Citation

Crossman KA, Hardesty JL, Raffaelli M. Violence Against Women 2016; 22(4): 454-473.

Affiliation

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2016, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/1077801215604744

PMID

26400777

Abstract

Studies demonstrate the negative effects of violent coercive control but few examine coercive control without violence. This study describes the characteristics of nonviolent coercive control among 8 divorcing mothers and compares them with 47 mothers who experienced violent coercive control or no violence/no control. Mothers with nonviolent coercive control reported more coping strategies, risk, harassment, and perceived threat than mothers with no violence/no control; similar levels of fear and control during marriage as mothers with violent coercive control; and more postseparation fear than both groups.

FINDINGS highlight the need to include nonviolent coercive control in screening methods and research measures.

Language: en