An exploratory study of the association between intimate partner male-to-female violence, mental health problems and substance use among victimised women
Year: 2010
Type: dissertation
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: those participants experiencing physical and/or sexual violence with verbal abuse and/or controlling behaviour (Victim Type 1 and Victim Type 2). Furthermore, physical forms of male violence against female partners in general, but sexual violence (forced or demanded sexual intercourse) in particular, were statistically significant predictors of several forms of mental health and substance use problems, with the exception of pharmaceutics use for non-medical purposes. Women with Victim Type 1 experienced substantially higher prevalence of multiple forms of mental health problems and multiple forms of substance use (homotypic comorbidity) as well as co-occurring mental health problems and alcohol or other drug use (heterotypic comorbidity) compared to women with violence victimisation not involving sexual violence. In fact, sexual violence victimisation predicted women’s use of alcohol and other substances more than any other form of male violence against female intimate partners...
Author: Marika Guggisberg
Language: English
Subfield: Health
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2600334256