Table 3.
Group Comparisons on Variables of Interest
| Variable | Test statistic | Low-control groups | High-control groups | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Group 1: No violence/low control (n= 73) | Group 2: Situational couple violence (n= 57) | Group 3: Nonviolent coercive control (n= 12) | Group 4: Coercive controlling violence (n = 48) | ||||||
| M | SD | M | SD | M | SD | M | SD | ||
| Frequency of marital violencea | 2.28* | 9.91 | 12.34 | 16.48 | 17.09 | ||||
| Frequency of marital injurya | 2.87* | 1.70 | 2.75 | 4.44 | 6.56 | ||||
| Number of severe violent acts in marriagea | 2.57* | 0.89 | 1.23 | 1.58 | 1.51 | ||||
| Number of violent acts since separation | 2.98* | 0.00 | 0.002,4 | 0.21 | 0.561 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.23 | 0.751 |
| Number of injuries since separation | 1.26 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.05 | 0.29 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.08 | 0.35 |
| Frequency of harassment since separation | 16.69* | 1.75 | 2.772,3,4 | 5.84 | 6.191,4 | 6.08 | 5.851,4 | 10.22 | 9.221,2,3 |
| Perceived future threat | 13.66* | 20.33 | 5.522,3,4 | 25.70 | 9.341,4 | 28.33 | 8.971 | 30.89 | 12.151,2 |
| Fear during marriage | 42.95* | 19.90 | 10.752,3,4 | 30.58 | 12.711,3,4 | 42.50 | 10.391,2 | 43.71 | 13.281,2 |
| Fear after separation | 17.07* | 0.27 | 0.672,4 | 0.72 | 0.961,4 | 0.75 | 0.974 | 1.46 | 1.201,2,3 |
Note.
a
Marital violence and injury variables are only applicable to the violence groups. Differences between Groups 2 and 4 on these variables were evaluated with t tests. Group differences for all other variables were examined using a multivariate analysis of variance with pairwise comparisons, controlling for mothers’ age. Numeric superscripts reflect differences between the group in that column and the groups designated by the superscript (p < .05).
*
F or t value significant at p < .05.