Publications and Presentations

Selected Publications:

Gutowski, E. & Goodman, L.A. (2023). Legal abuse and mental health: The role of judicial betrayal. Psychology of Violence. Link to Abstract

Bradshaw, J., Gutowski, E. & Nyenyezi, K. (2023). IPV survivors’ perspectives on coping with child custody processes. Violence Against Women. Full Text Link

Goodman, L., Chronister, K.M., Gutowski, E., Mendoza, M.M. & Kumar, N. (2023). Measuring the network engagement practices of domestic violence agency social service providers. Journal of Family Violence. Full Text Link

Gutowski, E., Lawrence, A., & Goodman, L. A. (2023). Defining and measuring legal abuse as a form of coercive control. Domestic Violence Report. Link to Abstract

Gutowski, E., Frietag, S., Zhang, S., Thompson, M., & Kaslow, N. (2023). IPV, legal systems, and barriers for African American women. Journal of Interpersonal Violence. Full Text Link

Gutowski, E., Badio, K. & Kaslow, N. (2022). Trauma-informed inpatient care for marginalized women. Psychotherapy. Link to Abstract

Gutowski, E. & Goodman, L. A. (2022). Coercive control in the courtroom: The Legal Abuse Scale (LAS).  Journal of Family Violence. Full Text Link

Gutowski, E. & Goodman, L. A. (2020). “Like I’m invisible”: IPV survivor-mothers’ perceptions of seeking child custody through the family court system. Journal of Family Violence, 35, 441-457. Full Text Link

Kozan, S., Gutowski, E. & Blustein, D. L. (2020). A qualitative exploration of women’s work dreams and beliefs on meritocracy. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 67(2), 195-207. Full Text Link

Selected Presentations:

Gutowski, E. (2023, June 23-25). Intimate partner violence (IPV)-exposed mother's experiences in family court processes: The role of legal abuse as a form of coercive control. [Paper]. Canadian Psychological Association 2023 Convention, Toronto, ON, Canada.

Retta, A., Lawrence, A., & Gutowski, E. (2023, June 23-25). Legal abuse mediates the relation between intimate partner violence and reported outcomes for court-involved mothers. [Paper]. Canadian Psychological Association 2023 Convention, Toronto, ON, Canada.

Bradshaw, J., Gutowski, E., & Nyenyezi, K. (2022, August). What helps IPV-exposed women cope and adapt with family court processes? Poster accepted for presentation at the American Psychological Association.

Gutowski, E., Riley, M., Slocum, A., & Goodman, L.A. (2021, August). Economic, career, and psychological consequences of family court for survivors of intimate partner violence (IPV). Poster presented at the American Psychological Association.

Gutowski, E. & Kaslow, N. J. (2021, August). Barriers, coping, and resilience for low-income, African American women in a Public Sector hospital.  Symposium co-chaired at the American Psychological Association.

Agoston, M., Graves, C., Gutowski, E., Lee, E., Seitz, S. & Upshaw, N., (2021, May). Social justice and advocacy in practice, training, and supervision in treatment with marginalized pediatric and adult seriously mentally disordered populations. Symposium presented at the Georgia Psychological Association in Athens, GA.

Borowiec, K. & Gutowski, E. (2020, August). The moderating effects of employment on the relation between intimate partner violence and maternal depression: A longitudinal analysis. Poster presented at the American Psychological Association in Washington, D.C.

Ceccolini, C., Hailes, H., Gutowski, E., & Liang, B. (2019, February). Guidelines for social justice work: An addendum to the APA code of ethics.  Paper presented at the Winter Roundtable, Teacher’s College, Columbia University in New York, NY. 

Gutowski, E. & Goodman, L.A. (2018, August). Post-separation transitions and institutional responses for survivors of intimate partner violence. Paper presented at the American Psychological Association in San Francisco, CA.

Gutowski, E. & Kozan, S. (2018, August). Holding hope: A qualitative content analysis on women’s work hopes and views on the American Dream. Paper presented at the American Psychological Association in San Francisco, CA.

 Gutowski, E. & Goodman, L.A. (2018, August). The cost of leaving: Education and career consequences for mothers leaving abusive relationships. Poster presented at the American Psychological Association in San Francisco, CA.

Gutowski, E., & Goodman, L. A. (2018, May). Like I’m invisible: IPV survivors’ subjective experiences of the family court system. Paper presented at the Center for Human Rights and International Justice end of the year event at Boston College in Chestnut Hill, MA.