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Violence Against Women, Vol. 12, No. 9, 838-850 (2006)
DOI: 10.1177/1077801206292671

Disability, Psychosocial, and Demographic Characteristics of Abused Women With Physical Disabilities

Margaret A. Nosek

Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

Rosemary B. Hughes

Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

Heather B. Taylor

University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston

Patrick Taylor

University of Houston, Houston, TX

In a sample of 415 predominantly minority women with physical disabilities recruited from private and public specialty outpatient clinics, we examined experiences of physical, sexual, and disability-related abuse within the past year and its associations with demographic, disability, and psychosocial characteristics. Logistic regression analyses identified 27% of the variance and indicated that women with disabilities who were younger, more educated, less mobile, more socially isolated, and who had higher levels of depression may have a higher likelihood of having experienced abuse in the past year. This model correctly identified 84% of the abused women with disabilities. Questions of directionality, the role of disability, and validity testing are discussed.

Key Words: abuse • depression • disability • minority women • social isolation • violence


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