TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2017//
TI  - Sheltering for safety in community women with divorce histories
JO  - Violence against women
A1  - Warnecke, Ashlee J.
A1  - Szabo, Yvette Z.
A1  - Burns, Vicki E.
A1  - Fernandez-Botran, Rafael
A1  - Miller, James J.
A1  - Newton, Tamara L.
SP  - 1638
EP  - 1655
VL  - 23
IS  - 13
N2  - This cross-sectional study compared the prevalence of formal and informal sheltering (i.e., staying in an agency shelter, or with friends/family, respectively) and evaluated associations with abuse severity. Community women (N = 197) with divorce histories reported on lifetime intimate partner abuse, including sheltering for safety. Prevalence of informal sheltering (43%) exceeded that of formal sheltering (11%). Rates/levels of coercive control, severe violence, injury, and police involvement were comparable for women who sheltered formally or informally, and exceeded those of women who never sheltered. Sheltering histories can be identified in community samples of women with divorce histories. Informal sheltering is prevalent, and comparable to formal sheltering in terms of correlations with abuse severity.<br><br>© The Author(s) 2016.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1077-8012
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1077801216664426
ID  - ref1
ER  -