1. Assessing physical, sexual, and psychological violence perpetrated by intimate male partners toward women: a Spanish cross-sectional study
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Garcia-Linares, M. Isabel, Pico-Alfonso, Maria A., Sanchez-Lorente, Segunda, Savall-Rodriguez, Francisca, Celda-Navarro, Nuria, Blasco-Ros, Concepcion, and Martinez, Manuela
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Women -- Crimes against ,Sexual abuse -- Case studies ,Psychological abuse -- Case studies ,Conjugal violence -- Case studies ,Wife abuse -- Case studies ,Psychology and mental health ,Sociology and social work - Abstract
There have been many studies on the impact of intimate partner violence (IPV) on women's health, there being agreement on its detrimental effect. Research has focused mainly on the impact of physical violence on health, with few studies assessing the effect of sexual and psychological violence. Furthermore, there are many differences in the way violence experienced by women is assessed. While some researchers use available instruments, others develop their own questionnaires. This article gives detailed information about physical, sexual, and psychological violence, lifetime history of women's victimization, and aspects of women's behavior and feelings obtained with the questionnaire used in a Spanish crosssectional study. Our results corroborate that IPV is not homogeneous, it being necessary to ask women about each type of violence they have experienced. Furthermore, to accurately assess the impact of IPV on women's health, it is necessary to control for other variables that also have detrimental effects on health. Keywords: intimate partner violence; women; physical violence; sexual violence; psychological violence; lifetime history of intimidation
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- 2005