Citation

Romito P, Beltramini L, Escribà-Agüir V. Violence Against Women 2013; 19(1): 89-106.

Affiliation

University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2013, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/1077801212475339

PMID

23363657

Abstract

Only a few studies have analyzed the health impact of intimate partner violence (IPV) on male and female adolescents, taking into account other kinds of violence that can affect their health. In this study, 43.7% of female adolescents and 34.8% of males reported IPV; females reported more psychological and sexual IPV, with no differences for physical IPV. Controlling for family and sexual violence and other confounding factors, female adolescents exposed to IPV had significantly higher adjusted odds ratios (AORs) for depression, panic attacks, eating problems, and suicidal ideation. For male adolescents, only the OR of eating problems almost reached statistical significance.

Language: en