Employment Maintenance and Intimate Partner Violence

Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a major public health problem in the United States. Negative outcomes of IPV affect women's attainment and maintenance of employment. The purpose of this study was to develop a theoretical framework that described and explained the process by which women who h...

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Published in:AAOHN journal 2016-10, Vol.64 (10), p.469-478
Main Authors: Borchers, Andrea, Lee, Rebecca C, Martsolf, Donna S, Maler, Jeff
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Domestic violence
Employment
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Summary:Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a major public health problem in the United States. Negative outcomes of IPV affect women's attainment and maintenance of employment. The purpose of this study was to develop a theoretical framework that described and explained the process by which women who have experienced IPV attain and maintain employment. Grounded theory methodology was used to analyze interviews of 34 women who had experienced IPV. Analysis suggested that women who had experienced IPV could attain employment; however, they had difficulty maintaining employment. Entanglement of work and IPV was experienced by all 34 participants because of the perpetrator controlling their appearance, sabotaging their work, interfering with their work, or controlling their finances. Some women described ways in which they disentangled work from IPV through a dynamic unraveling process, with periods of re-entanglement, resulting in job security and satisfaction.
ISSN:2165-0799
2165-0969
DOI:10.1177/2165079916644008