RT Article
T1 Predictors of Housing Instability in Women Who Have Experienced Intimate Partner Violence
JF Journal of interpersonal violence
VO 36
IS 7/8
SP 3459
OP 3481
A1 Adams, Emily N.
A1 Clark, Hannah M.
A1 Galano, Maria M.
A1 Stein, Sara F.
A1 Grogan-Kaylor, Andrew
A1 Graham-Bermann, Sandra
A2 Clark, Hannah M.
A2 Galano, Maria M.
A2 Stein, Sara F.
A2 Grogan-Kaylor, Andrew
A2 Graham-Bermann, Sandra
LA English
YR 2021
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1751682803
AB Although one in four women in the United States experience severe intimate partner violence (IPV) in their lifetimes and are at greater risk for homelessness and housing insecurity than women who have not experienced IPV, the factors increasing the vulnerability of women with an IPV history to housing instability have not been examined. This cross-sectional study utilized baseline data from interviews with 218 IPV-exposed women from diverse ethnoracial backgrounds participating with their children in the Kids’ Club and the Mom’s Empowerment Program, joint interventions designed to improve outcomes in families who have experienced IPV. Multiple regression was used to examine the predictors associated with housing instability, quantified as the number of times a participant had moved in the past 4 years. Demographic information was collected and exposure to violence was measured with the Conflict Tactics Scale (CTS); severity and prevalence of PTSD and depression symptoms were measured with the Posttraumatic Diagnostic Scale (PDS) and the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D), respectively. Results showed that level of education was positively associated with housing instability, while age of the participant, average monthly income, and increased severity of PTSD symptoms were negatively associated. Neither the participant’s race nor the extent of reported violence significantly predicted participants’ housing instability. The findings of this study may serve to better identify those who have experienced IPV that are most at risk of experiencing housing instability, and to inform future interventions and policy aiming to support their needs. In addition, these results further emphasize the importance of providing housing resources in addition to interventions designed to improve physical and psychosocial health in enabling women that have experienced IPV to gain independence from an abuser.
K1 intervention/treatment
K1 domestic violence and cultural contexts
K1 Domestic Violence
K1 Battered Women
K1 anything related to domestic violence
DO 10.1177/0886260518777001