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What leads young women to disclose abuse in their first relationships?
Women who experience partner violence at a young age don’t always show physical signs of abuse and don’t always disclose or recognize the dangerous position they’re in. A new study from Michigan State University is one of the first to examine multiple factors that influence young women’s disclosure of partner violence that occurred during their first relationships, when they were just under 15 years old, on average.
“Physical abuse is widely understood as unhealthy, wrong and abusive, but sexual violence and coercive control are less understood and still pretty hidden, especially among young women,” said Angie C. Kennedy, MSU associate professor of social work and lead author. “Raising awareness about these different types of partner violence is important, so survivors can label what they are experiencing, ideally early on during the relationship, share with someone and be met with nonjudgm
Researchers examine factors that make women to disclose abuse in their first relationships
Women who experience partner violence at a young age don t always show physical signs of abuse and don t always disclose or recognize the dangerous position they re in.
A new study from Michigan State University is one of the first to examine multiple factors that influence young women s disclosure of partner violence that occurred during their first relationships, when they were just under 15 years old, on average.
Physical abuse is widely understood as unhealthy, wrong and abusive, but sexual violence and coercive control are less understood and still pretty hidden, especially among young women. Raising awareness about these different types of partner violence is important, so survivors can label what they are experiencing, ideally early on during the relationship, share with someone and be met with nonjudgmental support.