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Partner Violence, Social Support, and Distress Among Inner‐City African American Women
Author(s) -
Thompson Martie P.,
Kaslow Nadine J.,
Kingree J. B.,
Rashid Akil,
Puett Robin,
Jacobs Diana,
Matthews Alex
Publication year - 2000
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 - 10.1023/a:1005198514704
Subject(s) - social support , psychological intervention , health psychology , distress , domestic violence , help seeking , suicide prevention , psychology , poison control , clinical psychology , medicine , public health , psychiatry , social psychology , medical emergency , mental health , nursing
This study examined the role of social support in the partner violence–psychological distress relation in a sample of African American women seeking medical care at a large, urban hospital ( n = 138). Results from bivariate correlational analyses revealed that partner violence was related to lower perceived social support and greater psychological distress, and lower social support was related to more distress. Furthermore, findings based on path analysis indicated that low levels of social support helped account for battered women's increased distress. Findings point to the need for service providers to screen for partner violence in nontraditional sites, such as hospital emergency rooms, and to address the role of social support resources in preventive interventions with African American battered women.