The Prevalence of Domestic Violence Against Women Among a Group Woman: Ankara, Turkey

Akar, Taner; Aksakal, F. Nur; Demirel, Birol; Durukan, Elıf; Özkan, Seçil

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“…Findings stress the need to adopt a multidimensional approach to interventions for IPV. Controlling behavior, physical violence and sexual violence against women by husband/partner are largely prevalent in Nigeria, with 13% of the women having reported being exposed to at least one form of physical violence, significantly less than that experienced by women in Turkey (31.3%) [30], older women in the United States (21.9%) [31], and consistent with previous cross-sectional studies in Vietnam (13%) [11]. 63% of the women reported being exposed to at least one form of controlling behavior by their husband/partner, and 3% of the women reported being exposed to at least one form of sexual violence in their lifetime.…”

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Controlling behavior, power relations within intimate relationships and intimate partner physical and sexual violence against women in Nigeria

2011

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BackgroundControlling behavior is more common and can be equally or more threatening than physical or sexual violence. This study sought to determine the role of husband/partner controlling behavior and power relations within intimate relationships in the lifetime risk of physical and sexual violence in Nigeria.MethodsThis study used secondary data from a cross-sectional nationally-representative survey collected by face-to-face interviews from women aged 15 - 49 years in the 2008 Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey. Utilizing a stratified two-stage cluster sample design, data was collected frrm 19 216 eligible with the DHS domestic violence module, which is based on the Conflict Tactics Scale (CTS). Multivariate logistic regression analysis was used to determine the role of husband/partner controlling behavior in the risk of ever experiencing physical and sexual violence among 2877 women aged 15 - 49 years who were currently or formerly married or cohabiting with a male partner.ResultsWomen who reported controlling behavior by husband/partner had a higher likelihood of experiencing physical violence (RR = 3.04; 95% CI: 2.50 - 3.69), and women resident in rural areas and working in low status occupations had increased likelihood of experiencing physical IPV. Controlling behavior by husband/partner was associated with higher likelihood of experiencing physical violence (RR = 4.01; 95% CI: 2.54 - 6.34). In addition, women who justified wife beating and earned more than their husband/partner were at higher likelihood of experiencing physical and sexual violence. In contrast, women who had decision-making autonomy had lower likelihood of experiencing physical and sexual violence.ConclusionControlling behavior by husband/partner significantly increases the likelihood of physical and sexual IPV, thus acting as a precursor to violence. Findings emphasize the need to adopt a proactive integrated approach to controlling behavior and intimate partner violence within the society.

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Controlling behavior, power relations within intimate relationships and intimate partner physical and sexual violence against women in Nigeria

2011

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“…Ülkemizde yapılan çalışmalarda benzer sonuçlar görülmüştür. Erken yaşta evlenme, işsizlik, düşük gelir, iki çocuktan fazla çocuk sahibi olma ve eşinin düşük eğitim seviyesinde olması aile içi şiddet için risk faktörleri olarak bulunmuştur (20,21).…”

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Psychiatric evaluation of married women who exposed to domestic violence

Kaymaz¹,

Öztürk²,

Bağcıoğlu³

2014

Gaziantep Med J

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The aim of this study was to examine sociodemographic data of psychiatric outpatients married women who reported exposed to domestic violence and to compare their anxiety, depression and dissociation inventory scores with healthy controls. The study included 30 married women who reported exposed to domestic violence admitted psychiatry outpatient clinic of the Haydarpasa Teaching and Research Hospital and 30 healthy individuals without a history of domestic violence recruited from the community. The Beck Depression Inventory, the Beck Anxiety Inventory and sociodemographical form were administered to participants. Socioeconomic level is lower in abused women than in control group. Physical and verbal violence methods by husbands were applied (96.6% in both). The beck depression, the beck anxiety and dissociation experience scores were higher in abused women than in control group (p=0.023, p=0.034, p=0.045). Domestic violence may contribute development of psychiatric illness. Domestic violence should be questioned in psychiatry outpatient examination.

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“…In the Black Sea region of Turkey, the prevalence of domestic sexual violence 8.6% (Mayda & Akkuş, 2005). A study conducted in the Central Anatolian region reported this rate as 31.3% (Akar et al, 2010).…”

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“…Vung et al (2008) reported that married women are exposed to abusive behaviors, such as humiliation, undervaluing, and dislike (10.6%), and behaviors involving physical violence, such as frightening, threatening (49.2%), injuring, and agonizing (12.9%). Additionally, Akar et al (2010) showed that 11.5% of women report sexually insulting and humiliating behaviors of their partners. In national research on domestic violence against women in Turkey, the most frequently mentioned act of sexual violence was "having had sexual intercourse when she did not want to because she was afraid."…”

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Domestic Sexual Violence and Sexual Problems Among Gynecology Outpatients: An Example from Turkey

Alaman¹,

Yıldız²

2014

Women & Health

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Domestic violence is a universal problem, and sexual violence in marriage, in particular, is a hidden form of it. This descriptive, cross-sectional study was conducted to determine to the prevalence of domestic sexual violence by husbands, the prevalence of sexual problems, and the relation of these among married women attending a gynecology outpatient clinic. This study was performed in a university hospital in Turkey and data were collected February-April 2009. The study sample consisted of 200 married women, 53% of whom reported having been exposed to at least one type of domestic sexual violence behaviors by their husbands. Among those behaviors, the rate of marital rape was 33%. The frequency of experiencing any sexual problem was 82%. Women expressed that they mostly had orgasmic problems, and their husbands had premature ejaculation problems. The majority of women who reported sexual violence reported experiencing sexual problems; the frequency of sexual problems was higher in the participants who did (94.3%) than in those who did not report (68.1%) sexual violence (p < .001). Bad sexual harmony (Odds ratio [OR] = 13.50, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 3.87-47.01) and experiencing sexual problems (OR = 12.67, 95% CI = 3.78-42.35) were strongly related to sexual violence in marriage. The results also revealed that the prevalence of sexual violence and sexual problems among those married women who attended gynecology clinics was considerable, even though they did not report this to the health care provider as a problem.

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The Prevalence of Domestic Violence Against Women Among a Group Woman: Ankara, Turkey

Cited by 50 publications

References 15 publications

Controlling behavior, power relations within intimate relationships and intimate partner physical and sexual violence against women in Nigeria

Controlling behavior, power relations within intimate relationships and intimate partner physical and sexual violence against women in Nigeria

Psychiatric evaluation of married women who exposed to domestic violence

Domestic Sexual Violence and Sexual Problems Among Gynecology Outpatients: An Example from Turkey

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