Gender based violence (GBV) negatively impacts on women's reproductive health (R.H) and is contrary to human rights and RH statutory instruments. The study triangulates quantitative and qualitative research methods with women in the reproductive age group being the target group. The study noted that 95% of the respondents experienced physical violence, 31% rape by a stranger, 92% spousal rape a...

Objectives For older adults coping with a spouse's chronic condition, greater marital satisfaction may not be entirely protective for psychological health. We examined marital satisfaction and gender as moderators of the association between perceived spousal suffering and daily emotional contagion. Based on empathy-altruism and interdependent self-construal theories, we hypothesized that high m...

Declaration of interest None. Fundingdetailed in Acknowledgements. Mental health sequelae to spousal violence are significant and have long-term health implications. Battered women were found to have more depressive symptoms than other women (Campbell & Lewandowski, 1997). Studies have shown that the more severe the abuse, the greater its impact on a woman’s physical and mental health (Laserman...

Aim: The purpose of this study was to predict being abused in close relationship based on communicational patterns and fear intimacy married women. method research is descriptive-correlational.
 Methods: This a correlation study, which 300 women Tehran were selected through convenience sampling they completed the Communication Patterns Questionnaire – short form (CPQ- SF) (Christense &...

There is a dearth of research on battered Filipino women's stay or leave decision-making process. The present study interviewed 40 battered women in the Philippines to explore factors associated with their decisions to stay or leave their husbands or partners. Results revealed that (a) battered women's decision to stay was associated with intrapersonal and interpersonal factors such as personal...

violence by family members, strangers and agents of the state; domestic abuse including spousal murder; being burned, disfigured with acid, beaten and threatened; ritual honour killings; and custodial abuse and torture. The focus of this paper is on Pakistani women, but references will also be made to women in South Asian countries such as Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Thailand, Malaysia...

BACKGROUND The objectives of the present study were to determine the magnitude and factors associated with sexual intimate partner violence (SIPV) in women presenting to tertiary-care hospitals of Karachi, Pakistan. METHODS Five hundred women who presented to four tertiary-care hospitals to deliver were interviewed from September to December 2005. SIPV was assessed by using questions on sexua...

conclusions: nearly half of the women presenting with trauma had experienced spousal feud or domestic violence; therefore, it is necessary to recognize spousal abuse and provide adequate support to traumatized pregnant women. background: trauma occurs in 7% of pregnancies and is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in the mother and fetus. objectives: the present study was conducted in kash...

Frequent use of physical aggression by humans appears to reach its peak between 2 and 3 years of age. In the following years most children learn alternatives to physical aggression. Approximately 4% of children have high levels of physical aggression from early childhood to late adolescence. These children can be considered to show chronic physical aggression. They are at high risk of causing i...