Domestic violence is most commonly reciprocal

Is domestic violence screening helpful?

FROM 1993 THROUGH 1998, A PEriod when professional medical organizations such as the American Medical Association and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists recommended that physicians screen female patients for intimate partner abuse, violence against women by their intimate partners declined by 21%, according to the US Department of Justice. Experts in the prevention of intim...

Domestic Violence

A sample of 248 enlisted active duty females married to civilian spouses completed a selfreport survey that asked about their own and their spouse's violence. The survey also asked about their sex-role attitudes, marital satisfaction, alcohol use, childhood trauma, and depression. Results identified patterns of intimate partner violence and their relationship to the psychosocial risk factors. F...

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Social Themes of Domestic Violence Against Women

Introduction: Domestic violence against women is an ancient and common problem in any society. Knowing the leading social themes may help us to prevent and control domestic violence against women. The current study aims to investigate the role of access or lack of access to the resources in domestic violence against women. Methods: The thematic analysis applied as the research method. Thirty-on...

Domestic violence in Iranian infertile women

  Background: Millions of men and women suffer from infertility worldwide.In many cultures, infertile women are at risk of social and emotional problems.Infertility may affect the public health in many countries. Domestic violence is the intentional use of physical force, power or threat against oneself, another person or another group or community whichleadstoinjury,death,mentalharm, lackofdev...