Citation

Waltermaurer E, Watson CA, McNutt LA. Violence Against Women 2006; 12(12): 1214-1222.

Affiliation

New Paltz State University of New York.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2006, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/1077801206293545

PMID

17090694

Abstract

This study provides preliminary evidence of the relationship between perceived racial discrimination and intimate partner violence (IPV) and how these exposures interact to affect the mental and physical health of Black women. The exposures of lifetime perceived racial discrimination and IPV were found to be highly associated. Furthermore, women who reported both exposures showed a notably higher prevalence of anxiety and nonspecific physical health symptoms compared with women who reported either or neither exposure. To appropriately respond to the health needs of Black women, it is essential that women's many stressors be considered simultaneously.

Language: en