@article{ref1,
title="Understanding how domestic abuse is associated with greater depressive symptoms in a community sample of female primary care patients: does loss of belongingness matter?",
journal="Violence against women",
year="2015",
author="Chang, Edward C. and Kahle, Emma R. and Hirsch, Jameson K.",
volume="21",
number="6",
pages="700-711",
abstract="This study examined the relationship between domestic abuse, belongingness, and depressive symptoms in a community sample of 71 female primary care patients. As expected, domestic abuse was associated with greater depressive symptoms. <br><br>RESULTS from conducting mediation analyses, including bootstrapping techniques, provided strong convergent support for a model in which the hypothesized effect of domestic abuse on depressive symptoms in women is mediated by a loss of belongingness. Noteworthy, even after controlling for content overlap between measures of belongingness and depressive symptoms, the mediation model remained significant. Some implications of the present findings are discussed.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1077-8012",
doi="10.1177/1077801215576580",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1077801215576580"
}