Intimate partner sexual
violence (IPSV) is a significant social problem, particularly among women who
are concurrently experiencing physical violence in their intimate
relationships.
This research examined the prevalence and factors associated
with IPSV among a sample of women recruited at the scene of police-involved
intimate partner violence incidents (N = 432). Within this sample, 43.98
percent of participants reported experiencing IPSV; this includes 17.36 percent
who reported sexual abuse and 26.62 percent who reported forced sex.
Multinomial logistic regression was used to examine the factors related to
sexual abuse and forced sex, controlling for victim and relationship
characteristics.
Compared with women not reporting IPSV, women who were
sexually abused or forced into sexual intercourse were significantly more
likely to experience strangulation, feelings of shame, and posttraumatic stress
disorder symptoms. Women whose partners had forced sex were more likely to
report that they had a child in common with their abusive partner; and that
their partner was sexually jealous, had threatened to kill them, had stalked or
harassed them, or caused them to have a miscarriage due to abuse.
These
findings can be used to better inform social work practitioners about the
prevalence and nature of IPSV and the associated risk factors, and can assist
in routine screening and intervention.
Full article at: http://goo.gl/oEmpI5
By:
Jill Theresa
Messing, PhD, MSW, is associate professor, School of Social
Work, Arizona State University, 411 North Central Avenue, Suite 800, Phoenix,
AZ 85004;.
Jonel Thaller, MSW, is
assistant professor, Department of Social Work, Ball State University, Muncie,
IN.
Meredith Bagwell, MSW, is
a doctoral student, School of Social Work, Arizona State University.
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