Patterns of Surveillance, Control, and Abuse Among a Diverse Sample of Intimate Partner Abuse Survivors

• NCJ Number: 304078
• Journal: Violence Against Women Dated: 2021
• Author(s): Christina M. Dardis; Courtney Ahrens; Rebecca L. Howard; Mindy B. Mechanic
• Date Published: 2021
• Grant Number(s): 2013-MU-CX-0038
• Agencies: NIJ-Sponsored
• Award: Ethnocultural influences on women''s experiences of and responses to intimate partner abuse

Annotation

Using a mixed-methods design, this study examined intimate partner surveillance among a diverse sample of intimate partner abuse (IPA) survivors (n = 246), including women of Mexican (n = 83), Korean (n = 50), Vietnamese (n = 49), and European descent (n = 64).

 

Abstract

Most survivors (57 percent) described surveillance in either survey or interview; inductive thematic analysis revealed seven forms of surveillance. Finally, two-step cluster analysis identified two patterns of victimization most clearly differentiated by surveillance, but ethnic group differences in rates and patterns of abuse did not emerge. Implications for both clinicians and researchers are discussed. 97 references (publisher abstract modified)