BEYOND BATTERING: Long-Term Effects of …

BEYOND BATTERING: Long-Term Effects ofDomestic ViolenceChristine Hagion Rzepka, MPH, CHES, The Ripple Effect2007 National Conference on Health & Domestic ViolenceSan FranciscoWhy Is This Study Pertinent to Public Health? Worldwide prevalence 1 in 3 women have experienced abuse within a committed intimate relationship at some point in time. Research on domestic violence (DV) has been focused on the acute transitional stage, or only shortly thereafter: only 1-2 years post-abuse. Although the Long-Term Effects of abuse on children has been widely researched, the Long-Term Effects on adult survivors is a virtual unknown. The few studies that have looked BEYOND the acute transitional stage have focused solely on psychopathology of former victims, without differentiating their state of functioning prior to the experience of abuse. Previous research has utilized a disease model, exhibiting clinical bias in both research design and in assumptions.

Purpose of the Study 1. To describe the long-term effects experienced by formerly battered women in the years following termination of the abusive relationship.

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