Exploring Variations Within Situational Couple Violence and Comparisons With Coercive Controlling Violence and No Violence/No Control

We examined variations within situational couple violence among 23 divorcing mothers and compared them with mothers with coercive controlling violence and no violence/no control. Situational couple violence had great variability in frequency and severity of violence, fear, harassment, and protective...

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Published in:Violence against women 2016-02, Vol.22 (2), p.206-224
Main Authors: Nielsen, Samantha K., Hardesty, Jennifer L., Raffaelli, Marcela
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Battered Women - psychology
Coercion
Couples
Divorce
Domestic violence
Fear
Fear & phobias
Female
Harassment
Harassment, Non-Sexual
Humans
Interpersonal Relations
Intimate partner violence
Male
Mental Health
Mental stress
Mothers
Power (Psychology)
Sexual Partners
Single mothers
Spouse Abuse
Stress
Stress, Psychological
Symptoms
Violence
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Summary:We examined variations within situational couple violence among 23 divorcing mothers and compared them with mothers with coercive controlling violence and no violence/no control. Situational couple violence had great variability in frequency and severity of violence, fear, harassment, and protective strategies. In some cases, situational couple violence was frequent and severe and resembled coercive controlling violence in its consequences. The dynamics of fear and harassment in situational couple violence and in the divorce process in general warrant attention. Finally, mothers reported mental health symptoms that did not differ by group, which is likely due to the stresses of divorce.
ISSN:1077-8012
1552-8448
DOI:10.1177/1077801215599842