title: Sheltering for Safety in Community Women With Divorce Histories.
abstract: This cross-sectional study compared the prevalence of formal and informal sheltering (i.e., staying in an agency shelter, or with friends/family, respectively) and evaluated associations with abuse severity. Community women ( N = 197) with divorce histories reported on lifetime intimate partner abuse, including sheltering for safety. Prevalence of informal sheltering (43%) exceeded that of formal sheltering (11%). Rates/levels of coercive control, severe violence, injury, and police involvement were comparable for women who sheltered formally or informally, and exceeded those of women who never sheltered. Sheltering histories can be identified in community samples of women with divorce histories. Informal sheltering is prevalent, and comparable to formal sheltering in terms of correlations with abuse severity.
authors: 1 University of Louisville, KY, USA.
authors: Ashlee J
authors: AJ
authors: Warnecke
authors: 1 University of Louisville, KY, USA.
authors: Yvette Z
authors: YZ
authors: Szabo
authors: 1 University of Louisville, KY, USA.|2 Western Governors University, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
authors: Vicki E
authors: VE
authors: Burns
authors: 1 University of Louisville, KY, USA.
authors: Rafael
authors: R
authors: Fernandez-Botran
authors: 1 University of Louisville, KY, USA.
authors: James J
authors: JJ
authors: Miller
authors: 1 University of Louisville, KY, USA.
authors: Tamara L
authors: TL
authors: Newton
mesh_terms: D003068:Coercion; D019548:Crime Victims / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004243:Divorce / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D004522:Educational Status; D060447:Emergency Shelter / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007182:Income / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D057187:Independent Living / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D007407:Interviews as Topic / Q000379:methods; D000066511:Intimate Partner Violence / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013689:Telephone
keywords: coercive control; divorce; intimate partner abuse; shelter