Journal Review 1
This journal article described a research investigation that was conducted in January of 1998 until October of 2000. The purpose of this investigation was the measurement of of the prevalence of intimate partner violence, or IPV, among military members, specifically women in this research assessment. The research data was compiled through the military’s information database, DEERS, or the Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System. Using this DEERS database, 16,540 randomly selected active duty women from the Air Force, Army, Navy and Marines were sent letters that requested their participation in a survey about women’s health. The women were then sent consent forms, and 2,179 women gave consent to …show more content…
I personally had to deal with many losses of friends at a young age, and seeing the parents of my friends try to pick up the pieces of their lives was so heartbreaking for me. Now, as a young adult, I can’t even begin to imagine what they had to do to get to where they are now. There are so many different aspects of life that need to be adjusted after the loss of a child, and the sexual relationship between the parents is just one part of it. The one element that I am still particularly curious about, and the authors admit that the conversations could have been led deeper than they were, was the idea of having another baby soon after the death of the child and what replacement really meant. That was an issue that was brought up when discussing the differences in sexual motivation, but I wish that the authors could have discussed and researched that more with these couples. Altogether, I think that this article was very intriguing and I am interested in knowing more deeper thoughts on this process of rebuilding and rekindling the sexual love and relationship.
References
Campbell, J., Garza, M., Gielen, A., O 'campo, P., Kub, J., Dienemann, J., . . . Jafar, E. (2003). Intimate Partner Violence and Abuse among Active Duty Military Women. Violence Against Women, 9(9), 1072-1092. doi:10.1177/1077801203255291
Hagemeister, A., & Rosenblatt, P. (1997). Grief And The Sexual Relationship Of Couples Who Have Experienced A Child 's Death. Death Studies, 21(3), 231-252. Retrieved September 19, 2015, from