Citation

Tutty LM, Radtke HL, Ateah CA, Ursel EJ, Thurston WEB, Hampton M, Nixon K. J. Interpers. Violence 2017; ePub(ePub): 886260517741210.

Affiliation

University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/0886260517741210

PMID

29294979

Abstract

This research examines how mental health issues associated with intimate partner violence (IPV) relate to women's intersecting identities of race/ethnicity, disability status, and child abuse history. Data ( N = 595) from a Canadian triprovincial study included women who were White ( n = 263, 44.8%), Indigenous ( n = 292, 49.7%), or visible minority ( n = 32, 5.5%). Few demographic differences were found. None of the mental health measures (Symptom Checklist-Short Form [SCL-10], Centre for Epidemiological Studies-Depression [CES-D-10], Posttraumatic Stress Disorder [PTSD] Checklist) were in the clinical ranges. In a MANCOVA on the mental health scales, with IPV severity, racial group, disability status, and child abuse history as variables, only disability was significantly associated with more mental health symptoms.

Language: en

Keywords

disability; family violence; intimate partner violence; mental health; racial and ethnic backgrounds; trauma; violence against women