Cited by 152Intimate Partner and Family ViolenceChild Abuse and TraumaGender, Health, and Social Inequality

Modelling the effects of intimate partner violence and access to resources on women's health in the early years after leaving an abusive partner

Ford-Gilboe, Marilyn, Wuest, Judith, Varcoe, Colleen, Davies, Lorraine, Merritt-Gray, Marilyn, Campbell, Jacquelyn, Wilk, Piotr·2009·Social Science & Medicine

Abstract

Although the negative health effects of intimate partner violence (IPV) are well documented, little is known about the mechanisms or determinants of health outcomes for women who had left their abusive partners. Using data collected from a community sample of 309 Canadian women who left an abusive partner, we examined whether women's personal, social and economic resources mediate the relationships between the severity of past IPV and current health using structural equation modelling. A good fit was found between the model and data for hypothesized models of mental and physical health. In the mental health model, both the direct and total indirect effects of IPV were significant. In the physical health model, the direct effect of IPV on physical health was about four times as large as the total indirect effects. In both models, more severe past IPV was associated with lower health and women's personal, social, and economic resources, when combined, mediated the relationship between IPV and health. These findings demonstrate that the health outcomes of IPV for women who have left an abusive partner must be understood in context of women's resources.

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Authors
Ford-Gilboe, M., Wuest, J., Varcoe, C., Davies, L., Merritt-Gray, M., Campbell, J., & Wilk, P.
Affiliations
  • University of New Brunswick (CA)
  • University of British Columbia (CA)
  • Western University (CA)
  • Johns Hopkins University (US)
Venue
Social Science & Medicine
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2009-03
Volume
68
Issue
6
Pages
1021-1029
ISSN
0277-9536 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W1964544639
Cited by
152
References
86
Citations by year
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FWCI
11.39
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Social Science & Medicine (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
  • Scholarship@Western (Western University) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Health › Intimate Partner and Family Violence
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child Abuse and Trauma
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Gender, Health, and Social Inequality
Keywords
intimate partner violence, women's health, leaving abusive relationships, personal resources, social resources, economic resources, mental health, physical health, mediation
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Canada, Female, Health Services Accessibility, Health Status, Humans, Mental Health, Middle Aged, Models, Theoretical, Social Support, Socioeconomic Factors, Spouse Abuse, Time Factors, Women's Health Services, Battered Women, Self Efficacy, Young Adult

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