Relationship Violence and Psychological Distress Among Low-income Urban Women

Hill, Terrence D.; Mossakowski, Krysia N.; Angel, Ronald J.

doi:10.1007/s11524-007-9187-1

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“…Although investigations typically focus on depression or anxiety as an outcome of relationship violence (Beydoun, Beydoun, Kaufman, Lo, and Zonderman 2012; Coker et al 2002; Hill, Mossakowski, and Angel 2007; Johnson, Giordano, Longmore, and Manning 2014), a number of scholars using nationally representative and clinical samples have found that both stress and depression influence IPV perpetration (Hamberger and Hastings 1986; Straus 1990). These findings highlight that IPV is, at least in part, related to emotional wellbeing (Anderson 2002).…”

Section: Emotional Distress and Intimate Partner Violencementioning

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Intimate partner violence in neighborhood context: The roles of structural disadvantage, subjective disorder, and emotional distress

Copp¹,

Kuhl²,

Giordano³

et al. 2015

Social Science Research

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Most theoretical treatments of intimate partner violence (IPV) focus on individual-level processes. Some researchers have attempted to situate IPV within the larger neighborhood context, but few studies have sought to link structural- and individual-level factors. The current analyses fill a research gap by examining the role of anger and depression in the association between neighborhood disadvantage and IPV. Using data from the Toledo Adolescent Relationships Study (TARS) and the 2000 Census, this study focuses on structural indicators of disadvantage as well as subjective disorder, and highlights the complex associations between neighborhood conditions, emotional distress, and IPV. Findings indicate that anger and depressive symptoms partially explain the association between neighborhood disadvantage and IPV. Additionally, the associations between disadvantage, disorder, and IPV depend on respondent’s level of anger. Results underscore the need to further consider the role of neighborhood factors (both objective and subjective) in relation to IPV, and also suggest the utility of introducing individual-level emotional measures to assess the circumstances under which neighborhoods matter most.

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Section: Emotional Distress and Intimate Partner Violencementioning

confidence: 99%

Intimate partner violence in neighborhood context: The roles of structural disadvantage, subjective disorder, and emotional distress

Copp¹,

Kuhl²,

Giordano³

et al. 2015

Social Science Research

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“…Along with the troubles associated with living in disadvantaged neighborhoods, the urban poor are regularly confronted with the trials of financial hardship, substandard housing, relationship violence, and poor health (Hill et al. ; Hill et al. ).…”

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Neighborhood Disorder, Social Support, and Self–Esteem: Evidence from a Sample of Low–income Women Living in Three Cities

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Although several studies show that self-esteem varies according to neighborhood context, few have directly examined potential mediators of this association. In this paper, we use longitudinal survey data from the Welfare, Children, and Families project (1999, 2001) to examine the association between perceived neighborhood disorder and self-esteem among low-income urban women with children in Boston, Chicago, and San Antonio, testing for city heterogeneity. Building on social disorganization theory and previous research, we examine the mediating influence of social support. Our longitudinal models show that higher levels of disorder at baseline are associated with lower levels of social support and self-esteem. We also observe that increases in disorder over the study period are associated with concurrent losses in social support and self-esteem. Our mediation analyses suggest that perceived neighborhood disorder may undermine self-esteem by limiting opportunities for social support. Reducing signs and perceptions of disorder by improving the social and physical landscapes of neighborhoods may uniquely contribute to self-worth of low-income urban women with children.

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“…1 forms is experienced at every socioeconomic level, residents of communities with poor economic opportunities and outlooks bear the burden of high rates of structural violence, including racism and discrimination, predatory violence, and relationship violence. [4][5][6] According to the National Crime Victimization Survey, women living in families with the lowest annual household incomes were nearly seven times more likely to be victimized by intimate partners than those living in homes with the highest earnings.…”

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Urban Young Women’s Experiences of Discrimination and Community Violence and Intimate Partner Violence

Stueve

OʼDonnell

2008

J Urban Health

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This paper examines the interrelationships between urban young adult women's experiences of discrimination and community violence and their reports of involvement in intimate partner violence (IPV). We explore whether such experiences are independent risk factors for IPV victimization and perpetration, even when accounting for aggressive behaviors and related risk taking, including drinking and sexual initiation, during early adolescence. We use data from the Reach for Health study, in which a sample of 550 urban African American and Latina women was followed from recruitment in economically distressed middle schools into young adulthood, over approximately 7 years. At the last wave, respondents were 19-20 years old; 28% were raising children. More than 40% reported experiencing at least one form of racial/ethnic discrimination sometimes or often over the past year. About 75% heard guns being shot, saw someone being arrested, or witnessed drug deals within this time period; 66% had seen someone beaten up, 26% had seen someone get killed, and 40% knew someone who was killed. Concurrent reports of lifetime IPV were also high: about a third reported being a victim of physical violence; a similar proportion reported perpetration. Results of multivariate regression analyses indicate that discrimination is significantly associated with physical and emotional IPV victimization and perpetration, controlling for socio-demographic characteristics, including ethnic identity formation, and early adolescent risk behaviors. Community violence is correlated with victimization, but the relationship remains significant only for emotional IPV victimization once early behaviors are controlled. Implications for violence prevention are discussed, including the importance of addressing community health, as well as individual patterns of behavior, associated with multiple forms of violence victimization and perpetration.

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Relationship Violence and Psychological Distress Among Low-income Urban Women

Cited by 23 publications

References 45 publications

Intimate partner violence in neighborhood context: The roles of structural disadvantage, subjective disorder, and emotional distress

Intimate partner violence in neighborhood context: The roles of structural disadvantage, subjective disorder, and emotional distress

Neighborhood Disorder, Social Support, and Self–Esteem: Evidence from a Sample of Low–income Women Living in Three Cities

Urban Young Women’s Experiences of Discrimination and Community Violence and Intimate Partner Violence

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