Journal article

Trajectories of intimate partner violence (IPV) in a primary care cohort of women with depressive symptoms

Kelsey Hegarty, Konstancja Densley, Gail Gilchrist, Peter Elliott, Jane Gunn

Journal of Gender-Based Violence | Bristol University Press | Published : 2023

DOI: 10.1332/239868021X16481290114798

Abstract

Aims: To assess trajectories of women’s experience of intimate partner violence (IPV) over time, and baseline risk factors and associated four-year outcomes for different trajectories. Design: A cohort study of 548 women with depressive symptoms, attending primary care appointments, were surveyed annually for four years. Secondary analysis was undertaken using growth mixture modelling to generate IPV trajectories. Analyses of associations of these generated classes of IPV with hypothesised baseline and four-year measures were undertaken. Results: At baseline, 42% (231) women experienced IPV in past 12 months. Five-class IPV trajectory model showed five groups over time: consistently ‘hig..

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Awarded by National Health and Medical Research Council

Funding Acknowledgements

This work was supported by the National Health and Medical Research Council under Grant (ID 299869, 454463, 566511 & 1002908.

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Keywords

Social Sciences

8.1 Organisation and Delivery of Services

General-Practice

Women'S Studies

Clinical Research

4402 Criminology

Mental-Disorders

44 Human Society

5 Gender Equality

4405 Gender Studies

2.3 Psychological, Social and Economic Factors

Social Determinants of Health

Criminology & Penology

Domestic Violence

Health Services

Psychiatric-Disorders

3 Good Health and Well Being

Behavioral and Social Science

Violence Against Women

Brain Disorders

Violence Research