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Family Support and Mental Health in Pregnant Women Experiencing Interpersonal Partner Violence: An Analysis of Ethnic Differences
Author(s) -
Jones Shallimar M.,
Bogat G. Anne,
Davidson William S.,
Eye Alexander von,
Levendosky Alytia
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
american journal of community psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.113
H-Index - 112
eISSN - 1573-2770
pISSN - 0091-0562
DOI - 10.1007/s10464-005-6235-4
Subject(s) - mental health , health psychology , ethnic group , domestic violence , psychology , social support , affect (linguistics) , clinical psychology , suicide prevention , poison control , interpersonal communication , partner effects , public health , interpersonal relationship , injury prevention , human factors and ergonomics , occupational safety and health , structural equation modeling , psychiatry , medicine , social psychology , environmental health , nursing , communication , sociology , anthropology , statistics , mathematics , pathology
This study investigated the relationship between family support and mental health in a community sample of pregnant women experiencing interpersonal partner violence (IPV). This study also examined how family support may differentially affect mental health in Black and White women experiencing IPV. A total of 110 participants (32 Black and 78 White) were obtained from the first time period of a longitudinal study examining the effects of domestic violence on women. The model was supported (χ 2 = 142.55; df = 72, p > .001, RMSEA = .07). Black women had better mental health than White women. However, ethnicity was not a significant predictor of family support. Implications from this study highlight the need for further research on the role of family support in the lives of physically abused women as well as the need to incorporate cross cultural perspectives when examining this issue.