The Elevated Risk for Non-Lethal Post-Separation Violence in Canada: A Comparison of Separated, Divorced, and Married Women

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      SAGE Publications. 2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320. Tel: 800-818-7243; Tel: 805-499-9774; Fax: 800-583-2665; e-mail: [email protected]; Web site: http://sagepub.com
    • Peer Reviewed:
      Y
    • Source:
      19
    • Subject Terms:
      Divorce; Spouses; Marital Status; Employed Women; Incidence; Foreign Countries; Violence; Comparative Analysis; Females; At Risk Persons; Psychological Patterns; Predictor Variables; Age Differences; Racial Differences
    • Subject Terms:
      Canada
    • Accession Number:
      10.1177/0886260507307914
    • ISSN:
      0886-2605
    • Abstract:
      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. (Contains 3 tables and 5 notes.)
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    • Number of References:
      31
    • Publication Date:
      2007
    • Accession Number:
      EJ781264