Economic Abuse | Resources and Research
This page is filled with dedicated and valuable resources amd research papers on the subject of economic abuse. I plan to add more content in the future, but I hope that even at this early stage, it will provide you with new information, help you better support yourself or others, and offer a greater understanding of this critical aspect of Gender-Based Violence or Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG).
Adams, A. E., Sullivan, C. M., Bybee, D., & Greeson, M. R. (2008). Development of the Scale of Economic Abuse. Violence Against Women, 14(5), 563-588. https://doi.org/10.1177/1077801208315529
Bruno, L., Strid, S., & Ekbrand, H. (2025). Men’s economic abuse toward women in Sweden: Findings from a national survey. Violence Against Women, 31(9), 2194–2218. https://doi.org/10.1177/10778012241257248
Byrt, A., & Cook, K. (2025a). Mapping Gendered Economic Abuse Across the Relationship Lifecourse: A Qualitative Meta-Ethnography. Journal of Family Violence. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10896-025-00872-7
Chatterji, S., O’Connor, J., Zane, A., & Steinert, J. I. (2025). Economic Abuse in Low and Middle-Income Countries: A Scoping Review. Trauma, Violence, & Abuse. https://doi.org/10.1177/15248380251325194
Eriksson, M., & Ulmestig, R. (2021). “It’s Not All About Money”: Toward a More Comprehensive Understanding of Financial Abuse in the Context of VAW. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 36(3-4), NP1625-1651NP. https://doi.org/10.1177/0886260517743547
Johnson, L., Chen, Y., Stylianou, A., & Arnold, A. (2022). Examining the impact of economic abuse on survivors of intimate partner violence: a scoping review. BMC Public Health, 22(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-13297-4
Kaiser, R. (2026). Economic Abuse in Coercive Control Trajectories: Applying Escalation Pattern Analysis to Intimate Partner Violence. Trauma, Violence, & Abuse, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/15248380261439143
Kaittila, A., Hakovirta, M., & Kainulainen, H. (2024). Types of Economic Abuse in Postseparation Lives of Women Experiencing IPV: A Qualitative Study from Finland. Violence Against Women, 30(2), 426-444. https://doi.org/10.1177/10778012221127727
Mellar, B. M., Fanslow, J. L., Gulliver, P. J., & McIntosh, T. K. D. (2024). Economic Abuse by An Intimate Partner and Its Associations with Women’s Socioeconomic Status and Mental Health. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 39(21-22), 4415-4437. https://doi.org/10.1177/08862605241235140
Postmus, J. L., Hoge, G. L., Breckenridge, J., Sharp-Jeffs, N., & Chung, D. (2020). Economic Abuse as an Invisible Form of Domestic Violence: A Multicountry Review. Trauma, Violence, & Abuse, 21(2), 261-283. https://doi.org/10.1177/1524838018764160
Postmus, J. L., Plummer, S.-B., McMahon, S., Murshid, N. S., & Kim, M. S. (2012). Understanding economic abuse in the lives of survivors. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 27(3), 411–430. https://doi.org/10.1177/0886260511421669
Postmus, J. L., Plummer, S.-B., & Stylianou, A. M. (2016). Measuring Economic Abuse in the Lives of Survivors: Revising the Scale of Economic Abuse. Violence Against Women, 22(6), 692-703. https://doi.org/10.1177/1077801215610012
Redfern Legal Centre & University of New South Wales. (2023). Financial abuse and intimate partner violence: A study of systemic responses. Author. https://rlc.org.au/sites/default/files/attachments/UNSW%20report%201%20-%20Financial%20Abuse%20and%20IPV.pdf
Sanders, C. K. (2015). Economic Abuse in the Lives of Women Abused by an Intimate Partner: A Qualitative Study. Violence Against Women, 21(1), 3-29. https://doi.org/10.1177/1077801214564167
Sarac, E., & Odabas, D. (2025). Gender-based economic violence and the exploitation of women: A deep dive. World Journal of Psychiatry, 15(3). https://doi.org/10.5498/wjp.v15.i3.103725
Scott, S. E., Laubacher, C., Chang, J., Miller, E., Bocinski, S. G., & Ragavan, M. I. (2024). Perinatal Economic Abuse: Experiences, Impacts, and Needed Resources. Journal of Women’s Health, 33(11), 1536-1553. https://doi.org/10.1089/jwh.2024.0119
Sharp-Jeffs, N. (2015). A review of policy and research literature on financial abuse in the context of intimate partner violence. Child and Woman Abuse Studies Unit (CWASU), London Metropolitan University. https://repository.londonmet.ac.uk/1481/
Sharp-Jeffs, N. (2015). Money matters: Research into the extent and nature of financial abuse within intimate relationships in the UK. Child and Woman Abuse Studies Unit (CWASU), London Metropolitan University. https://repository.londonmet.ac.uk/1481/
Sharp-Jeffs, N. (2021). Understanding the economics of abuse: an assessment of the economic abuse definition within the Domestic Abuse Bill. Journal of Gender-Based Violence, 5(1), 163-173. https://doi.org/10.1332/239788220×16076181041680
Stylianou, A. M. (2018). Economic abuse within intimate partner violence: A review of the literature. Violence and Victims, 33(1), 3–22. https://doi.org/10.1891/0886-6708.33.1.3
Stylianou, A. M., Postmus, J. L., & McMahon, S. (2013). Measuring Abusive Behaviors: Is Economic Abuse a Unique Form of Abuse? Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 28(16), 3186-3204. https://doi.org/10.1177/0886260513496904
Surviving Economic Abuse: Surviving Economic Abuse is a UK charity that raises awareness of economic abuse, supports survivors, and works with banks, policymakers, and professionals to improve responses and prevention. https://survivingeconomicabuse.org/