Violence between spouses or other intimate partners primarily occurs in the home. The workplace, however, can provide opportunities for prevention of violence between partners. The overall goal of this study is to determine how workplace culture, job stress, drinking patterns, and individual/couple factors interact to influence attitudes toward partner violence and its occurrence. The project is a five-year study of blue-collar workers in the auto manufacturing and building trades industries, and their spouses/cohabiting partners. It includes a survey of 1000 couples (1000 married/cohabiting workers and their partners for a total of 2000 respondents), and 120 semi-structured interviews with key management, union and EAP personnel, and selected observations at the worksite. This project will provide a better understanding of how individual and environmental factors influence the occurrence of violence between workers and their partners.

 

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