Impacts of male intimate partner violence on women : a life course perspective
Hing, Nerilee
Impacts of male intimate partner violence on women : a life course perspective Nerilee Hing, Catherine O’Mullan, Lydia Mainey, Elaine Nuske, Helen Breen and Annabel Taylor - MDPI, 2021 - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health .
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2021, 18(16), 8303
The nature and extent of the impacts of intimate partner violence (IPV) on victims are well documented, particularly male partner violence against women. However, less is known about how these impacts might change over time, including their legacy after women leave an abusive relationship and the lasting effects in their later lives. The purpose of this study was to examine women’s experiences of IPV at different stages over their life courses. Interviews with a cohort of 18 older women who had left an abusive relationship were analysed using thematic narrative analysis and the findings were presented according to trajectories, transitions, and turning points over their life courses. When in the relationship, the women experienced direct impacts on their physical, mental, social, and financial wellbeing. During separation, many experienced continued abuse and housing, legal, and financial stress. Life after separation was marked by loneliness, trauma, financial insecurity, and damaged relationships. Some women reached a turning point in their recovery through helping others. Understanding these impacts can inform interventions during each stage. Crisis support is critical when women are in an abusive relationship and during the dangerous phase of separation. Interventions can also assist women’s longer-term wellbeing and help them recover through post-traumatic growth. (Authors' abstract). Record #8228
ATTITUDES
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
ELDER ABUSE
FAMILY VIOLENCE
FINANCIAL ABUSE
HEALING
INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE
OLDER WOMEN
SEPARATION
VICTIM/SURVIVORS' VOICES
VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
INTERNATIONAL
AUSTRALIA
Impacts of male intimate partner violence on women : a life course perspective Nerilee Hing, Catherine O’Mullan, Lydia Mainey, Elaine Nuske, Helen Breen and Annabel Taylor - MDPI, 2021 - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health .
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2021, 18(16), 8303
The nature and extent of the impacts of intimate partner violence (IPV) on victims are well documented, particularly male partner violence against women. However, less is known about how these impacts might change over time, including their legacy after women leave an abusive relationship and the lasting effects in their later lives. The purpose of this study was to examine women’s experiences of IPV at different stages over their life courses. Interviews with a cohort of 18 older women who had left an abusive relationship were analysed using thematic narrative analysis and the findings were presented according to trajectories, transitions, and turning points over their life courses. When in the relationship, the women experienced direct impacts on their physical, mental, social, and financial wellbeing. During separation, many experienced continued abuse and housing, legal, and financial stress. Life after separation was marked by loneliness, trauma, financial insecurity, and damaged relationships. Some women reached a turning point in their recovery through helping others. Understanding these impacts can inform interventions during each stage. Crisis support is critical when women are in an abusive relationship and during the dangerous phase of separation. Interventions can also assist women’s longer-term wellbeing and help them recover through post-traumatic growth. (Authors' abstract). Record #8228
ATTITUDES
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
ELDER ABUSE
FAMILY VIOLENCE
FINANCIAL ABUSE
HEALING
INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE
OLDER WOMEN
SEPARATION
VICTIM/SURVIVORS' VOICES
VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
INTERNATIONAL
AUSTRALIA