Kristina Nikolova

ORCID: 0000-0003-4387-8959
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Research Areas
  • Intimate Partner and Family Violence
  • Child Abuse and Trauma
  • Elder Abuse and Neglect
  • Homelessness and Social Issues
  • Homicide, Infanticide, and Child Abuse
  • Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
  • Sex work and related issues
  • Employment and Welfare Studies
  • Health disparities and outcomes
  • Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies
  • Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
  • Reproductive Biology and Fertility
  • Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
  • Migration, Health and Trauma
  • Social Policy and Reform Studies
  • Traffic and Road Safety
  • Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Psychiatric care and mental health services
  • Cybercrime and Law Enforcement Studies
  • Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology
  • Older Adults Driving Studies
  • Marriage and Sexual Relationships
  • Impact of Light on Environment and Health
  • Sexual function and dysfunction studies

Wayne State University
2020-2023

University of Windsor
2022

WellSpan York Hospital
2022

Woodward (United States)
2022

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
2018

Canadian Mental Health Association
2018

University of Toronto
2017

Advocates in the field of intimate partner violence (IPV) have started to more actively engage survivors around their own perceptions lethality risk, as well assist them developing strategies for reducing and managing risk related reassault homicide (IPH). Although research has examined factors most associated with utilized this information development validation assessment tools be used survivors, less is known about which indicators associate risk. This study aims fill gap by examining IPV...

10.1177/0886260520916273 article EN Journal of Interpersonal Violence 2020-05-09

Economic abuse is a poorly understood form of intimate partner violence but may have far-reaching implications for the financial health survivor. Additionally, very little known about whether depressive symptoms, education, employment, or attitudes relations between men and women mediate moderate relationship economic their circumstances. The purpose this study was to answer these two research questions: (a) Is there experience food insecurity (as measure poverty)? (b) impacted by women’s...

10.1177/08862605211003168 article EN Journal of Interpersonal Violence 2021-03-25

Intimate partner violence (IPV) perpetration risk may be increased or reduced within a couple depending on adherence to traditional gender roles. The purpose of this study is determine how role disparities (when woman earns more educated than man) are associated with men's IPV and whether belief mediator for these associations. Survey data from the United Nations Multi-Country Study Men Violence in Asia Pacific were used examine differences among sample 4,303 men, relationships where man as...

10.1080/10926771.2022.2088322 article EN Journal of Aggression Maltreatment & Trauma 2022-06-16

The child protection workers' attitude toward responsibility for safety is complex and requires further examination. Using the Quality Improvement Project on Differential Response data from Illinois we examined characteristics that influence worker towards safety. variable measures belief in family compared to state Regression analyses suggest self-perception of skills, confidence community resources, system, age significantly predict attitude. Findings support organizations direct resources...

10.1080/15548732.2016.1278069 article EN Journal of Public Child Welfare 2017-01-17

Over the past 20 years, Ontario child welfare agencies have seen an exponential increase in referrals for exposure to intimate partner violence (IPV) children. Using a mixed methods approach, this paper examines causes and consequences of incidence rates IPV between 1993 2013, providing important context maltreatment type that is not well understood Ontario. The investigations related was derived compared across cycles provincially representative Incidence Study Reported Child Abuse Neglect...

10.1016/j.childyouth.2021.106168 article EN cc-by-nc-nd Children and Youth Services Review 2021-07-14

Platelet-rich plasma (PRP) is used for successful regeneration of female reproductive tissues. However, little known about the effect ovarian PRP treatment on oocyte and embryo quality. The objective our study was to assess role autologous reserve number quality oocytes embryos in women with poor response (POR) undergoing in-vitro fertilization cycles. A total 66 POR were treated injection two subsequent menstrual antral follicle counts, serum anti-Mullerian hormone, follicle-stimulating...

10.1080/13102818.2022.2090280 article EN cc-by Biotechnology & Biotechnological Equipment 2022-06-29

Abstract This study uses a welfare state lens to examine disparities in Covid-19 infections and mortality rates between countries Eastern Europe compared West European democracies. Expanding on Esping-Andersen’s typology of regimes, the authors compare six country groups conduct multivariate statistical analysis that, when controlling for economic health differences, shows number cases deaths per 100,000 be significantly higher Europe. In comparing First, Second, Third Wave data, difference...

10.1515/soeu-2021-0066 article EN cc-by-nc-nd Comparative Southeast European Studies 2022-12-01

The Family Violence Option (FVO) was designed to help survivors of domestic violence (DV) more easily secure income support in the United States (U.S.), without placing them at risk further abuse. objective this study is determine whether decision-making advocates responsible for determining waiver recommendations under FVO influenced by relationship status DV survivors. Recursive partitioning used analyse data from a sample 237 survivor assessments four New Jersey counties which women...

10.1111/hsc.13069 article EN Health & Social Care in the Community 2020-06-15

Gender (In)equality and Politics in Southeastern Europe is a comprehensive introduction to the social, economic, legislative drivers of gender inequality Europe. While so...

10.1080/21931674.2018.1498246 article EN Transnational Social Review 2018-08-06

Purpose The study examines how parenting characteristics of caregivers, such as low levels parent-child communication, difficulty meeting demands, and frustration might mediate the association between witnessing violence parents bullying perpetration in children, aged 6-11 years.Method Structural equation modeling (SEM) was used to examine direct indirect effects by using a sample or guardians 15,010 6–11 years.Results Witnessing were positively associated with child's perpetration. Also,...

10.1080/26408066.2022.2053023 article EN Journal of Evidence-Based Social Work 2022-03-20

Children's exposure to intimate partner violence (IPV) has numerous negative short- and long-term impacts on children's development, mental health, physical adult functioning. While community-based organizations have an array of interventions aimed increase survivor safety prevent the development of, or treat post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), many families experiencing IPV never enter doors organizations. To address this gap, there is increasing number partnerships between first...

10.1177/0886260520933047 article EN Journal of Interpersonal Violence 2020-06-26
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