From Health to Financial Problems: Multiproblems Among Victims of Partner and Non-Partner Physical Violence, and Matched Nonvictims

Abstract

Previous research suggests that victims of partner physical violence (PPV) often face multiple distinct problems, but comparative population-based studies focusing on the prevalence of multiple problems are lacking. Aim of the present study is to gain insight in the prevalence of multiple problems among individuals victimized by PPV in the past 12 months, compared with matched nonvictims and victims of non-partner physical violence (non-PPV). For this purpose, data were extracted from two population-based surveys conducted in 2018 and 2019 on potentially traumatic events in the Netherlands. We focused on problems identified in previous studies on PPV and non-PPV and related problems, varying from physical health, mental health, financial and legal problems, to lack of social support and being exposed to other potentially traumatic and stressful life events (LFEs). In total, 49 respondents were victimized by PPV and 89 by non-PPV in the past 12 months. They were compared with pairwise matched groups not affected by any traumatic or stressful LFEs in this period ( nPPV victims comparison group = 245, nnon-PPV comparison group = 445). Results showed that PPV victims significantly more often faced all 12 distinct problems than matched nonvictims (2.31 ≤ odds ratio [OR] ≤ 15.48) and non-PPV victims (2.12 ≤ OR ≤ 4.52). PPV victims more often had any problem than non-PPV victims (OR = 8.19), but no significant differences were found between PPV and non-PPV victims with regard to mental health problems. Findings stress the necessity of a multidisciplinary coordinated community response to help PPV victims.

Differences in mental health problems, coping self-efficacy and social support between adults victimised before and adults victimised after the COVID-19 outbreak: population-based prospective study

“…The brief screening Problems and Help Inventarisation List 17 was administered at all surveys to examine the prevalence of various problems such as general mental health problems, financial problems and physical problems. All respondents were asked to indicate for each of the problem types listed whether they experience these problems or not (1, yes; 2, no).…”

The use of professional help and predictors of unmet needs for dealing with mental health to legal problems among victims of violence, accidents, theft and threat, and nonvictims in the general population

“…The second aim was to examine the extent to which predictors of problem-related unmet needs among victims, differed from predictors of problem-related unmet needs among nonvictims. As expected, the total victim group compared to the total nonvictim group more often experienced mental health, physical health, work, partner/family, financial, administrative, and legal problems [ 1 – 6 ].…”

“…For the present study, data was extracted from three surveys of the longitudinal research project entitled Victims in Modern Society (VICTIMS) [ 6 , 10 , 31 ]. VICTIMS uses the Dutch Longitudinal Internet studies for the Social Sciences (LISS) panel for data collection.…”

“…At T1, T2 and T3 the brief screening Problems and Help Inventarisation-List (PHIL) [ 6 , 35 ] was administered. This list examines problems in various domains such as mental health problems, physical problems, problems at work, problems in the family/with partner, financial problems, administrative problems, and legal problems (1 = yes, 2 = no).…”

“…Adult victims of physical, sexual and partner violence, accidents, theft, and serious threat may face problems varying from mental health and work to financial and legal problems [ 1 – 6 ]. In addition, these problems may be interrelated.…”