Empirical Studies on Post-separation Relationships Table 1. Source Participants Procedure Analysis & Results Weaknesses Strengths Beeble, Bybee, & 160 mothers from three Mothers were Used longitudinal, Overall mean levels of Used repeated measures Sullivan (2009) DV-related agencies with interviewed 6 over 2 multilevel modeling to violence were relatively over time. at least one child ages years about their examine impact of low and may not be Reported involvement with the physical and generalizable to Distinguished between experiencing physical abuser, physical and psychological abuse on populations with higher high and low levels of abuse in past 4 months. psychological abuse, depression over time levels of violence. violence. depression, quality of with social support as a life, and social support. moderator. Unclear whether controlled for relevant Mean levels of physical variables, such as and psychological abuse income, employment, and average depression and community scores decreased over violence. time. Social support and average quality of life Does not make scores increased over distinctions types of time. Social support violence. mediated, moderated, and had a main effect on well-being. Effects were strongest for mothers who experienced lower levels of abuse. Campbell et al., 220 DV femicide victims Proxies and controls Factor analysis of risk Reliance on proxies who Used a case-control (2003) identified in 11 cities were interviewed items was used to may not know all of the design to match from police or medical risk factors for homicide; construct scales details surrounding the femicide victims with examiner records (cases). demographic and measuring partner’s victim-perpetrator abused women. Proxy informants were relationship controlling and stalking relationship. identified for each case characteristics; type, behaviors. Logistic Included contextual and consisted of relatives frequency, and severity regression was used to factors such as or friends that were of violence; estimate the association controlling, harassing, knowledgeable about the psychological abuse and between hypothesized and stalking behaviors victim-perpetrator harassment; substance risk factors and risk of that reflect the relationship. use; and weapon femicide. dynamics of coercive 343 abused women availability. control. (controls) who had been
Table 1. Empirical Studies on Post-separation Relationships Source Participants Procedure Analysis & Results Weaknesses Strengths Beeble, Bybee, & Sullivan (2009) 160 mothers from three DV-related agencies with at least one child ages Reported experiencing physical abuse in past 4 months. Mothers were interviewed 6 over 2 years about their involvement with the abuser, physical and psychological abuse, depression, quality of life, and social support. Used longitudinal, multilevel modeling to examine impact of physical and psychological abuse on depression over time with social support as a moderator. Mean levels of physical and psychological abuse and average depression scores decreased over time. Social support and average quality of life scores increased over time. Social support mediated, moderated, and had a main effect on well-being. Effects were strongest for mothers who experienced lower levels of abuse. Overall mean levels of violence were relatively low and may not be generalizable to populations with higher levels of violence. Unclear whether controlled for relevant variables, such as income, employment, and community violence. Does not make distinctions types of violence. Used repeated measures over time. Distinguished between high and low levels of violence. Campbell et al., (2003) 220 DV femicide victims identified in 11 cities from police or medical examiner records (cases). Proxy informants were identified for each case and consisted of relatives or friends that were knowledgeable about the victim-perpetrator relationship. 343 abused women (controls) who had been Proxies and controls were interviewed risk factors for homicide; demographic and relationship characteristics; type, frequency, and severity of violence; psychological abuse and harassment; substance use; and weapon availability. Factor analysis of risk items was used to construct scales measuring partner’s controlling and stalking behaviors. Logistic regression was used to estimate the association between hypothesized risk factors and risk of femicide. Reliance on proxies who may not know all of the details surrounding the victim-perpetrator relationship. Used a case-control design to match femicide victims with abused women. Included contextual factors such as controlling, harassing, and stalking behaviors that reflect the dynamics of coercive control.
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