Citation

Rabito-Alcón MF, Puente-García R, Cámara-Blanco L, De Frutos-Moneo E, García-Jorge S, Correas-Lauffer J. Semergen 2013; 39(5): 247-251.

Vernacular Title

Percepción diferencial de la violencia de género por las inmigrantes rumanas residentes en una zona de la corona metropolitana de Madrid.

Affiliation

Comisión de Violencia, Hospital Universitario del Henares, Madrid, España. Electronic address: mfrenzirabito@gmail.com.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2013, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.semerg.2012.09.005

PMID

23834974

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Battered women have poorer health. Immigrant women have a higher risk of suffering abuse by their partner, with the most frequent type being psychological abuse. A large percentage of the population living in the health district of Coslada are of Romanian origin, therefore we designed a study aimed at determining whether there are differences between Spanish and Romanian women regarding the perception of different types of violence, expecting to find significant differences. MATERIAL AND METHODS: A total of 93 people (61.26% Romanian) were included in the study, and who were given a questionnaire with sociodemographic variables, family APGAR, and a questionnaire on perceptions of behaviors related to gender violence. Descriptive statistics and a hierarchical multiple regression analysis was performed on the results. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS: Nearly 30% of women from Romania and 10% of Spanish respondents were considering or had considered being victims of abuse. According to the data, the Romanian-born women in the sample identified easier those behaviours involving physical or sexual violence easier; while, like Spanish women had more difficulty recognizing psychological violence.

Language: es