@article{ref1,
title="Does leaving an abusive partner lead to a decline in victimization?",
journal="BMC public health",
year="2018",
author="Ahmadabadi, Zohre and Najman, Jackob M. and Williams, Gail M. and Clavarino, Alexandra Marie and d'Abbs, Peter and Saiepour, Nargess",
volume="18",
number="1",
pages="e404-e404",
abstract="BACKGROUND: This paper investigates gender differences in persistence of intimate partner violence (IPV), for those remaining or leaving an abusive relationship. We followed a sample of males and females to examine whether leaving an abusive partner may alter the continuity of victimization. <br><br>METHODS: Data were taken from the 21 and 30-year follow-ups of the Mater Hospital and University of Queensland Study of Pregnancy (MUSP) in Australia. A cohort of 1265 respondents, including 874 females and 391 males, completed a 21-item version of the Composite Abuse Scale. <br><br>RESULTS: We found proportionally similar rates of IPV victimization for males and females at both the 21 and 30 year follow-ups. Females who reported they had an abusive partner at the 21 year follow-up were more likely to subsequently change their partner than did males. Harassment and then emotional abuse appeared to have a stronger association for females leaving a partner. For males, a reported history of IPV was not significantly associated with leaving the partner. There was no significant association between leaving (or not) a previous abusive relationship and later victimization, either for male or female respondents. <br><br>CONCLUSION: Changing a partner does not interrupt the continuity of victimization either for male or female respondents, and previous IPV victimization remained a determining factor of re-abuse, despite re-partnering.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1471-2458",
doi="10.1186/s12889-018-5330-z",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-018-5330-z"
}