Citation

Warnecke AJ, Szabo YZ, Burns VE, Fernandez-Botran R, Miller JJ, Newton TL. Violence Against Women 2017; 23(13): 1638-1655.

Affiliation

University of Louisville, KY, USA tlnewton@louisville.edu.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/1077801216664426

PMID

27580985

Abstract

This cross-sectional study compared the prevalence of formal and informal sheltering (i.e., staying in an agency shelter, or with friends/family, respectively) and evaluated associations with abuse severity. Community women (N = 197) with divorce histories reported on lifetime intimate partner abuse, including sheltering for safety. Prevalence of informal sheltering (43%) exceeded that of formal sheltering (11%). Rates/levels of coercive control, severe violence, injury, and police involvement were comparable for women who sheltered formally or informally, and exceeded those of women who never sheltered. Sheltering histories can be identified in community samples of women with divorce histories. Informal sheltering is prevalent, and comparable to formal sheltering in terms of correlations with abuse severity.

© The Author(s) 2016.

Language: en