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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Biol Res Nurs. 2011 Mar 8;14(2):115–123. doi: 10.1177/1099800411398479

Table 2.

Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) Exposure Among Formerly Abused Women (n = 66)

Formerly Abused Women %
Type of Intimate Partner Violence
Psychological aggression 100
 Minor 100
 Severe 91
Sexual coercion 64
 Minor 64
 Severe 50
Physical assault 91
 Minor 89
 Severe 79
Injury 85
 Minor 80
 Severe 58
Relationship to abuser (n [%])
 Husband 15 (22.7)
 Boyfriend 46 (69.7)
 Girlfriend 3 (4.5)
 Acquaintance 2 (3.0)
Length of time in abusive relationship (years) mean 4.8
 median (25%, 75%) 3.0 (1.0, 6.5)
Length of time since abuse (years)
 mean 4.7
 median (25%, 75%) 2.0 (1.5, 6.0)

Note. Data on type of IPV were from participants' scores on the Revised Conflict Tactics Scale. Prevalence for type of violence is the percentage of women who reported at least one instance of that type of IPV during the last year of her relationship.