Physical Conflict During Pregnancy: A Socioecological, Cross-Cultural Examination of Risk and Protective Factors for New Zealand Women. (September 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Bird, Amy L.; Underwood, Lisa; Berry, Sarah; Grant, Cameron C.; Gulliver, Pauline; Fanslow, Janet; Atatoa Carr, Polly E.; Fa'alili-Fidow, Jacinta; Morton, Susan M. B.
• Is Part Of: Violence against women. Volume 27:Number 11(2021)
• Page Start: 1930
• Page End: 1956
• Publication Date: 2021-09
• Subjects: intimate partner physical conflict -- pregnancy -- risk and protective factors; Abused women -- Periodicals; Women -- Crimes against -- Periodicals; Violent crimes -- Periodicals; Femmes victimes de violence -- Périodiques; Femmes, Crimes contre les -- Périodiques; Crimes violents -- Périodiques; 362.8292
• DOI: 10.1177/1077801220971356
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1077-8012

Abstract

Participants were 5, 831 women in their third trimester of pregnancy, part of a large, longitudinal, pre-birth national cohort study. Women reported on their experience of pushing and shoving, throwing or breaking objects within their relationship over the past month. Univariable regression models examined the association of a large number of potential risk and protective factors. Those significant at the univariable level were carried forward into final multivariable analyses, stratified by New Zealand's four main ethnic groups: European, Māori, Pacific, and Asian peoples. Relationship commitment, reduced family cohesion, and perceived stress were associated with increased risk across ethnic groups.