Divorce and Health: An Intimate Partner Abuse Perspective

Divorce is a risk factor for aging-related morbidities and faster biological aging, but some individuals are resilient after divorce and others show health improvements. The objective of this study is to determine whether intimate partner abuse (IPA) that occurred in prior marriages, and particularly coercive controlling violence accompanied by fear, helps explain variation in health among divorced persons. This objective will be tested separately for males and females. Data from the National Violence Against Women Survey (NVAWS), a cross-sectional survey of 16,000 persons in the U.S., will be used to address the research objective. Males and females with a marital status of divorced (N = 1,411) will be included in this study. Mixture modeling will be used to identify subgroups of divorced persons using indicators of abuse and fear in prior marriages. Associations between subgroups and measures of health will be tested, adjusting for age, income, and other lifetime trauma. unknown other

离婚是衰老相关疾病及生物衰老加速的风险因素，但部分个体在离婚后可展现出韧性，另有部分个体的健康状况反而得到改善。本研究旨在探究既往婚姻中发生的亲密伴侣虐待（Intimate Partner Abuse, IPA）——尤其是伴随恐惧体验的胁迫控制型暴力——能否解释离异人群间的健康差异。该研究目标将分别针对男性与女性进行检验。本研究将采用美国《全国反家庭暴力调查》（National Violence Against Women Survey, NVAWS）的数据，该调查为针对16000名美国民众开展的横断面研究。本研究将纳入婚姻状态为离异的男性与女性受访者（N=1411）。研究将采用混合模型，基于既往婚姻中的虐待与恐惧相关指标识别离异人群的亚组，并检验这些亚组与健康指标间的关联，同时校正年龄、收入及其他终生创伤因素的影响。其余未知因素