Rethinking Social Support and Conflict: Lessons from a Study of Women Who Have Separated from Abusive Partners
Relationships have both positive and negative dimensions, yet most research in the area of intimate partner violence (IPV) has focused on social support, and not on social conflict. Based on the data from 309 English-speaking Canadian women who experienced IPV in the past 3 years and were no longer...
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| description | Relationships have both positive and negative dimensions, yet most research in the area of intimate partner violence (IPV) has focused on social support, and not on social conflict. Based on the data from 309 English-speaking Canadian women who experienced IPV in the past 3 years and were no longer living with the abuser, we tested four hypotheses examining the relationships among severity of past IPV and women’s social support, social conflict, and health. We found that the severity of past IPV exerted direct negative effects on women’s health. Similarly, both social support and social conflict directly influenced women’s health. Social conflict, but not social support, mediated the relationships between IPV severity and health. Finally, social conflict moderated the relationships between social support and women’s health, such that the positive effects of social support were attenuated in the presence of high levels of social conflict. These findings highlight that routine assessments of social support and social conflict and the use of strategies to help women enhance support and reduce conflict in their relationships are essential aspects of nursing care. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-69d1a510a18943f98f8eaef0547bd2fe2025-02-03T05:46:03ZengWileyNursing Research and Practice2090-14292090-14372012-01-01201210.1155/2012/738905738905Rethinking Social Support and Conflict: Lessons from a Study of Women Who Have Separated from Abusive PartnersSepali Guruge0Marilyn Ford-Gilboe1Joan Samuels-Dennis2Colleen Varcoe3Piotr Wilk4Judith Wuest5School of Nursing, Ryerson University, Toronto, ON, M5B 2K3, CanadaArthur Labatt Family School of Nursing and Department of Family Medicine, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University, London, ON, N6A 3C1, CanadaSchool of Nursing, York University, Toronto, ON, M3I 1P3, CanadaSchool of Nursing, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, V6T 2B5, CanadaDepartment of Epidemiology and Pediatrics, Children's Health Research Institute, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University, London, ON, N6A 3C1, CanadaFaculty of Nursing, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB, E3B 5A3, CanadaRelationships have both positive and negative dimensions, yet most research in the area of intimate partner violence (IPV) has focused on social support, and not on social conflict. Based on the data from 309 English-speaking Canadian women who experienced IPV in the past 3 years and were no longer living with the abuser, we tested four hypotheses examining the relationships among severity of past IPV and women’s social support, social conflict, and health. We found that the severity of past IPV exerted direct negative effects on women’s health. Similarly, both social support and social conflict directly influenced women’s health. Social conflict, but not social support, mediated the relationships between IPV severity and health. Finally, social conflict moderated the relationships between social support and women’s health, such that the positive effects of social support were attenuated in the presence of high levels of social conflict. These findings highlight that routine assessments of social support and social conflict and the use of strategies to help women enhance support and reduce conflict in their relationships are essential aspects of nursing care.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/738905 |
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| title | Rethinking Social Support and Conflict: Lessons from a Study of Women Who Have Separated from Abusive Partners |
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