University of Maryland, Maryland, USA.
Wayne State University, Michigan, USA.
J Interpers Violence. 2022 Aug;37(15-16):NP13115-NP13142. doi: 10.1177/08862605211003168. Epub 2021 Mar 25.
Economic abuse is a poorly understood form of intimate partner violence but may have far-reaching implications for the financial health of the survivor. Additionally, very little is known about whether depressive symptoms, education, employment, or attitudes about relations between men and women mediate or moderate the relationship between economic abuse and their financial circumstances. The purpose of this study was to answer these two research questions: (a) Is there a relationship between the experience of economic abuse and food insecurity (as a measure of poverty)? (b) Is the relationship between economic abuse and food insecurity impacted by women's education, women's and men's employment, women's attitudes towards gender relations, or women's depressive symptoms? We used quantitative data from the "UN Multi-Country Study on Men and Violence," analyzing data on 3,105 women aged 18-49 years who were interviewed. Initial logistic regressions were conducted followed by introducing moderators and mediators to the model using path analyses to test the relationship between economic abuse and food insecurity in the household. Significant predictors of food insecurity included several types of abuse and partners' employment, women's own employment, and education. The only type of IPV not associated with food insecurity was physical abuse. Experiences of economic abuse were associated with a 1.69 times greater likelihood of reporting food insecurity which was higher than experiences of psychological or sexual abuse. Additionally, women's experiences of economic abuse over their lifetime were significantly associated with an increase in depressive symptoms which in turn was associated with greater likelihood of experiencing food insecurity. Such relationships warrant attention to economic abuse and depressive symptoms as part of the interventions used when working with survivors. Additional research could also help further our understanding of how these variables interact together and how best to address its impact on survivors.
经济虐待是一种鲜为人知的亲密伴侣暴力形式，但可能对幸存者的财务健康产生深远影响。此外，人们对抑郁症状、教育、就业或男女关系态度是否调解或调节经济虐待与财务状况之间的关系知之甚少。本研究旨在回答以下两个研究问题：（a）是否存在经济虐待经历与食物不安全（作为贫困的衡量标准）之间的关系？（b）经济虐待与食物不安全之间的关系是否受到女性教育、女性和男性就业、女性对性别关系的态度或女性抑郁症状的影响？我们使用了“联合国多国家男性与暴力问题研究”的定量数据，分析了 3105 名 18-49 岁女性的访谈数据。我们首先进行了初始逻辑回归，然后使用路径分析向模型中引入调节变量和中介变量，以检验家庭中经济虐待与食物不安全之间的关系。食物不安全的显著预测因素包括多种类型的虐待以及伴侣的就业、女性自身的就业和教育。与食物不安全无关的唯一一种性别暴力是身体虐待。经济虐待经历与报告食物不安全的可能性增加了 1.69 倍，这一可能性高于经历心理或性虐待的可能性。此外，女性一生中经历的经济虐待与抑郁症状的增加显著相关，而抑郁症状又与更有可能经历食物不安全相关。这些关系值得关注经济虐待和抑郁症状，作为与幸存者合作时干预措施的一部分。进一步的研究还可以帮助我们进一步了解这些变量如何相互作用，以及如何最好地解决其对幸存者的影响。
