Date of Award
2023
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science in Human Development and Family Science
Department
Human Development and Family Science
First Advisor
Hans Saint-Eloi Cadely
Abstract
The current research explored the association between the effects of IPV victimization on mental health and identity exploration strategies of undergraduate college women. This study aimed to build on the existing literature by examining the associations between IPV and identity exploration strategies. The current study examined the following questions: (1) Does the experience of IPV relate to identity exploration strategies during emerging adulthood? (2) Does mental health explain the association between experiencing IPV and identity exploration strategies? Three forms of IPV were examined, psychological, physical, and sexual, along with the three identity exploration strategies, informational, normative, and diffuse-avoidant, with anxiety and depression treated as mediating variables. The research questions were examined using the bootstrap method to examine direct and indirect relationships between the predictors (psychological victimization, physical victimization, and sexual victimization), outcomes (informational identity style, normative identity style, and diffuse-avoidant identity style), and mediation variables (depression and anxiety) (Preacher & Hayes, 2004). Results from the study showed that anxiety and depression symptoms mediated the relationship between IPV victimization and the diffuse-avoidant identity style. Likewise, across all models all IPV variables were directly related to the diffuse-avoidant identity style and both mental health variables.
Recommended Citation
Ellison, Tyler-Ann, "THE ROLE OF INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE ON IDENTITY EXPLORATION STRATEGIES AND MENTAL HEALTH AMONG EMERGING ADULT WOMEN" (2023). Open Access Master's Theses. Paper 2310.
https://digitalcommons.uri.edu/theses/2310
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