Citation

Sharp-Jeffs N, Kelly L, Klein R. Violence Against Women 2018; 24(2): 163-185.

Affiliation

University of Maine, Orono, ME, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/1077801216686199

PMID

29332542

Abstract

We report on the development of, and findings from, two scales measuring coercive control and space for action over a period of 3 years in a sample of 100 women who had accessed domestic violence services. We present statistical evidence to show a significant correlation between coercive control and space for action. However, dealing with violence is not a linear process, and support needs to extend beyond being enabled to separate. The scales advance measurement of women's experience of coercive control and, through the space for action scale, document their ability to restore agency and freedom in contexts of relative safety.

Language: en

Keywords

coercive control; rebuilding lives; space for action