Differential Effects of Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) on Mental Health

December 2, 2014 updated by: TIWARI, Agnes

The Differential Effects of Intimate Terrorism and Situational Couple Violence on the Mental Health of Abused Chinese Women

The purpose of this study is to extend the extant work on the typology of intimate partner violence (IPV) by employing mixed methods to collect quantitative and qualitative data.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Detailed Description

Although post-traumatic stress disorder and depression have been identified as the two most common consequences of intimate partner violence, research has generally not differentiated the effects of different types of intimate partner violence on victim's mental health. With intimate partner violence treated as a single phenomenon rather than having different types, abused women are unlikely to receive the most appropriate interventions.

Johnson's typology of control has been used increasingly to classify intimate partner violence based on physical assault and controlling behavior. Two distinct types of the violence, Intimate Terrorism and Situational Couple Violence, have received much attention. The two differ not only in the cause and trajectory of the violence but also in the effects including mental health outcomes. Although control is a critical factor in distinguishing intimate terrorism from situational couple violence, there is no consensus on what constitutes high or low control in physically violent intimate relationships. Partly, this may be due to the sole reliance on quantitative measures to determine the levels of control. By understanding the context in which control tactics are used, qualitatively different phenomena between violent relationships with high control and those with low control may be more apparent. Thus, there is a need to collect both quantitative and qualitative data on the use of controlling behaviors.

It has also been hypothesized that intimate terrorism and situational couple violence have different mental health outcomes but few studies have examined this empirically and none has studied women's experiences of the negative psychological consequences as victims of these two types of violence.

Study Type

Observational

Enrollment (Anticipated)

600

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • China
      • Hong Kong, China
        • Po Leung Kuk

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years and older (ADULT, OLDER_ADULT)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Genders Eligible for Study

Female

Sampling Method

Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Shelter residents and community sample

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Chinese women, aged 18 or above, from a shelter or a community centre, and screened positive for IPV in the past 12 months

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Unable to communicate in Cantonese or Putonghua
  • The perpetrator is not an intimate partner

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort
Abused Chinese women

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Intimate terrorism and situational couple violence among shelter and community-dwelling abused Chinese women
Time Frame: one-off
one-off

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Use of controlling behaviors
Time Frame: one-off
one-off
Post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms
Time Frame: one-off
one-off
Depression symptoms
Time Frame: one-off
one-off

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

TIWARI, Agnes

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start

September 1, 2010

Primary Completion (ACTUAL)

September 1, 2012

Study Completion (ACTUAL)

September 1, 2012

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

September 19, 2010

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

September 20, 2010

First Posted (ESTIMATE)

September 21, 2010

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (ESTIMATE)

December 3, 2014

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

December 2, 2014

Last Verified

December 1, 2014

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Other Study ID Numbers

  • UW 10-095
  • GRF753510 (OTHER_GRANT: Research Grants Council Hong Kong)

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