Impact of Intimate Partner Violence on Low-Income Women's Economic Well-Being: The Mediating Role of Job Stability

• NCJ Number: 241844
• Journal: Violence Against Women Volume: 18 Issue: 12 Dated: December 2012 Pages: 1345-1367
• Author(s): Adrienne E. Adams; Richard M. Tolman; Deborah Bybee; Cris M. Sullivan; Angie C. Kennedy
• Date Published: December 2012
• Length: 23 pages
• Grant Number(s): R24-MH51363
• Sponsoring Agency: Joyce Foundation; John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation; National Institute of Mental Health; Charles Stewart Mott Foundation
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

This study examined the mechanisms by which intimate partner violence (IPV) harms women economically.

Abstract

This study sought to extend the authors understanding of the mechanisms by which intimate partner violence (IPV) harms women economically. The authors examined the mediating role of job instability on the IPV-economic well-being relationship among 503 welfare recipients. IPV had significant negative effects on women's job stability and economic well-being. Job stability was at least partly responsible for the deleterious economic consequences of IPV, and the effects lasted up to 3 years after the IPV ended. This study demonstrates the need for services and policies that address barriers to employment as a means of improving the economic well-being of low-income women with abusive partners. Abstract published by arrangement with Sage Journals.