Intimate partner violence, social support, and employment in the post-welfare reform era.
This prospective study used 3 years of longitudinal data to explore relationships among intimate partner violence (IPV), perceived emotional and material social support, employment stability, and job turnover among current and former female welfare recipients in the immediate post-welfare reform era. Higher levels of current IPV and lower levels of current social support predicted less stable future employment; however, current employment stability did not predict either future IPV or future social support. Current social support did not predict future IPV, and perceived social support did not mediate the relationship between IPV and employment stability during a 3-year period.
Staggs
Susan L
SL
Department of psychology, University of Illinois, Chicago, USA.
Long
Susan M
SM
Mason
Gillian E
GE
Krishnan
Sandhya
S
Riger
Stephanie
S
D000041:Absenteeism; D000328:Adult; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D018585:Battered Women / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D004651:Employment / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012944:Social Support; D012946:Social Welfare / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013179:Spouse Abuse / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014481:United States; D016387:Women's Health; D014931:Women, Working / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*