Consistency and Inconsistency of Young Women's Reporting of Intimate Partner Violence in a Population-Based Study

Title: Consistency and Inconsistency of Young Women's Reporting of Intimate Partner Violence in a Population-Based Study
Creator: Rowlands, Ingrid J.; Holder, Carl; Forder, Peta M.; Hegarty, Kelsey; Dobson, Annette J.; Loxton, Deborah
Relation: NHMRC.APP1000986 http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1000986
Relation: Violence Against Women Vol. 27, Issue 3-4, p. 359-377
Publisher Link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1077801220908324
Publisher: Sage Publications
Resource Type: journal article
Date: 2020
Description: We examined reporting of lifetime intimate partner violence (IPV) among 7,917 young women who completed two surveys, 12 months apart. At the first survey, 32% reported a history of IPV with a current or former partner. Of these, one third of women did not report IPV 12 months later (inconsistently reported IPV). Compared with women who consistently reported a history of IPV, women who inconsistently reported a history of IPV were less likely to report suicidal ideation, self-harm, illicit drug use, and smoking at the 12-month follow-up. A deeper understanding of what influences young women’s reporting of IPV is needed.
Subject: young women; intimate partner violence; population-based study; mental health; SDG 5; SDG 16; Sustainable Development Goals
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1440445
Identifier: uon:41147
Identifier: ISSN:1077-8012
Language: eng
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