Preseparation abuse, marital conflict mediation, and postseparation abuse

In: Mediation quarterly: journal of the Academy of Family Mediators, Band 9, Heft 3, S. 205-225

Abstract

AbstractThis article reports on a study designed to investigate the effects of preseparation hassles, preseparation abuse, and evaluations of the mediation process on postmediation abuse and hassles among a stratified, random, sequential sample of participants in marital conflict mediation. Hassles prior to mediation were found to be associated with postmediation hassles. Engaging in violence‐prevention activities prior to separation and being frightened of one's partner were associated with postseparation abuse. Evaluations of the mediation process were associated with postseparation abuse and only among those who participated in mandatory legal aid mediation. The authors discuss the implication of these findings for the construction of a screening instrument for mediation participants.