Rethinking Social Support and Conflict: Lessons from a Study of Women Who Have Separated from Abusive Partners

• Main Authors: Sepali Guruge (Author), Marilyn Ford-Gilboe (Author), Joan Samuels-Dennis (Author), Colleen Varcoe (Author), Piotr Wilk (Author), Judith Wuest (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Relationships have both positive and negative dimensions, yet most research in the area of intimate partner violence (IPV) has focused on social support, and not on social conflict. Based on the data from 309 English-speaking Canadian women who experienced IPV in the past 3 years and were no longer...