TY - JOUR
T1 - Patterns of Cumulative Abuse Among Female Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence
T2 - Links to Women’s Health and Socioeconomic Status
AU - Davies, Lorraine
AU - Ford-Gilboe, Marilyn
AU - Willson, Andrea
AU - Varcoe, Colleen
AU - Wuest, Judith
AU - Campbell, Jacquelyn
AU - Scott-Storey, Kelly
N1 - Funding Information:
The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: The authors acknowledge funding from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) New Emerging Team Grant #106054 and the Institute of Gender and Health Operating Grant #15156.
Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2014.
PY - 2015/1/17
Y1 - 2015/1/17
N2 - Drawing on the Women’s Health Effects Study, a community sample of women (N = 309) who recently left an abusive partner, this study examines patterns of cumulative abuse experiences over the life course, their socioeconomic correlates, and associations with a range of health outcomes. Latent class analysis identified four groups of women with differing cumulative abuse profiles: Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) Dominant, Child Abuse and IPV, All Forms, and All Forms Extreme. We find a relationship pattern between cumulative abuse and socioeconomic circumstances, and significantly worse health outcomes among women with the All Forms Extreme profile. Implications for research and practice are discussed.
AB - Drawing on the Women’s Health Effects Study, a community sample of women (N = 309) who recently left an abusive partner, this study examines patterns of cumulative abuse experiences over the life course, their socioeconomic correlates, and associations with a range of health outcomes. Latent class analysis identified four groups of women with differing cumulative abuse profiles: Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) Dominant, Child Abuse and IPV, All Forms, and All Forms Extreme. We find a relationship pattern between cumulative abuse and socioeconomic circumstances, and significantly worse health outcomes among women with the All Forms Extreme profile. Implications for research and practice are discussed.
KW - cumulative abuse
KW - economic circumstances
KW - health
KW - intimate partner violence
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U2 - 10.1177/1077801214564076
DO - 10.1177/1077801214564076
M3 - Article
C2 - 25576314
AN - SCOPUS:84920997593
SN - 1077-8012
VL - 21
SP - 30
EP - 48
JO - Violence Against Women
JF - Violence Against Women
IS - 1
ER -