TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2006//
TI  - Women's Response to Intimate Partner Violence
JO  - Journal of interpersonal violence
A1  - Ruiz-Perez, Isabel
A1  - Mata-Pariente, Nelva
A1  - Plazaola-Castano, Juncal
SP  - 1156
EP  - 1168
VL  - 21
IS  - 9
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0886-2605
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0886260506290421
ID  - ref1
ER  -