Factors That Influence Battered Women to Leave Their Abusive Relationships
This study examines factors associated with leaving an abusive relationship, including relationship characteristics, external support, and health status of the abused subjects. The subjects included 448 Seattle women whose abuse resulted in police involvement or filing for a civil protection
order against their male partner. Women were followed longitudinally for 9 months. Stepwise logistic regression analyses assessed factors independently predictive of leave taking. Predictors of leaving the abusive relationship were young age, leaving the relationship previously, and having
a protection order, an abuse-related physician visit, and a high score of psychological vulnerability to abuse. Seeking but not receiving external support was negatively associated with leave taking.
Keywords: ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIP; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE; LEAVE TAKING
Document Type: Research Article
Publication date: 01 April 2006
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