Citation

Obasaju MA, Palin FL, Jacobs C, Anderson P, Kaslow NJ. J. Interpers. Violence 2009; 24(1): 38-53.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2009, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/0886260508314933

PMID

18319364

Abstract

An ecological model is used to explore the moderating effects of community-level variables on the relation between childhood sexual, physical, and emotional abuse and adult intimate partner violence (IPV) within a sample of 98 African American women from low incomes. Results from hierarchical, binary logistics regressions analyses show that community-level variables (perceived neighborhood disorder and community cohesion) moderated the relation between childhood emotional abuse and adult physical IPV. Findings support the use of an ecological approach in examining the phenomena of revictimization. Clinical implications from a community and ecological perspective are discussed.

Language: en