TY - JOUR
T1 - Rethinking Women’s Mental Health After Intimate Partner Violence
AU - Moulding, Nicole
AU - Franzway, Suzanne
AU - Wendt, Sarah
AU - Zufferey, Carole
AU - Chung, Donna
PY - 2021/6
Y1 - 2021/6
N2 - This article reports on mixed methods research into intimate partner violence (IPV) and women’s mental health. Using an online national survey and life history interviews, quantitative and qualitative data analysis demonstrates how IPV negatively impacts women’s sense of self, with other multiple losses in relation to income, work, housing, and social participation further undermining recovery into the long term. The feminist concept of sexual politics is used to critically examine current responses to mental health problems after IPV, and a feminist-informed response is outlined that addresses the gender inequalities underpinning IPV and the psychological distress it produces.
AB - This article reports on mixed methods research into intimate partner violence (IPV) and women’s mental health. Using an online national survey and life history interviews, quantitative and qualitative data analysis demonstrates how IPV negatively impacts women’s sense of self, with other multiple losses in relation to income, work, housing, and social participation further undermining recovery into the long term. The feminist concept of sexual politics is used to critically examine current responses to mental health problems after IPV, and a feminist-informed response is outlined that addresses the gender inequalities underpinning IPV and the psychological distress it produces.
KW - coercive control
KW - feminist theory
KW - intimate partner violence
KW - mental health
KW - mixed methods
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85085951900&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - http://purl.org/au-research/grants/ARC/DP130104437
U2 - 10.1177/1077801220921937
DO - 10.1177/1077801220921937
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85085951900
SN - 1077-8012
VL - 27
SP - 1064
EP - 1090
JO - Violence Against Women
JF - Violence Against Women
IS - 8
ER -