The impact of resource constraints on the psychological well-being of survivors of intimate partner violence over time

✍ Scribed by Marisa L. Beeble; Deborah Bybee; Cris M. Sullivan

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2010
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 139 KB
• Volume: 38
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0090-4392
• DOI: 10.1002/jcop.20407

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

This study examined the impact of resource constraints on the psychological well‐being of survivors of intimate partner violence (IPV), testing whether resource constraints is one mechanism that partially mediates the relationship between IPV and women's well‐being. Although within‐woman changes in resource constraints did not mediate the relationship between change in physical abuse and change in well‐being, change in resource constraints fully explained the relationship between change in psychological abuse and change in psychological well‐being over time. Survivors' resource constraints were fully responsible for the significant mental health consequences that women experienced after psychological abuse. Between‐women differences in initial resource constraints were also examined; however, they did not mediate the relationship between women's earlier experiences of abuse and change in their well‐being over time. Implications for future research and practice are discussed. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.