Pulling the Strings: Conversations About Coercive Control

Episode 3: Economic Abuse

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In this episode we take a closer look at the link between economic abuse and coercive control. We’ll explore how wealth, finances, work and resources can be used as a means of perpetrating coercive control, as well as discussing

resources for survivors of economic abuse to seek help and access support. 

To help us we welcome special guest Nicola Sharp-Jeffs. Nicola is the Founder and CEO of the charity Surviving Economic

Abuse (SEA), which is the only charity in the UK which focuses
specifically on raising awareness of economic abuse. To find out more about SEA click here.

You can click the links below to access some of the resources we

talk about in this episode, as well as some additional resources from our guest:

Resources:

  • Into Plain Sight Report by SEA: ⁠https://survivingeconomicabuse.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/P743-SEA-In-Plain-Sight-report_V3.pdf⁠ 
  • HSBC’s financial and domestic abuse support resources: ⁠https://www.h  sbc.co.uk/help/money-worries/financial-abuse/⁠ 
  • Barclays Help with Economic Abuse resource page: ⁠https://www.barclays.co.uk/forms/financial-abuse/help/⁠ 

    • News Articles:

    • AVIVA: Two in five Brits have suffered economic or financial abuse
      • https://www.aviva.com/newsroom/news-releases/2023/01/two-in-five-brits-claim-to-have-suffered-economic-or-financial-abuse/ 

      Academic papers:

      • 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
      • Green, J., Yamawaki, N., Wang, A.NY. et al. What Matters When Examining Attitudes of Economic Abuse? Gender and Student Status as Predictors of Blaming, Minimizing, and Excusing Economic Abuse. J Fam Econ Iss 44, 536–549 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10834-022-09859-8
      • Rachel J. Voth Schrag, Sarah R. Robinson & Kristen Ravi (2019) Understanding Pathways within Intimate Partner Violence: Economic Abuse, Economic Hardship, and Mental Health, Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment &
        • Trauma, 28:2, 222-242. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10834-022-09859-8
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