@article{ref1,
title="Women's Response to Intimate Partner Violence",
journal="Journal of interpersonal violence",
year="2006",
author="Ruiz-Perez, Isabel and Mata-Pariente, Nelva and Plazaola-Castano, Juncal",
volume="21",
number="9",
pages="1156-1168",
abstract="The responses of women to a situation of abuse by their partner has hardly been addressed in the literature. Using a self-administered, anonymous questionnaire, 400 women attending three practices in a primary health care center in Granada (Spain) were studied. The women's response to abuse was used as a dependent variable. Sociodemographics, intensity, duration, and combination of the types of abuse were used as independent variables. Lifetime prevalence of any type of partner abuse was 22.8%. Of abused women, 68% showed an active response, attempting to resolve the situation mainly through separation (58.2%). The factors independently associated with a woman's active response were being separated, widowed, or divorced; reporting a greater intensity of abuse; and being younger than age 35 years. The results of this study show that a large majority of abused women in Spain try to resolve their situation, and that they are not passive victims.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0886-2605",
doi="10.1177/0886260506290421",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0886260506290421"
}