Citation

Voith LA, Brondino MJ. Am. J. Community Psychol. 2017; 60(1-2): 187-198.

Affiliation

Helen Bader School of Social Welfare, University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1002/ajcp.12163

PMID

28913863

Abstract

Due to high prevalence rates and deleterious effects on individuals, families, and communities, intimate partner violence (IPV) is a significant public health problem. Because IPV occurs in the context of communities and neighborhoods, research must examine the broader environment in addition to individual-level factors to successfully facilitate behavior change. Drawing from the Social Determinants of Health framework and Social Disorganization Theory, neighborhood predictors of IPV were tested using hierarchical linear modeling.

RESULTS indicated that concentrated disadvantage and female-to-male partner violence were robust predictors of women's IPV victimization. Implications for theory, practice, and policy, and future research are discussed.

© Society for Community Research and Action 2017.

Language: en

Keywords

Domestic violence; Hierarchical linear modeling; Intimate partner violence; Neighborhood; Social determinants of health