The lifetime prevalence of domestic violence was 22.4% (95% CI 15.6% to 30.4%) among men and 22.1% (95% CI 15.1% to 30.5%) among women. The incidence and prevalence rates of domestic violence were considerably lower than in the US study, but similar to prevalence rates recorded in ...
Potential protection from violence has been suggested as an explanation for women’s preferences for more masculine partners. Previous studies, howeve
6% –or one million women in the UK– reported having experienced physical, psychological, or sexual violence by a current or former partner in the last year alone. But despite its prevalence, relativelyfew interventionsexist that prevent partner violence in the first place. ...
6% –or one million women in the UK– reported having experienced physical, psychological, or sexual violence by a current or former partner in the last year alone. But despite its prevalence, relativelyfew interventionsexist that prevent partner violence in the first place. ...
Using case review at a shelter for battered women and their children, this exploratory study investigated the association between physical abuse, exposure to domestic violence and intergenerational occurrence of child sexual abuse. The charts of 570 children were reviewed in an attempt to explore the ...
However in the UK, the British Crime Survey of 2009-2010 identified 29% of women experienced some form of domestic violence during their lifetime (Hall, 2011), whilst Feder et al (2009) identified rates of between 13 to 31%. The effects of domestic violence also have significant cost ...
Nearly a quarter of the women experienced physical partner violence in the past 12 months, and almost two thirds in their lifetimes. Recent victims had significantly higher rates of five psychiatric disorders (depression, generalized anxiety disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, drug dependence, ...
The issue of so-called ‘rape gangs’ is currently being used by the Right to undermine the government which has been in power for six months. In particular, the rhetoric ofElon Musk towards Jess Phillipsis incendiary, dangerous and does nothing to support victims of sexual violence whatsoever...
Aging women in abusive relationships experience the triple threat of being a woman, being an older woman, and being an older woman who is, or has, experienced domestic violence (Penhale, 2014). In an ageist society, a woman may find herself trapped in a difficult and dangerous situation of...
Rates and psychological effects of exposure to family violence among Sri Lankan university students ObjectivesThe study had two objectives: to examine the rates of exposure to family violence among students in a non-Western society, with Sri Lanka as a ca... MM Haj-Yahia,PD Zoysa - 《Child ...