Intimate Partner Violence and Women with Disabilities: The Relationship Between Experience of Violence, Social Support and Mental Health Público
Baack, Brittney Nicole (2011)
Abstract
Abstract
Intimate Partner Violence and Women with Disabilities:
The Relationship Between Experience of Violence, Social Support and
Mental Health
By Brittney N. Baack
Scholarship suggests that women with disabilities experience
intimate partner violence at rates comparable to, if not greater
than, their non-disabled counterparts. However, few studies have
examined this phenomenon, and no research to date has investigated
the
relationship between experience of intimate partner violence,
social support, and mental health outcomes among women with
disabilities.The purpose of this research was to describe the
prevalence of intimate partner violence among women with
disabilities and
compare that to the prevalence among women without disabilities, as
well as to examine the association between experience of intimate
partner violence and psychological distress among women with
disabilities and the moderating role of social support on
this
relationship. A secondary analysis of a subset of the 2007 BRFSS
data was conducted. The responses of 5,188 women who completed both
the intimate partner violence and mental health modules were
analyzed using bivariate and logistic regression analyses. Of the
respondents included in this analysis, 954 women reported some form
of disability. The results of this study indicate that women with
disabilities are significantly more likely to experience intimate
partner violence than their non-disabled counterparts (36.4%
vs. 20.3%, respectively). Furthermore, women with disabilities who
have experienced intimate partner violence are approximately 2.3
times more likely to suffer from serious psychological distress
than those who have not experienced intimate partner violence.
Although social support did not moderate this relationship, it was
found to have a mediating effect. Because women with disabilities
who experience partner abuse are increasingly likely to have poorer
mental health outcomes, additional public health resources are
needed to address mental health issues within this population, and
efforts must be made to strengthen the social support networks that
are so vital to their psychological well being.
Table of Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction ..........................................1
Literature Review................................... 8
Methods.............................................. 29
Results ............................................... 37
Discussion ........................................... 43
References .......................................... 51
TABLES
Table 1: Characteristics of the Sample
..............................................38
Table 2: Prevalence of Intimate Partner Violence by Disability
Status...... 39
Table 3: Logistic Regression Analysis of Psychological Distress
Among
Women with Disabilities
...................................................................41
Table 4: Analysis of Social Support as a Moderator of Intimate
Partner
Violence
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FIGURES
Figure 1.Stress-Buffering Model of Social Support
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