Social support and intimate partner violence in rural Pakistan: A longitudinal investigation of the bi-directional relationship.

ABSTRACT: A large body of cross-sectional evidence finds strong and consistent associations between social support and intimate partner violence (IPV). However, the directionality of this relationship has not been firmly established due to a dearth of longitudinal evidence. Using cohort study data collected over a 3 year period from 945 women in rural Pakistan, we investigated the longitudinal relationship between IPV and social support. Friend and family social support was measured with the Multidimensional Perceived Social Support Scale, and IPV was measured with questions adopted from the World Health Organization's Violence Against Women Instrument, which was used to construct a measure of IPV severity. We estimated longitudinal associations in linear regression models that controlled for women'

SUBMITTER: Richardson RA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9343409 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature