TY - JOUR
T1 - The elevated risk for non-lethal post-separation 1 violence in Canada: A comparison of separated, divorced, and married women
AU - Brownridge, Douglas A.
AU - Chan, Ko Ling Edward
AU - Hiebert-Murphy, Diane
AU - Ristock, Janice
AU - Tiwari, Agnes
AU - Leung, Wing Cheong
AU - Santos, Susy C.
PY - 2008/1/1
Y1 - 2008/1/1
N2 - The purpose of the study was to shed light on the potentially differing dynamics of violence against separated and divorced women by their ex-husbands and violence against married women by their current husbands. Using a nationally representative sample of 7,369 heterosexual women from Cycle 13 of Statistics Canada's General Social Survey, available risk markers were examined in the context of a nested ecological framework. Separated women reported nine times the prevalence of violence and divorced women reported about four times the prevalence of violence compared with married women. The strongest predictors of violence against married women, namely, patriarchal domination, sexual jealousy, and possessiveness, were not significant predictors of violence against separated and divorced women. This suggested that post-separation violence is a complex phenomenon the dynamics of which can be affected by much more than domination and ownership.
AB - The purpose of the study was to shed light on the potentially differing dynamics of violence against separated and divorced women by their ex-husbands and violence against married women by their current husbands. Using a nationally representative sample of 7,369 heterosexual women from Cycle 13 of Statistics Canada's General Social Survey, available risk markers were examined in the context of a nested ecological framework. Separated women reported nine times the prevalence of violence and divorced women reported about four times the prevalence of violence compared with married women. The strongest predictors of violence against married women, namely, patriarchal domination, sexual jealousy, and possessiveness, were not significant predictors of violence against separated and divorced women. This suggested that post-separation violence is a complex phenomenon the dynamics of which can be affected by much more than domination and ownership.
KW - Abuse
KW - Divorce
KW - Ecological
KW - Separation
KW - Violence
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=37249038243&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/0886260507307914
DO - 10.1177/0886260507307914
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 18087035
SN - 0886-2605
VL - 23
SP - 117
EP - 135
JO - Journal of Interpersonal Violence
JF - Journal of Interpersonal Violence
IS - 1
ER -