Understanding Economic Abuse in the Lives of Survivors

Autor/inn/en	Postmus, Judy L.; Plummer, Sara-Beth; McMahon, Sarah; Murshid, N. Shaanta; Kim, Mi Sung
Titel	Understanding Economic Abuse in the Lives of Survivors
Quelle	In: Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 27 (2012) 3, S.411-430 (20 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0886-2605
DOI	10.1177/0886260511421669
Schlagwörter	Family Violence; Economic Impact; Antisocial Behavior; Quality of Life; Literacy; Money Management; Compliance (Psychology); Personality Traits; Power Structure; Welfare Recipients; Personal Autonomy; Independent Living; Individual Power; Locus of Control; Self Actualization; Self Control; Self Determination; Sex Role; Educational Attainment + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ökonomische Determinanten; Lebensqualität; Alphabetisierung; Schreib- und Lesefähigkeit; Individual characteristics; Personality characteristic; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Sozialhilfeempfänger; Sozialhilfeempfängerin; Individuelle Autonomie; Selbstverantwortung; Eigeninitiative; Self actualisation; Selbstverwirklichung; Selbstbeherrschung; Selbstbestimmung; Geschlechterrolle; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut
Abstract	Intimate partner violence (IPV) often includes economic abuse as one tactic commonly used by an abuser; unfortunately, there is a lack of empirical understanding of economic abuse. Additionally, research is limited on the predictors of economic self-sufficiency in the lives of women experiencing IPV. This paper furthers our knowledge about economic abuse and its relationship with economic self-sufficiency by presenting the results from an exploratory study with IPV survivors participating in a financial literacy program. Of the 120 individuals who participated in the first wave, 94% experienced some form of economic abuse, which also correlated highly with other forms of IPV. Seventy-nine percent experienced some form of economic control, 79% experienced economic exploitative behaviors, and 78% experienced employment sabotage. MANOVA results also indicated that economic control differed significantly based on education with those with a high school education experiencing higher rates than those with less than high school education or those with some college. Finally, results from the OLS regressions indicated that experiencing any form of economic abuse as well as economic control significantly predicted a decrease in economic self sufficiency. Implications suggest that advocates should assess for economic abuse when working with survivors and should be prepared to offer financial tools to increase survivors' economic self-sufficiency. Policymakers should understand the ramifications of economic abuse and create policies that support survivors and prohibit economic abuse. Finally, more research is needed to fully understand economic abuse and its impact on survivors and their economic self-sufficiency. (Contains 4 tables and 1 note.) (As Provided).
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