Susan B. Sorenson, PhD

Professor

Bio | Curriculum Vitae (pdf) | Link to Scholarly Papers

Research

Papers in Progress

1. Justifications for wife beating among Iraqi women
2. Attitudes toward the physical discipline of children in Iraq
3. Water carrying in low-income countries: Women and children at work
4. Age is but a number: Police reports of intimate partner violence among adolescent girls and young women.
5. At the scene: 9231 reports of opposite-sex intimate partner violence – incident characteristics and implications for public health surveillance.
6. Health indicators for violence against children in low- and middle-income countries: Work in progress.

Recently Published Papers

1. Sorenson SB, Cook PJ.  “We’ve got a gun?”:  Comparing reports of adolescents and their parents about household firearms. Journal of Community Psychology, 2008; 36:1-19.
2. Sorenson SB, Vittes KA.  Mental health and firearms in community-based surveys: Implications for suicide prevention.  Evaluation Review, 2008;32:239-256.
3. Vittes KA, Sorenson SB.  Keeping guns out of the hands of abusers: Handgun purchases and domestic violence restraining orders.  American Journal of Public Health, 2008; 98:828-831.
4. Vittes KA, Sorenson SB.  Restraining orders among victims of intimate partner homicide. Injury Prevention, 2008; 14:191-195.
5. Sorenson SB, Thomas KA.  Views of intimate partner violence in same- and opposite-sex relationships. Journal of Marriage and Family, 2009; 71:337-52.