TY - JOUR
T1 - Women’s Reproductive Coercion and Pregnancy Avoidance
T2 - Associations With Homicide Risk, Sexual Violence, and Religious Abuse
AU - Bagwell-Gray, Meredith E.
AU - Thaller, Jonel
AU - Messing, Jill T.
AU - Durfee, Alesha
N1 - Funding Information:
The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: National Science Foundation (grant #1154098).
Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2021.
PY - 2021/10
Y1 - 2021/10
N2 - This survey study explores patterns of reproductive coercion (RC) and pregnancy avoidance (PA) among women recruited from domestic violence shelters in the southwestern United States (N = 661). Two logistic regression models assessed the demographic, relationships, and violence characteristics associated with RC and PA. Younger, African American, and Hispanic women were more likely to experience RC. Homicide risk, sexual intimate partner violence (IPV), and religious abuse were associated with RC, and RC and homicide risk were associated with PA. We discuss implications of the associations between RC and PA and their links to religious abuse, sexual IPV, and homicide risk.
AB - This survey study explores patterns of reproductive coercion (RC) and pregnancy avoidance (PA) among women recruited from domestic violence shelters in the southwestern United States (N = 661). Two logistic regression models assessed the demographic, relationships, and violence characteristics associated with RC and PA. Younger, African American, and Hispanic women were more likely to experience RC. Homicide risk, sexual intimate partner violence (IPV), and religious abuse were associated with RC, and RC and homicide risk were associated with PA. We discuss implications of the associations between RC and PA and their links to religious abuse, sexual IPV, and homicide risk.
KW - intimate partner homicide
KW - intimate partner violence
KW - pregnancy avoidance
KW - reproductive coercion
KW - sexual violence
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U2 - 10.1177/10778012211005566
DO - 10.1177/10778012211005566
M3 - Article
C2 - 34165023
AN - SCOPUS:85108809165
SN - 1077-8012
VL - 27
SP - 2294
EP - 2312
JO - Violence Against Women
JF - Violence Against Women
IS - 12-13
ER -