When Does Intimate Partner Violence Continue After Separation?
Abstract
Over their lifetime, approximately 10% of all women become victims of postseparation stalking or assault. We use a nationally representative survey of separated Swedish women to examine whether men who strive to control their partners during their relationships are more likely to stalk or assault their ex-partners after separation. The empirical analysis shows that basic measures of control behaviors explain 18% of the variance in stalking victimization and 8% of the assault victimization. Moreover, the predictive values of our measures of control by far surpass those of other common risk markers included in the analysis.
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A limited body of literature indicates substance abuse predicts intimate partner stalking after a breakup.
“A limited body of literature indicates substance abuse predicts men’s stalking violence (McEwan et al., 2007) and intimate partner stalking after a breakup (Ornstein & Rickne, 2013).”
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- Authors
- Ornstein, P., & Rickne, J.
- Affiliations
- Uppsala University (SE)
- Venue
- Violence Against Women
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2013-05
- Volume
- 19
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 617-633
- ISSN
- 1077-8012 (ISSN-L)
- 1552-8448
- OpenAlex
- W2118303709
- Cited by
- 81
- References
- 3
- Citations by year
- 2026: 5 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 6 · 2023: 9 · 2022: 7 · 2021: 21 · 2020: 6 · 2019: 3 · 2018: 2 · 2017: 5 · 2016: 4 · 2015: 7 · 2014: 3
- FWCI
- 5.31
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Violence Against Women (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Health › Intimate Partner and Family Violence
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Stalking, Cyberstalking, and Harassment
- Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies
- Keywords
- intimate partner violence, separated women, stalking victimization, risk factors, ex-partners
- MeSH terms
- Aggression, Coercion, Data Collection, Divorce, Female, Humans, Male, Power, Psychological, Risk Factors, Sexual Partners, Spouse Abuse, Sweden, Violence, Crime Victims, Stalking
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