title: Family support and mental health in pregnant women experiencing interpersonal partner violence: an analysis of ethnic differences.
abstract: 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 (chi2 = 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, 107E Psychology Building, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA.
authors.forename: Shallimar M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.forename: G Anne
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Bogat
authors.forename: William S
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: Davidson
authors.forename: Alexander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: von Eye
authors.forename: Alytia
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Levendosky
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D044383:Black People / Q000523:psychology*; D005195:Family Relations / Q000208:ethnology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008603:Mental Health; D011247:Pregnancy / Q000523:psychology*; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology; D012307:Risk Factors; D012944:Social Support; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013179:Spouse Abuse / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000523:psychology; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000150:complications / Q000208:ethnology; D014754:Violence / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000523:psychology; D044465:White People / Q000523:psychology*