TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2010//
TI  - Long-Term Mental Health Effects of Partner Violence Patterns and Relationship Termination on Low-Income and Ethnically Diverse Community Women
JO  - Partner abuse
A1  - Temple, Jeffrey R.
A1  - Weston, Rebecca
A1  - Marshall, Linda L.
SP  - 379
EP  - 398
VL  - 1
IS  - 4
N2  - Intimate partner violence (IPV) is associated with psychological distress; however, differences in the impact of unidirectional IPV, typically male dominated, and bidirectional IPV have not been examined. To address this gap in the literature, we compared the effects of various IPV patterns on women's reports of dissociation, posttraumatic stress disorder, and stress in six interviews over 8 years. We also examined whether differences by IPV pattern existed in women's mental health on leaving a violent relationship. The 489 low-income women completing all interviews were African American (40%), Euro-American (30%), and Mexican American (30%), over half of whom (58%) were no longer with wave 1 partners by wave 6. In general, worse mental health was associated with relationship termination and bidirectional violence.<p /> 
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SN  - 1946-6560
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1891/1946&U8211;6560.1.4.379
ID  - ref1
ER  -