TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2021//
TI  - A longitudinal study of the well-being of Canadian women abused by intimate partners: a healing journey
JO  - Journal of aggression, maltreatment and trauma
A1  - Tutty, Leslie M.
A1  - Radtke, H. Lorraine
A1  - Thurston, Wilfreda E. Billie
A1  - Ursel, E. Jane
A1  - Nixon, Kendra L.
A1  - Hampton, Mary Ruklos
A1  - Ateah, Christine A.
SP  - 1125
EP  - 1147
VL  - 30
IS  - 9
N2  - This 2.5-year longitudinal, Canadian tri-provincial study (Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba) of women abused by intimate partners examined the nature of the partner abuse, physical and mental conditions, disabilities, child abuse history, and quality of life (QOL). The women retained at 30-months (419 of 665) were identified as Indigenous (48.5%), White (46.6%), or visible minority (4.9%). Physical and mental health conditions were noted by 62.3%; 41.8% of these were disabilities. Over half (54.5%) reported histories of child sexual abuse, with 24.2% reporting other childhood abuse, and 21.3% were not abused as children. Consistent with similar longitudinal studies, over time the women significantly improved their QOL and had less mental stress (SCL-10) and PTSD symptoms (PCL); however, neither PCL nor SCL-10 scores were clinically problematic at any time period. Depression symptoms (CES-D-10) remained constant over time but were not in the clinical range over the 2.5 years. Only IPV severity and having a disability were associated with more severe mental health/well-being scores at 30-months. Implications for practice such as training IPV advocates and counselors to better address disabilities and to avoid stigmatizing women abused by partners as necessarily having mental health issues are presented.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1092-6771
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10926771.2020.1821852
ID  - ref1
ER  -