The Complexities of Intimate Partner Violence: Mental Health, Disabilities, and Child Abuse History for White, Indigenous, and Other Visible Minority Canadian Women

This research examines how mental health issues associated with intimate partner violence (IPV) relate to women’s intersecting identities of race/ethnicity, disability status, and child abuse history. Data (N = 595) from a Canadian triprovincial study included women who were White (n = 263, 44.8%),...

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Main Author: Tutty, Leslie M. (Author)
Contributors: Radtke, H. Lorraine ; Ateah, Christine A. ; Ursel, E. Jane ; Thurston, Wilfreda E. (Billie) ; Hampton, Mary N. ; Nixon, Kendra
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2021
In: Journal of interpersonal violence
Year: 2021, Volume: 36, Issue: 3/4, Pages: 1208-1232
Online Access: Volltext (Resolving-System)
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Keywords:
Disability
Family Violence
Intimate Partner Violence
Mental Health
Trauma
Violence against women
racial and ethnic backgrounds
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Summary:This research examines how mental health issues associated with intimate partner violence (IPV) relate to women’s intersecting identities of race/ethnicity, disability status, and child abuse history. Data (N = 595) from a Canadian triprovincial study included women who were White (n = 263, 44.8%), Indigenous (n = 292, 49.7%), or visible minority (n = 32, 5.5%). Few demographic differences were found. None of the mental health measures (Symptom Checklist–Short Form [SCL-10], Centre for Epidemiological Studies–Depression [CES-D-10], Posttraumatic Stress Disorder [PTSD] Checklist) were in the clinical ranges. In a MANCOVA on the mental health scales, with IPV severity, racial group, disability status, and child abuse history as variables, only disability was significantly associated with more mental health symptoms.
ISSN:1552-6518
DOI:10.1177/0886260517741210