Patterns of Intimate Partner Violence and Their Associations with Physical Health, Psychological Distress, and Substance Use

Carbone-López, Kristin; Kruttschnitt, Candace; Macmillan, Ross

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“…[28][29][30][31][32][34][35][36][51][52][53][54][55][56][57][58][59][60][61] Significantly higher percentages of women who were HIV-positive, had experienced IPV in the past year, and had used hard drugs in the past 30 days exhibited higher depressive symptoms, without adjusting for sociodemographic factors. However, when adjusting for the other SAVA factors, sociodemographic factors, social support and alcohol abuse, only the experience of IPV in the past year and drug use in the past 30 days remained significant, as did reporting low social support.…”

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The Syndemic Effects of Intimate Partner Violence, HIV/AIDS, and Substance Abuse on Depression among Low-Income Urban Women

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Intimate partner violence (IPV), HIV/AIDS, and substance use are epidemics among low-income urban women that have been described together as the "SAVA syndemic" because of their co-occurring nature. This study examines the synergistic or "syndemic" effect of these three health issues on depression among urban women and evaluates social support as a protective factor that might reduce depressive symptoms associated with the Substance Abuse, Violence, and AIDS (SAVA) syndemic. Data from 445 urban women were collected through in-person interviews. All women were over the age of 18, not pregnant, English speaking, and reported having a main partner in the past year. Twenty-five percent had experienced all three factors of the SAVA syndemic (were HIV-positive, had experienced IPV in the past year, and had used cocaine or heroin in their lifetime). HIV-positive status, hard drug use, IPV, and low levels of social support were all individually associated with greater depressive symptoms. When controlling for demographics and other SAVA factors, IPV and hard drug use in the past 30 days remained associated with depressive symptoms, as did low social support. However, social support did not modify the effect of the SAVA factors on depression. Compared to women who experienced no SAVA factors, women who had experienced all three factors were 6.77 times more likely to have depressive symptoms. These findings confirm that IPV is significantly associated with depressive symptoms and that the syndemic impact of IPV, substance use, and HIV could have even more extreme effects on depression outcomes.

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“…Numerous studies show that relationship violence during childhood and adulthood is associated with poorer mental health in adulthood. [8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20] Although it is difficult to establish the temporal order of the association between relationship violence and mental health status, 21 available longitudinal research is generally consistent with the idea that violence experiences may actually lead to greater psychological distress. 12 The effects of relationship violence on mental health are also generally consistent across a wide range of violence measures, including nonspecific violence and victimization, violence during childhood, physical assault, psychological aggression, and sexual coercion.…”

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Relationship Violence and Psychological Distress Among Low-income Urban Women

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In this paper, we examined the association between relationship violence and psychological distress among low-income urban women. Extending prior research, we considered the effects of relationship violence within the context of other chronic stressors that are common in the lives of these women. Using data from the Welfare, Children, and Families project (1999), a probability sample of 2,402 low-income women with children living in low-income neighborhoods in Boston, Chicago, and San Antonio, we predicted psychological distress with multiple measures of relationship violence, a wide range of sociodemographic variables, and several chronic stressors. Our results show that relationship violence is associated with higher levels of economic hardship, neighborhood disorder, and household disrepair. We also find that relationship violence is associated with higher levels of psychological distress, net of these other chronic stressors. Finally, we observe that the effects of relationship violence do not vary according to the chronic stressors under study. Because the adverse effects of relationship violence are similar for women despite other adverse circumstances, interventions and treatment efforts focused exclusively on relationship violence may make a unique contribution to the psychological well-being of low-income urban women.

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“…Depression, anxiety and PTSD, all established by means of a diagnostic interview, was associated with intimate partner violence against women but not men in one study (Ehrensaft, Moffitt and Caspi, 2006), while others found that both men and women exposed to intimate partner violence reported symptoms of depression (Coker et al, 2002a). It is often reported that women suffer more severe health consequences in the aftermath of victimization, which is sometimes taken as a sign that women are exposed to more severe forms of intimate partner violence (Carbone-Lopez, Kruttschnitt and Macmillan, 2006;Afifi et al, 2009).…”

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Toward an integrated approach in research on interpersonal violence : Conceptual and methodological challenges

Simmons¹

2015

Linköping University Medical Dissertations

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Background: There is a growing understanding that different kinds of interpersonal violence are interrelated. Many victims report experiences of cumulative violence, i.e., being subjected to more than one kind of violent behaviour (sexual, physical, emotional) and/or violence from more than one kind of perpetrator (family members, partners, acquaintances/strangers). To gain a more comprehensive understanding of what violence entails for victims, how victims can be helped and how violence can be prevented, there is a need to learn more about the co-occurrence of violence. Also, despite strong associations repeatedly being found between exposure to violence and the reporting of different kinds of ill-health, only a minority of victims have told health care professionals about their victimization. Less is known about the process of disclosing victimization to health care professionals for men than for women.

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Patterns of Intimate Partner Violence and Their Associations with Physical Health, Psychological Distress, and Substance Use

Abstract: More attention to the ways in which interpersonal violence is conceptualized, measured, and screened for is crucial. Specifically, while women have greater exposure to IPV, and subsequently a greater range of health problems, the effects on men should not be ignored.

Cited by 259 publications

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The Syndemic Effects of Intimate Partner Violence, HIV/AIDS, and Substance Abuse on Depression among Low-Income Urban Women

The Syndemic Effects of Intimate Partner Violence, HIV/AIDS, and Substance Abuse on Depression among Low-Income Urban Women

Relationship Violence and Psychological Distress Among Low-income Urban Women

Toward an integrated approach in research on interpersonal violence : Conceptual and methodological challenges

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