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Marital Violence in the Community

A Biographical Approach

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Bernice Andrews  and
George W. Brown
Bernice Andrews*
Affiliation:
Department of Social Policy and Social Science, Royal Holloway & Bedford New College
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∗Department of Social Policy and Social Science, Royal Holloway & Bedford New College (University of London), 11 Bedford Square, London WC1B 3RA
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Abstract

A study of women in Islington confirms earlier findings of a high rate of reported marital violence (25% experiencing it at some time in their lives). Women who had experienced marital violence tended not to repeat the same pattern in subsequent relationships. Violence was associated with childhood neglect, but not early violence. Premarital pregnancy and teenage marriage were links between early neglect and marital violence, and were also important correlates of later marital violence, irrespective of such earlier lack of care. These early-adult experiences were also related to spending longer in a violent relationship. Women experiencing marital violence were more likely to have been depressed, and to have had low self-esteem, in the 3-year study period.

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Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 153 , Issue 3 , September 1988 , pp. 305 - 312
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1988 

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