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01-08-2008 | Original article

Intimate Partner Violence Among Adolescent and Young Adult Mothers

Authors: Suzanne C. Leaman, Christina B. Gee

Published in: Journal of Family Violence | Issue 6/2008

Abstract

The associations between intimate partner violence (IPV) and mental health among adolescent and young adult mothers were compared. The sample was drawn from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study and participants were 672 mothers between the ages of 14 and 21. IPV was significantly positively associated with both depression and anxiety among young adult mothers. However, these associations were not found among adolescent mothers. In addition, IPV and marital status were significantly related among young adult mothers, but not adolescent mothers. Results suggest that IPV may have different consequences during different parts of the life course, or that mental health symptoms may be reported only later in life.

Using rough proxies (i.e. participating in cultural practices, identifying with cultural heritage) that were available in the data, acculturation level was examined as a predictor of IPV. No significant results were found.

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Title: Intimate Partner Violence Among Adolescent and Young Adult Mothers
Authors: Suzanne C. Leaman
Christina B. Gee
Publication date: 01-08-2008
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Journal of Family Violence / Issue 6/2008
Print ISSN: 0885-7482
Electronic ISSN: 1573-2851
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10896-008-9179-2

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