Who Is Most at Risk for Intimate Partner Violence?

Romans, Sarah; Forte, Tonia; Cohen, Marsha M.; Mont, Janice Du; Hyman, Ilene

doi:10.1177/0886260507306566

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“…Young age at marriage appears to be a risky factor for being a victim of spousal violence in this study. This is in agreement with the submission of Romans et al [33] in a study they conducted in Canada and also of the study of Sambisa et al [27] in Bangladesh. This is also in agreement with the findings from WHO multi-country study on women's health and domestic violence.…”

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confidence: 81%

Spousal Violence in Southwest Nigeria: Prevalence and Correlates

Alo¹,

Odusina²

2012

J Women’s Health Care

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Spousal violence is increasingly a health issue all over the world, especially in Africa where an unhealthy mix of tradition, inequality and ignorance aggravates the scourge. Despite numerous interventions from human right groups and NGO's, the problem is still widespread. This study investigates the prevalence of two forms of spousal violencephysical and sexual violence and its correlation among the people of Southwest Nigeria. Data was collected from 300 ever married or cohabiting women through an interview method, and it was processed with SPSS to generate simple percentages and logistic regression estimates. The sample was selected through multistage stratified random sampling technique across all the states of Southwest Nigeria. Spousal violence was measured using a Shorthand and Modified Conflict Tactics Scale. The result indicated spousal violence prevalence rate of 47.3% for ever experience of spousal violence, and 32% for spousal violence prevalence in the 12months preceding the survey. The common forms of physical violence are: kicking/pushing-31%, slapping-15.5% and arm twisting/throwing things at-14.1%; while the most common form of sexual violence is forced intercourse with 12.7% and 11.5% for ever experience and experience within the 12 months preceding the survey respectively. The experience of spousal violence varied substantially with number of living children, educational levels of women, union status and women's attitude towards wife beating. The paper concluded that there is a need for massive girl child education and the enlistment of social, political, religious and other leaders in speaking out against spousal violence.

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Spousal Violence in Southwest Nigeria: Prevalence and Correlates

Alo¹,

Odusina²

2012

J Women’s Health Care

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“…Notwithstanding these aforementioned difficulties, recent studies have noted the importance of integrating psychological aggression in IPV research as it is more prevalent, often a precursor of physical IPV, and may be more harmful than physical IPV (Follingstad, 2007;Follingstad & Edmundson, 2010;Krug et al, 2002;Péloquin, Lafontaine, & Brassard, 2011;Romans et al, 2007). Therefore, we hypothesized that in the present study psychological violence would also be more prevalent than both physical and sexual IPV (hypothesis 2) Individual Well-Being Experiences with IPV undermine the individual well-being of victims (e.g., Afifi et al, 2009).…”

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confidence: 99%

Intimate Partner Violence in Belgium: Prevalence, Individual Health Outcomes, and Relational Correlates

Hellemans¹,

Buysse²,

Smet³

et al. 2014

Psychologica Belgica

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The last decades, there has been an intensification of research on intimate partner violence (IPV) at both international as well as national levels 1 . Specifically in Belgium, two large representative population-based studies have already been conducted on IPV. The first study dates from 1988 and only analyzed violence against women (Vandewege, Bruynooghe, & Opdebeeck, 1988). The second study was extended to men (Bruynooghe, Nolanders, & Opdebeeck, 1998). As the most recent prevalence rates date from more than ten years ago, the major aim of the current study was to provide up-to-date national IPV prevalence estimates. In addition, this study further expands the knowledge on two topics that have only recently gained more research attention. These include the involvement of men as victims, which still remains a controversial research topic, and the examination of psychological IPV. Alongside registering the occurrence of IPV, we aimed to examine both the individual and relational well-being among IPV victims. Prevalence Research on Intimate Partner ViolenceThe World Health Organization (WHO, 2010) refers to IPV as "behaviour within an intimate relationship that causes physical, Hellemans, S et al. (2014) Research on intimate partner violence (IPV) using national samples is important to guide prevention efforts. However, the latest prevalence estimates for Belgium date from more than ten years ago. Therefore, this study used population-based cross-sectional data (N = 1,472) to assess to what extent adult women and men in Belgium experienced psychological, physical or sexual violence from their current partner in the last year. Next to assessing the association with individual health correlates, we explored the association between IPV and relationship quality. The annual prevalence of physical IPV in a current relationship was 1.3%. Only women experienced sexual IPV (0.3%). Fourteen percent of the respondents reported psychological violence and no differences were noted between women and men. Victims of psychological IPV reported adverse mental health outcomes and the effect was stronger for women than for men. Additionally, psychological victimization was associated with a diminished level of relationship quality, but no gender differences were noted.. Intimate Partner Violence in Belgium: Prevalence, Individual Health Outcomes, and Relational Correlates. Psychologica Belgica 54(1), 79-96, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5334ψ

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“…Scores on physical and psychological IPV victimization were not normally distributed in this sample (see Figures 1 and 2). To handle the skewed distribution of experiences with physical and psychological IPV, researchers typically classify respondents in two or three categories (e.g., Romans Forte, Cohen, Du Mont, & Hyman, 2007) although this results in the loss of meaningful variance of the continuous dependent variable. Moreover, using categorical instead of continuous variables may result in different findings (e.g., Doumas et al, 2008).…”

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Prevalence and Impact of Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) Among an Ethnic Minority Population

Hellemans

Loeys

Buysse

et al. 2014

J Interpers Violence

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The present study examined the prevalence of lifetime experiences of physical and psychological intimate partner violence (IPV) among members of the Turkish ethnic minority population in Flanders. In addition, this study explored how lifetime IPV victimization affects ethnic minority victims’ current mental, relational, and sexual well-being. Using a population-based representative sample, data from 392 adult Turkish women and men were investigated. Lifetime experiences of physical violence were reported by 14.3% of the Turkish respondents, while 66.0% reported at least one incidence of psychological abuse. Women were much more likely than men to report physical IPV victimization, but no gender differences were found for psychological IPV. With regard to the impact of IPV, it was found that lifetime IPV experiences do not appear to affect victims’ current mental health. However, higher levels of physical and/or psychological IPV victimization were related to increased levels of relationship dissatisfaction, anxious and avoidant attachment orientations, sexual dissatisfaction, sexual dysfunction (with distress), and to decreased levels of sexual communication. These adverse relational and sexual outcomes of IPV victimization were mainly present among women but were also, to a lesser degree, relevant for men.

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Who Is Most at Risk for Intimate Partner Violence?

Cited by 146 publications

References 47 publications

Spousal Violence in Southwest Nigeria: Prevalence and Correlates

Spousal Violence in Southwest Nigeria: Prevalence and Correlates

Intimate Partner Violence in Belgium: Prevalence, Individual Health Outcomes, and Relational Correlates

Prevalence and Impact of Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) Among an Ethnic Minority Population

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