University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA.
J Interpers Violence. 2021 Apr;36(7-8):3459-3481. doi: 10.1177/0886260518777001. Epub 2018 May 21.
Although one in four women in the United States experience severe intimate partner violence (IPV) in their lifetimes and are at greater risk for homelessness and housing insecurity than women who have not experienced IPV, the factors increasing the vulnerability of women with an IPV history to housing instability have not been examined. This cross-sectional study utilized baseline data from interviews with 218 IPV-exposed women from diverse ethnoracial backgrounds participating with their children in the Kids' Club and the Mom's Empowerment Program, joint interventions designed to improve outcomes in families who have experienced IPV. Multiple regression was used to examine the predictors associated with housing instability, quantified as the number of times a participant had moved in the past 4 years. Demographic information was collected and exposure to violence was measured with the Conflict Tactics Scale (CTS); severity and prevalence of PTSD and depression symptoms were measured with the Posttraumatic Diagnostic Scale (PDS) and the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D), respectively. Results showed that level of education was positively associated with housing instability, while age of the participant, average monthly income, and increased severity of PTSD symptoms were negatively associated. Neither the participant's race nor the extent of reported violence significantly predicted participants' housing instability. The findings of this study may serve to better identify those who have experienced IPV that are most at risk of experiencing housing instability, and to inform future interventions and policy aiming to support their needs. In addition, these results further emphasize the importance of providing housing resources in addition to interventions designed to improve physical and psychosocial health in enabling women that have experienced IPV to gain independence from an abuser.
尽管美国四分之一的女性在一生中经历过严重的亲密伴侣暴力（IPV），并且比没有经历过 IPV 的女性更有可能无家可归和住房无保障，但增加有 IPV 史的女性住房不稳定脆弱性的因素尚未得到研究。本横断面研究利用了 218 名来自不同族裔背景的 IPV 暴露女性的基线访谈数据，这些女性与她们的孩子一起参加了“儿童俱乐部”和“妈妈赋权计划”，这两个联合干预措施旨在改善经历过 IPV 的家庭的结果。多元回归用于检验与住房不稳定相关的预测因素，量化为参与者在过去 4 年内搬家的次数。收集人口统计学信息，并使用冲突策略量表（CTS）测量暴力暴露情况；使用创伤后诊断量表（PDS）和流行病学研究中心抑郁量表（CES-D）分别测量 PTSD 和抑郁症状的严重程度和患病率。结果表明，教育水平与住房不稳定呈正相关，而参与者的年龄、月平均收入和 PTSD 症状严重程度的增加与住房不稳定呈负相关。参与者的种族或报告的暴力程度都没有显著预测参与者的住房不稳定。这项研究的结果可能有助于更好地确定那些经历过 IPV 的人最有可能经历住房不稳定，并为未来旨在满足他们需求的干预措施和政策提供信息。此外，这些结果进一步强调了提供住房资源的重要性，除了旨在改善身心健康的干预措施外，还可以使经历过 IPV 的女性能够摆脱施虐者的独立。
