Impact of Executive Function on Efficacy Obtaining Resources Following Intimate Partner Violence
Publication Date
8-2017
Document Type
Article
Organizational Units
College of Arts Humanities and Social Sciences, Psychology
Keywords
Intimate partner violence (IPV), Executive function (EF), Efficacy, Obtaining resources
Abstract
Following intimate partner violence (IPV), women risk losing resources needed to meet their basic needs, such as food and housing. To identify potential points of community intervention, the current study examined the role of executive function (EF) in women's efficacy to obtain resources following a police‐reported physical IPV incident. Participants were 199 women from diverse, urban, and largely lower‐income backgrounds. As predicted, greater physical abuse was associated with worse EF performance and worse EF was associated with less efficacy in obtaining resources 1 year later. Greater physical abuse was indirectly related to less efficacy in obtaining resources via EF, even when controlling for income. Results provide information regarding EF as a potential link in the relationship between IPV and obtaining resources among women of lower‐income backgrounds. In the context of limited resources, preparing community service professionals to use EF‐focused interventions (e.g., to structure tasks, repeat instructions) may support women's efforts to access resources.
Copyright Date
7-17-2017
Copyright Statement / License for Reuse
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Rights Holder
Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
Provenance
Received from CHORUS
Language
English (eng)
Publication Statement
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Lee, M. S., & DePrince, A. P. (2017). Impact of executive function on efficacy obtaining resources following intimate partner violence. Journal of Community Psychology, 45(6), 704-714. https://doi.org/10.1002/jcop.21887
Publication Title
Journal of Community Psychology
Volume
45
Issue
6
First Page
704
Last Page
714
ISSN
1520-6629
Recommended Citation
Lee, M. S., & DePrince, A. P. (2017). Impact of executive function on efficacy obtaining resources following intimate partner violence. Journal of Community Psychology, 45(6), 704-714. https://doi.org/10.1002/jcop.21887