Long Arc of Recovery: Characterizing Intimate Partner Violence and Its Psychosocial Effects Across 17 Years

• NCJ Number: 234552
• Journal: Violence Against Women Volume: 17 Issue: 4 Dated: April 2011 Pages: 480-499
• Author(s): Taryn Lindhorst; Blair Beadnell
• Date Published: April 2011
• Length: 20 pages
• Grant Number(s): DA05208; MH52400; 1K01MH72827-01A
• Sponsoring Agency: National Institute on Drug Abuse; National Institute of Mental Health
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

This study examined how intimate partner violence (IPV) affects women's long-term mental health.

Abstract

Little is known about how intimate partner violence (IPV) affects women's long-term mental health. Using 17 years of data from adolescent mothers, this study (a) empirically identified three subgroups based on patterns of IPV exposure during 4 years of their adolescence; (b) found that subgroup membership was a predictor of psychosocial outcomes in the subsequent 13 years, and (c) showed that the long-term effects of IPV exposure persisted even while controlling for the role of early poverty. By their 30s, women had recovered from IPV such that there were no significant differences between groups at the final time point. (Published Abstract)