Citation

Copp JE, Giordano PC, Manning WD, Longmore MA. J. Marriage Fam. 2016; 78(3): 744-758.

Affiliation

Bowling Green State University.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2016, National Council on Family Relations, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/jomf.12282

PMID

27284209

PMCID

PMC4894749

Abstract

Family scholars have demonstrated that economic conditions influence marital quality and relationship instability. Similarly, researchers have identified low income and poverty as important risk factors for intimate partner violence (IPV). Yet limited work has examined how economic factors influence the use of violence in the romantic context, particularly during young adulthood. Using the Toledo Adolescent Relationships Study (n = 928), we examine the influence of economic and career concerns as specific sources of conflict on IPV among a sample of young adults.

FINDINGS suggest that these areas of disagreement within romantic relationships are associated with IPV risk, net of traditional predictors. We discuss the implications of our findings for intervention and prevention efforts.

Language: en