Springer International Publishing in 2021

Best Publications

  • Risk factors in child maltreatment: A meta-analytic review of the literature.

    Sandra M. Stith;Ting Liu;L. Christopher Davies;Esther L. Boykin

  • Intimate partner physical abuse perpetration and victimization risk factors: A meta-analytic review.

    Sandra M. Stith;Douglas B. Smith;Carrie E. Penn;David B. Ward

  • The Intergenerational Transmission of Spouse Abuse: A Meta‐Analysis

    Sandra M. Stith;Karen H. Rosen;Kimberly A. Middleton;Amy L. Busch

  • Substance use and intimate partner violence: A meta-analytic review.

    Bryan M. Cafferky;Marcos Mendez;Jared R. Anderson;Sandra M. Stith

  • TREATING INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE WITHIN INTACT COUPLE RELATIONSHIPS: OUTCOMES OF MULTI‐COUPLE VERSUS INDIVIDUAL COUPLE THERAPY

    Sandra M. Stith;Karen H. Rosen;Eric E. McCollum;Cynthia J. Thomsen

  • A predictive model of male spousal violence

    Sandra M. Stith;Sarah C. Farley

  • Marital Satisfaction and Marital Discord as Risk Markers for Intimate Partner Violence: A Meta-analytic Review

    Sandra M. Stith;Narkia M. Green;Douglas B. Smith;David B. Ward

  • Mental health factors and intimate partner violence perpetration and victimization: a meta-analysis

    Chelsea Spencer;Allen B. Mallory;Bryan M. Cafferky;Jonathan G. Kimmes

  • Risk Factors for Male Perpetration and Female Victimization of Intimate Partner Homicide: A Meta-Analysis:

    Chelsea M Spencer;Sandra M Stith

  • Implementing Community-Based Prevention Programming: A Review of the Literature

    Sandra Stith;Irene Pruitt;J. E. M. E. G. Dees;Michael Fronce

  • Family environments of adolescent sex offenders and other juvenile delinquents.

    Gary P. Bischof;Sandra M. Stith;Martha L. Whitney

  • Systemic Perspectives on Intimate Partner Violence Treatment

    Sandra M. Stith;Eric E. McCollum;Yvonne Amanor-Boadu;Douglas Smith

  • Effectiveness of couples treatment for spouse abuse.

    Sandra M. Stith;Karen H. Rosen;Eric E. McCollum

  • Couples Therapy for Domestic Violence: Finding Safe Solutions

    Sandra M. Stith;Eric E. McCollum;Karen H. Rosen

  • Effects of childhood experiences of family violence on adult partner violence: A meta‐analytic review.

    Erika N. Smith‐Marek;Bryan Cafferky;Prerana Dharnidharka;Allen B. Mallory

  • Factors Predicting Dating Violence Perpetration Among Male and Female College Students

    Colleen R. Baker;Sandra M. Stith

  • Police response to domestic violence: the influence of individual and familial factors.

    Sandra M. Stith

  • Conjoint treatment of couples who have experienced intimate partner violence

    Sandra M. Stith;Eric E. McCollum

  • Why Sexual Assault Survivors Do Not Report to Universities: A Feminist Analysis

    Chelsea Spencer;Allen Mallory;Michelle Toews;Sandra Stith

  • Sex role egalitarianism and marital violence

    Rita K. Crossman;Sandra M. Stith;Mary M. Bender

  • Culturally Sensitive Therapy with Black Clients.

    Laurie L. Wilson;Sandra M. Stith

Frequent Co-Authors

Joel S. Milner
Joel S. Milner Northern Illinois University
Sherry Hamby
Sherry Hamby Sewanee: The University of the South
Jan E. Stets
Jan E. Stets University of California, Riverside

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