TY - JOUR PY - 2016// TI - Exploring variations within situational couple violence and comparisons with coercive controlling violence and no violence/no control JO - Violence against women A1 - Nielsen, Samantha K. A1 - Hardesty, Jennifer L. A1 - Raffaelli, Marcela SP - 206 EP - 224 VL - 22 IS - 2 N2 - We examined variations within situational couple violence among 23 divorcing mothers and compared them with mothers with coercive controlling violence and no violence/no control. Situational couple violence had great variability in frequency and severity of violence, fear, harassment, and protective strategies. In some cases, situational couple violence was frequent and severe and resembled coercive controlling violence in its consequences. The dynamics of fear and harassment in situational couple violence and in the divorce process in general warrant attention. Finally, mothers reported mental health symptoms that did not differ by group, which is likely due to the stresses of divorce.

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LA - en SN - 1077-8012 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1077801215599842 ID - ref1 ER -