Citation

Nielsen SK, Hardesty JL, Raffaelli M. Violence Against Women 2016; 22(2): 206-224.

Affiliation

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2016, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/1077801215599842

PMID

26333282

Abstract

We examined variations within situational couple violence among 23 divorcing mothers and compared them with mothers with coercive controlling violence and no violence/no control. Situational couple violence had great variability in frequency and severity of violence, fear, harassment, and protective strategies. In some cases, situational couple violence was frequent and severe and resembled coercive controlling violence in its consequences. The dynamics of fear and harassment in situational couple violence and in the divorce process in general warrant attention. Finally, mothers reported mental health symptoms that did not differ by group, which is likely due to the stresses of divorce.

Language: en