RT Article
T1 The relationship between social support and intimate partner violence in neighborhood context
JF Crime & delinquency
VO 61
IS 10
SP 1333
OP 1359
A1 Wright, Emily M.
LA English
YR 2015
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1568020848
AB Social support has been recognized as a protective factor associated with reduced intimate partner violence (IPV). A question that few studies have examined, however, is whether the effectiveness of social support on IPV is conditioned by the neighborhood in which it occurs. This study investigated whether the separate effects of support from friends and family members on partner violence were conditioned by neighborhood disadvantage. Results indicated that social support from family significantly reduced the prevalence and frequency of IPV, whereas support from friends was associated with higher frequencies of partner violence. Importantly, the effects of social support were contextualized by neighborhood disadvantage, with the impact of both forms of social support on IPV being diminished in neighborhoods characterized by higher levels of disadvantage.
K1 Domestic Violence
K1 Social support
K1 Intimate partner violence
K1 neighborhood
K1 Partnergewalt
DO 10.1177/0011128712466890