Improving Quality of Life Among Latina Intimate Partner Violence Survivors Through Economic Empowerment

Cardenas, Iris; Johnson, Laura; Postmus, Judy L.

doi:10.1177/08862605211013958

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“…About one in two (47.3%) women experience intimate partner violence (IPV) during their lifetime, and two in five (41%) endure the negative impact of the violence on their daily functioning (Leemis et al, 2022). Services can improve IPV survivors’ well-being and decrease the risk of revictimization (Cardenas et al, 2022). Unfortunately, few survivors seek formal help (i.e., help from an institution or organization), and many discontinue services prematurely (i.e., they disengage from services before they can fully benefit or before reaching the recommended duration; Craven et al, 2023).…”

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Profiles of service-engaged intimate partner violence survivors: Considerations for service delivery and continuation.

Cardenas

2024

Psychology of Violence

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Objective: This study examined factors considered to influence service engagement among intimate partner violence (IPV) survivors. Specifically, it (a) investigated patterns of cultural beliefs, stigma related to attitudes about seeking formal help, and IPV experiences among service-engaged survivors and (b) explored their association with sociodemographic characteristics. Method: Mixture modeling was conducted using the Testing and Validating Financial Measures with IPV Survivors data set of a racially and ethnically diverse sample (N = 415). Sociodemographic variables were entered as covariates in the model using Vermunt’s three-step approach to predict group membership. Results: A four-profile model (i.e., latent profile analysis) fit the data the best. The profiles were classified as low, moderate, or high based on attitudes/beliefs followed by IPV experiences to indicate their potential risk for service discontinuation. The profiles are moderate risk (Profile 1), moderately low risk (Profile 2), high risk (Profile 3), and extremely high risk (Profile 4). Education was the most predictive of profile membership. Being born in the United States (includes Puerto Rico) predicted an 84% decrease in the likelihood of membership in Profile 2 than Profile 4; having employment predicted a 42% increase in the likelihood of membership in Profile 1 compared to Profile 4. Anticipated stigma was consistently scored lower than other attitudes across profiles. Conclusions: Findings accentuate the need for further research to better understand the groups that might be at higher risk for discontinuing service and to develop innovative intervention strategies to support them. A key takeaway is the imperative to explore whether and how education may influence service engagement.

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Profiles of service-engaged intimate partner violence survivors: Considerations for service delivery and continuation.

Cardenas

2024

Psychology of Violence

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“…Prior research has established a clear connection between IPV victimization and increased risk of mental health issues such as depression (Ahmadabadi et al, 2020; Beydoun et al, 2012; White & Satyen, 2015), anxiety (Chandan et al, 2020; Schaefer et al, 2021), and posttraumatic stress symptoms (Fleming et al, 2012; Signorelli et al, 2020). IPV has also been found to be negatively related to measures of subjective well-being among survivors, including their quality of life (Beeble et al, 2010; Cardenas et al, 2022; Wathen et al, 2016). However, DV support services can combat many of these negative outcomes.…”

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Domestic violence survivors’ housing stability, safety, and well-being over time: Examining the role of domestic violence housing first, social support, and material hardship.

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Chiaramonte³

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American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

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Intimate partner violence remains a significant public health issue and survivors often need various forms of support to achieve safety. The increased likelihood of experiencing housing instability and homelessness among survivors has led to an uptake in domestic violence agencies implementing housing-based interventions, such as Domestic Violence Housing First (DVHF), to address survivors’ needs. The present study expands on prior research supporting the effectiveness of DVHF to examine situational factors that moderate the outcomes associated with this model among 406 survivors seeking services from domestic violence agencies located in the Pacific Northwestern region of the United States. Using latent profile analysis, participants were grouped into three latent classes: (a) “high abuse/instability,” (b) “still affected,” and (c) “doing better.” Latent transition analysis was used to estimate the probability that participants would transition into a different latent class over time with social support (SS), material hardship, and receipt of DVHF services included as model predictors. Receipt of DVHF predicted improvements in survivors’ safety, housing stability, mental health, and well-being, such that receiving DVHF was associated with higher odds of survivors transitioning into the “doing better” class. Social support and material hardship also emerged as significant factors predicting class membership, such that higher levels of social support and financial stability predicted membership in the “doing better” class. Additionally, social support and financial stability appeared to augment receipt of DVHF services, with DVHF being more strongly associated with positive outcomes among participants who also had high levels of social support and lower levels of material hardship.

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“…Economic abuse is also associated with physical health impacts such as psychosomatic symptoms (Stöckl & Penhale, 2015) and cardiovascular disease (Tenkorang & Owusu, 2019). Not surprisingly, economic abuse is also associated with poorer perceptions of quality of life (Adams & Beeble, 2019; Cardenas et al, 2021) and overall health (Tenkorang & Owusu, 2019).…”

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Someone you can count on: Examining the mediating effect of social support on economic abuse and depression

Johnson

Winter

2023

American J of Comm Psychol

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The aim of this study was to examine whether social support mediated the relationship between economic abuse, a form of intimate partner violence, and mental health, specifically depression, among pregnant women. This cross‐sectional study used a sample of 193 pregnant women living in the United States who participated in an online Qualtrics panel survey in January 2021. Hayes Process Macro was used to assess a mediation model. Economic abuse was associated with increased odds of depressive sympto ms and fewer perceived social supports. Social support mediated the relationship between economic abuse and depression. Implications for research, policy, and practice are discussed. Notably, research focused on economic abuse and efforts to respond to it need to pay particularly close attention to the role that social supports may play in survivor's overall well‐being, as well as the impact that economic abuse may have on survivors' perceptions of social support. This may be particularly true for pregnant women experiencing economic abuse for whom social support‐related interventions have yielded positive health outcomes.

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Improving Quality of Life Among Latina Intimate Partner Violence Survivors Through Economic Empowerment

Cited by 12 publications

References 47 publications

Profiles of service-engaged intimate partner violence survivors: Considerations for service delivery and continuation.

Profiles of service-engaged intimate partner violence survivors: Considerations for service delivery and continuation.

Domestic violence survivors’ housing stability, safety, and well-being over time: Examining the role of domestic violence housing first, social support, and material hardship.

Someone you can count on: Examining the mediating effect of social support on economic abuse and depression

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