Help-seeking behaviors among college students who have experienced intimate partner violence and childhood adversity
Purpose This study examines the relationships among adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), intimate partner violence (IPV) victimization, and two types of adulthood help-seeking behaviors in adulthood—formal and informal. The effects of IPV on formal and informal help-seeking, and the effects of ACEs...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2022
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Journal of family violence
Year: 2022, Volume: 37, Issue: 4, Pages: 681-690 |
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| Summary: | Purpose This study examines the relationships among adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), intimate partner violence (IPV) victimization, and two types of adulthood help-seeking behaviors in adulthood—formal and informal. The effects of IPV on formal and informal help-seeking, and the effects of ACEs on IPV and formal and informal help-seeking were assessed. Method: The analytic sample of this study is 591 college students from seven universities in the U.S. and Canada who reported at least one type of ACE and IPV victimization. Results: Results from structural equation modeling show that ACEs were positively associated with IPV victimization. IPV victimization was positively associated with formal and informal help-seeking. ACEs were positively associated with formal but not informal help-seeking. Conclusions: These findings suggest that ACEs influence not only violent experiences in adulthood but also behaviors in relation to seeking help following victimization in adulthood. |
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| Item Description: | Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 688-690 |
| Physical Description: | Illustration |
| ISSN: | 1573-2851 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s10896-021-00311-3 |
