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- Title
Risk Factors for Physical Injury Among Help-Seeking Battered Women: An Exploration of Multiple Abuse Dimensions.
- Authors
Mechanic, Mindy B.; Weaver, Terri L.; Resick, Patricia A.
- Abstract
Physical injuries among battered women represent risks for both acute and long-term physical health functioning. The current study assessed the nature and extent of minor and severe injuries among a help-seeking sample of battered women. Hierarchical regression analyses were conducted to assess the unique roles of physical violence, sexual coercion, psychological abuse, and stalking to the prediction of minor and severe injuries in battered women. Not unexpectedly, length of relationship abuse and severity of physical aggression were the most robust predictors of minor and severe physical injuries. Consistent with other research findings, psychological abuse and stalking, as a block, contributed uniquely to the prediction of severe injuries. Results are discussed in terms of implications for future research and intervention with battered women.
- Subjects
ABUSED women; WOUNDS &; injuries; VIOLENCE against women; SEXUAL ethics for women; PSYCHOLOGICAL abuse; STALKING
- Publication
Violence Against Women, 2008, Vol 14, Issue 10, p1148
- ISSN
1077-8012
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/1077801208323792