Couple-Level Economic and Career Concerns and Intimate Partner Violence in Young Adulthood.
Family scholars have demonstrated that economic conditions influence marital quality and relationship instability. Similarly, researchers have identified low income and poverty as important risk factors for intimate partner violence (IPV). Yet limited work has examined how economic factors influence the use of violence in the romantic context, particularly during young adulthood. Using the Toledo Adolescent Relationships Study (n= 928), we examine the influence of economic and career concerns as specific sources of conflict on IPV among a sample of young adults. Findings suggest that these areas of disagreement within romantic relationships are associated with IPV risk, net of traditional predictors. We discuss the implications of our findings for intervention and prevention efforts.
Florida State University.
Jennifer E
JE
Copp
Bowling Green State University.
Peggy C
PC
Giordano
Bowling Green State University.
Wendy D
WD
Manning
Bowling Green State University.
Monica A
MA
Longmore
Economic well-being; family stress; intimate partner violence; young adulthood