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Is the End Really the End? Prevalence and Correlates of College Women's Intentions to Return to an Abusive Relationship.

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Fifty-six college women completed surveys before and after terminating an abusive, heterosexual dating relationship. Whereas 64% of women had contact with their abusive partner post break-up, only 14% reported a moderate to high likelihood that they would return. Intentions to return were prospectively predicted by fewer perceived quality of alternatives, and cross-sectional correlates of intentions to return were being single, shorter time since relationship termination, having contact with one's abusive ex-partner, and social pressure to return. These data can be used to inform intervention and advocacy efforts and to guide future research.

Year of Publication
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2018
Journal
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Violence against women
Volume
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24
Issue
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2
Number of Pages
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207-222
ISSN Number
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1077-8012
URL
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http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1077801216686220?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org&rfr_dat=cr_pub%3dpubmed
DOI
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10.1177/1077801216686220
Short Title
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Violence Against Women
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