UNDERSTANDING SCHOOL SABOTAGE AMONG SURVIVORS OF INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE FROM DIVERSE POPULATIONS

Abstract

**Please note that the full text is embargoed** ABSTRACT: Education is an important pathway to safety for survivors of intimate partner violence (IPV). Recent work documents tactics of school sabotage (behaviors aimed at sabotaging education) identified by school staff and advocates. However, more needs to be known about the perspectives of survivors. As part of a multiphasic study of 435 female community college students, 20 semi-structured interviews with IPV survivors were conducted. Identified tactics included disrupting child care, emotional abuse, and using manipulation to limit access to campus or resources. Identified impacts include preventing focus, diminished academic achievement, emotional or mental health challenges, and instilling a desire to overcome. [The published Version of this work, published by SAGE Publications in Violence Against Women, is available online: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1077801219862626]