Citation

Voth Schrag RJ, Edmond T, Nordberg A. Violence Against Women 2019; ePub(ePub): 1077801219862626.

Affiliation

1 University of Texas at Arlington, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/1077801219862626

PMID

31327303

Abstract

Higher education is an important pathway to safety for survivors of intimate partner violence (IPV). Recent work documents tactics of school sabotage (behaviors aimed at sabotaging educational efforts) identified by school staff and IPV advocates. However, the perspectives of current students who are IPV survivors are unexplored. As part of a multiphasic study, 20 semi-structured qualitative interviews with community college students who reported current or recent IPV were conducted. Identified tactics included disrupting child care, emotional abuse tied to school, and using manipulation to limit access to campus or resources. Identified impacts include preventing focus, diminished academic achievement, emotional or mental health challenges, and instilling a desire to overcome.

Language: en

Keywords

academic achievement; coercive control; dating violence; higher education; intimate partner violence