1University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy

Corresponding Author:Patrizia Romito, Department of Psychology, University of Trieste, Via S.Anastasio 12, 34134, Trieste, Italy Email: [email protected]

Patrizia Romito, PhD, is a professor of psychology at the University of Trieste, Italy. She has extensive research experience in women’s mental health and violence against women. She is the author of A deafening silence: Hidden violence against women and children (2008).

Lucia Beltramini, MA, is a psychologist and PhD student in the Department of Psychology, University of Trieste, Italy. She is currently conducting a qualitative study on men’s experiences, perceptions, and denial of violence.