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Women's responses to battering: A test of the model
Author(s) -
Campbell Jacquelyn C.,
Soeken Karen L.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
research in nursing and health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.836
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1098-240X
pISSN - 0160-6891
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1098-240x(199902)22:1<49::aid-nur6>3.0.co;2-f
Subject(s) - structural equation modeling , agency (philosophy) , test (biology) , poison control , psychology , sample (material) , occupational safety and health , suicide prevention , injury prevention , clinical psychology , social psychology , medicine , environmental health , sociology , statistics , paleontology , social science , chemistry , mathematics , chromatography , pathology , biology
Abstract A volunteer community sample of 141 well‐educated, economically heterogeneous, primarily African American (80%), urban battered women was used to test a model of women's responses to battering. The model, based on Orem's theory, was developed previously with an independent sample. The major independent variables were physical and nonphysical abuse, and self‐care agency. The outcomes were physical and emotional health. Using structural equation modeling techniques, there was sufficient support for the model structure to conclude preliminary support for the overall model. There was both a direct effect of abuse on health, and an indirect effect mediated through self‐care agency as a protective factor. © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Res Nurs Health 22: 49–58, 1999.