Reproductive Health Problems and Depression Levels of Women Living in Sanctuary Houses as a Result of Husband Violence

Abstract

We conducted this study to examine the reproductive health status and depression levels of women who live in sanctuary houses after being subjected to domestic violence. The total number of women in the study is 65. Data were collected via descriptive, violence, and women's reproductive health problems questionnaires and the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI). The women had experienced all kinds of extreme violence. As regards to reproductive health, the women had undergone several kinds of disorders such as menstrual irregularities, genital infection, and premenstrual syndrome. Based on the BDI cut-off values, it was concluded that all these women need medical treatment.

Hope as a Mediator of the Link Between Intimate Partner Violence and Suicidal Risk in Turkish Women: Further Evidence for the Role of Hope Agency

“…Indeed, in one recent study with 390 women who had intimate/romantic relationships, Toplu-Demirtaş, Hatipoğlu-Sümer, and White (2013) found that nearly 79.5% of this Turkish female university students’ sample reported some form of IPV victimization in the past year by their intimate partners. Similar to patterns identified in women from other countries (e.g., the United States; Golding, 1999), Turkish women who have been victimized by IPV report a range of negative psychological outcomes (e.g., depression, mental distress; Ersoy & Yildiz, 2011). Moreover, consistent with evidence pointing to a strong and reliable positive association between IPV and suicidal risk in adults, Savas and Agridag (2011) found that Turkish women who had been a victim of IPV reported more depressive symptoms than those who had not been a victim.…”

“…Thus, for example, when working with Turkish women at heightened risk of suicide associated with IPV victimization, it may prove useful to help them recognize and reinforce their sense of personal agency (e.g., ability to effectively seek out treatment, ability to successfully manage work/school, etc.). Beyond interventions to build and maintain hope in Turkish women victimized by IPV, it is clear from our findings, and those of other studies (e.g., Ersoy & Yildiz, 2011; Kocacık et al, 2007), that it would be important to find ways to prevent the high prevalence of victimization of Turkish women in the first place. In that regard, it may be useful for researchers and practitioners to be mindful of ways in which social policies might need to be changed to protect all members of society from IPV victimization (TRPM-DGSW, 2009).…”

Attitudes of University Students Towards Domestic Violence Against Women

“…In many studies were determined that the scores of attitudes of male students towards domestic violence against women were high. [1,10,13]. This difference of people in the attitudes and behaviors towards domestic violence against women based on gender is explained by the gender roles attributed to men and women in the social structure and their traditions [14].…”

Understanding How Domestic Abuse Is Associated With Greater Depressive Symptoms in a Community Sample of Female Primary Care Patients

“…Although there are numerous negative psychological outcomes associated with experiences of domestic abuse, one of the most robust and reliable positive associations to emerge involving domestic abuse is with depressive symptomatology (e.g., Campbell, Sullivan, & Davidson, 1995;Ersoy & Yildiz, 2011). For example, Hathaway et al (2000) found women who had experienced domestic abuse from their partner in the past year were more than three times as likely as women who reported no domestic abuse to have developed depression.…”