Citation

Carlson BE, McNutt LA, Choi DY, Rose IM. Violence Against Women 2002; 8(6): 720-745.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2002, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/10778010222183251

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Social Support and other protective factors (Education, Employment, Self-Esteem, Health, and Absence of Economic Hardship) were studied in relation to depression, anxiety, and three types of lifetime abuse (recent intimate partner violence and past intimate partner violence, child abuse). Asurvey of 557 women was conducted as part of a domestic violence screening intervention in primary care. Compared to nonabused women, recently abused women may receive less support from partners but reported comparable levels of support from others. Total protective factors potentially provided a buffer for abused women from developing anxiety and depression but appea less effective at severe levels of lifetime abuse.