Type:	Journal Article
Title:	Childhood maltreatment, intimate partner violence, work interference and women’s employment
Other Titles:	Journal of family violence
Authors:	Alexander, Pamela C
Keywords:	Workplaces;Impact on children and young people
Year:	2011
Publisher:	Springer Publishing
Citation:	26 (4), May 2011
Notes:	This [US] study examined the long-term effects of childhood maltreatment, intimate partner violence (IPV) and work interference on women’s employment in a sample of 135 housed or homeless women. Work interference (defined as a partner’s interference with or restraint of a woman’s working) was reported by 60% of women who had experienced IPV and was more common among non-Hispanic White women. Abuse history of any type was not predictive of women’s employment or receiving job training, but child sexual abuse history and lifetime IPV were predictive of non-Hispanic White women’s not looking for a job. Receiving job training was negatively correlated with women’s current mental health. The study suggests different but overlapping pathways to the outcome of underemployment for racial/ethnic minority and majority women—namely, macro level factors and individual vulnerability factors, respectively. The need for trauma-informed services for unemployed and/or homeless women is highlighted. [?2011 Springer. All rights reserved. For further information, visit SpringerLink.]
URI:	https://anrows.intersearch.com.au/anrowsjspui/handle/1/13814
ISSN:	0885-7482
Appears in Collections:	Journal Articles

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