Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
Does leaving an abusive partner lead to a decline in victimization? |
| Authors: |
Zohre Ahmadabadi, Jackob M. Najman, Gail M. Williams, Alexandra M. Clavarino, Peter d’Abbs, Nargess Saiepour |
| Source: |
BMC Public Health, Vol 18, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2018) |
| Publisher Information: |
BMC, 2018. |
| Publication Year: |
2018 |
| Collection: |
LCC:Public aspects of medicine |
| Subject Terms: |
Intimate partner violence, Leave, Revictimization, Public aspects of medicine, RA1-1270 |
| More Details: |
Abstract Background This paper investigates gender differences in persistence of intimate partner violence (IPV), for those remaining or leaving an abusive relationship. We followed a sample of males and females to examine whether leaving an abusive partner may alter the continuity of victimization. Methods Data were taken from the 21 and 30-year follow-ups of the Mater Hospital and University of Queensland Study of Pregnancy (MUSP) in Australia. A cohort of 1265 respondents, including 874 females and 391 males, completed a 21-item version of the Composite Abuse Scale. Results We found proportionally similar rates of IPV victimization for males and females at both the 21 and 30 year follow-ups. Females who reported they had an abusive partner at the 21 year follow-up were more likely to subsequently change their partner than did males. Harassment and then emotional abuse appeared to have a stronger association for females leaving a partner. For males, a reported history of IPV was not significantly associated with leaving the partner. There was no significant association between leaving (or not) a previous abusive relationship and later victimization, either for male or female respondents. Conclusion Changing a partner does not interrupt the continuity of victimization either for male or female respondents, and previous IPV victimization remained a determining factor of re-abuse, despite re-partnering. |
| Document Type: |
article |
| File Description: |
electronic resource |
| Language: |
English |
| ISSN: |
1471-2458 |
| Relation: |
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12889-018-5330-z; https://doaj.org/toc/1471-2458 |
| DOI: |
10.1186/s12889-018-5330-z |
| Access URL: |
https://doaj.org/article/768be04d806e44bfb118da8c395ebeee |
| Accession Number: |
edsdoj.768be04d806e44bfb118da8c395ebeee |
| Database: |
Directory of Open Access Journals |
