Cross-sectional and longitudinal relationships between psychological violence and teacher burnout

ObjectiveThe purpose of this study is to examine workplace violence (WPV) towards healthcare professionals in a multiethnic area in China, including prevalence, influencing factors, healthcare professionals’ response to WPV, expected antiviolence training measures and content, and evaluation of WPV interventions.DesignA cross-sectional study.SettingA grade III, class A hospital in the capital of Yunnan Province, which is the province with the most diverse ethnic minority groups in China.ParticipantsIn total, 2036 healthcare professionals participated, with a response rate of 83.79%.ResultsThe prevalence of physical and psychological violence was 5.5% and 43.7%, respectively. Healthcare professionals of ethnic minority were more likely to experience psychological violence (OR=1.54, 95% CI 1.16 to 2.05). Stratified by gender, male healthcare professionals of ethnic minority suffered from more physical violence (OR=3.31, 95% CI 1.12 to 9.79), while female healthcare professionals suffered from psychological violence (OR=1.71, 95% CI 1.24 to 2.36). We also found a unique work situation in China: overtime duty on-call work (18:00–07:00) was a risk factor for psychological violence (OR=1.40, 95% CI 1.02 to 1.93). Healthcare professionals of ethnic minority are less likely to order perpetrators to stop or to report to superiors when faced with psychological violence. They are also more interested in receiving training in force skills and self-defence. Both Han and ethnic minority participants considered security measures as the most useful intervention, while changing the time of shift the most useless one.ConclusionOur study comprehensively described WPV towards healthcare professionals in a multiethnic minority area. More research on WPV conducted in multiethnic areas is needed.

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Elderly victims of abuse: a five year document analysis

Revista Brasileira de Geriatria e Gerontologia ◽

10.1590/1809-9823.2016.15037 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 19 (1) ◽

pp. 87-94 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Cléa Adas Saliba Garbin ◽

Renata Colturato Joaquim ◽

Tânia Adas Saliba Rovida ◽

Artênio José Isper Garbin

Keyword(s):

Emotional Abuse ◽

Family Relationship ◽

Elderly Person ◽

The Elderly ◽

Psychological Violence ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Police Records ◽

Perpetrators And Victims ◽

Location Type ◽

Relationship Of

Objective To verify the occurrence of maltreatment of the elderly and its characteristics (location, type, reason, involvement of alcohol/drugs, profile and family relationship of victims and perpetrators) from the police records of a specialized police station over a five year period. Method A cross-sectional, descriptive and documentary analytical study was performed. The police reports of a medium-sized municipality in the northwest of São Paulo were analyzed from 2008 to 2012. The sociodemographic characteristics of the perpetrators and victims and the data relating to the aggression investigated were: violence; location; reason; the presence of alcohol and drugs during the assault and victim-offender relationship. Data was tabulated using descriptive statistical analysis. Results Of a total of 572 cases, most of the perpetrators were men (69.2%), Caucasian (56.5%), aged 31-40 years (14.20%) with no information regarding occupation provided (50.70%); most of the victims were women (93.0%), Caucasian (71.5%), aged 60-65 years (46.30%), married (34.10%) and unemployed/retired (59.98 %). Emotional abuse was prevalent (57.0%), occurred in the home of the elderly person (81.3%) and the children of the elderly were the main perpetrators (25.3%). The motives were related to arguments in most cases (53.1%). Conclusion Women who were Caucasian, married, aged 60-65, unemployed/retired were the main victims, with the perpetrators most frequently their own children, also Caucasian, single and aged 31-40 years. Psychological violence was the most prevalent, primarily triggered by disagreements among those involved, and it occurred most frequently in the residence of the victim. Most of the attackers were not under the influence of alcohol/drugs.

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Mental Health and Social Function Among Women Subjected to Intimate Partner Violence: A Cross-Sectional Study

ACTA MEDICA IRANICA ◽

10.18502/acta.v57i9.2638 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Leila Amini ◽

Maryam Heidary ◽

Hamidreza Daneshparvar ◽

Homa Sadeghi Avval Shahr ◽

Abbas Mehran ◽

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Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Intimate Partner Violence ◽

Partner Violence ◽

Physical Violence ◽

Social Function ◽

Intimate Partner ◽

Depression Symptoms ◽

Psychological Violence ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Verbal Violence

Intimate partner violence is a serious public health problem in all societies that affects all aspects of the victim’s health, especially mental health. The present study aimed to determine the relationship between intimate partner violence and mental health among Iranian women who referred to the Forensic Medicine Center in Tehran. This cross-sectional study was done on 196 married women who referred to the south center of Forensic Medicine in Tehran. Data were collected in 2013 by using three questionnaires: a demographic questionnaire, CTS-2, and GHQ-28. Data analyzed by using SPSS-14 software. The age of participants was 29.9±6.3 years (range 18-57 years). Most women were housekeepers (73%) with moderate economic status (48.5%). Physical violence had the highest mean score (37.29±16.80); and after that, highest mean scores are related to Psychological violence 29.37±7.01, verbal violence 14.83±8.15, Physical violence leading to injury 14.47±6.85, and sexual violence 8.38±7.36, respectively. Verbal violence didn’t show any relation with all subscales of mental health. The somatic and anxiety symptoms were significantly correlated to total, and all violence subscales score (P<0.001). Also, social function was correlated to total violence score (P=0.032), Sexual (P=0.002), and psychological violence (P=0.025). Depression symptoms were correlated to total violence score (P<0.001), physical leading to damage violence (P<0.001), Sexual violence (P<0.001), Psychological violence (P=0.002), and physical violence (P<0.001). Our results showed IPV is related to the mental health of battered women, but verbal violence didn’t show any statistical relationship with somatic, anxiety, and depression symptoms and social function.

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Perception, Prevalence, and Determinants of Intimate Partner Violence During Pregnancy in Urban Slums of Pune, Maharashtra, India

Journal of Interpersonal Violence ◽

10.1177/0886260520914548 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 088626052091454

Author(s):

Suresh Jungari ◽

Sneha Chinchore

Keyword(s):

Violence Against Women ◽

Partner Violence ◽

Physical Violence ◽

Urban Slums ◽

Reproductive Age ◽

Psychological Violence ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Factors Affecting ◽

Study Results ◽

Violence During Pregnancy

There is limited evidence on the prevalence and determinants of violence against pregnant women in India. Previous studies were entirely restricted to the violence against women in the reproductive age group. There is lack of evidence about the factors affecting violence against women during pregnancy. Understanding such factors, women’s perception regarding violence during pregnancy and their justification of such violence could manifest an important aspect of violence. Women living in slum communities particularly are victims of violence. In this context, this study intended to examine women’s perception, prevalence of, and factors affecting the violence against women during pregnancy in the slum communities of Pune. A community-based cross-sectional study of 1-year duration was undertaken in urban slums of Pune city, Maharashtra, India. The study participants were women who have delivered 2 years preceding the survey. Using simple random sampling, 500 women were selected from 10 purposively selected slums. House-to-house visits were made and face-to-face interviews conducted using a pretested structured questionnaire. Univariate, bivariate, and logistic regression analyses were applied. The study results show that 15.3% of women have experienced violence during their recent pregnancy. Furthermore, 9.2% of women experienced physical violence, 1.8% sexual violence, and 11.2% psychological violence. Education level of women, husband’s education and alcohol consumption, history of violence in the family, and provision of spurious justification for violence have emerged as some of the leading factors associated with the violence inflicted during pregnancy. Effective interventions at both community and health care settings are needed urgently to reduce the violence inflicted during pregnancy.

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Cross-sectional and longitudinal relationships between rest-activity rhythms and circulating inflammatory markers in older men: the osteoporotic fractures in men sleep study

Sleep Medicine ◽

10.1016/j.sleep.2019.11.1178 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 64 ◽

pp. S424-S425

Author(s):

Q. Xiao ◽

D. Evans ◽

S. Redline ◽

N. Lane ◽

S. Ancoli-Israel ◽

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Keyword(s):

Inflammatory Markers ◽

Osteoporotic Fractures ◽

Older Men ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Sleep Study ◽

Activity Rhythms ◽

Longitudinal Relationships ◽

Circulating Inflammatory Markers ◽

Rest Activity

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Overprotective Parenting, Social Anxiety, and External Locus of Control: Cross-sectional and Longitudinal Relationships

Cognitive Therapy and Research ◽

10.1007/s10608-008-9227-5 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 33 (6) ◽

pp. 543-551 ◽

Cited By ~ 70

Author(s):

Megan Spokas ◽

Richard G. Heimberg

Keyword(s):

Locus Of Control ◽

Social Anxiety ◽

External Locus ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Overprotective Parenting ◽

External Locus Of Control ◽

Longitudinal Relationships

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0286 Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Relationships between Rest-Activity Rhythms and Metabolic Biomarkers in Older Men: The Osteoporotic Fractures in Men Sleep Study

SLEEP ◽

10.1093/sleep/zsz067.285 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 42 (Supplement_1) ◽

pp. A116-A117

Author(s):

Qian Xiao ◽

Daniel S Evans ◽

Susan Redline ◽

Nancy Lane ◽

Sonia Ancoli-Israel ◽

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Keyword(s):

Osteoporotic Fractures ◽

Older Men ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Sleep Study ◽

Activity Rhythms ◽

Metabolic Biomarkers ◽

Longitudinal Relationships ◽

Rest Activity

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Sexual violence against women in Sweden: Associations with combined childhood violence and sociodemographic factors

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health ◽

10.1177/1403494820939015 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 140349482093901

Author(s):

Mariella Öberg ◽

Alkistis Skalkidou ◽

Gun Heimer ◽

Steven Lucas

Keyword(s):

Confidence Interval ◽

Sexual Violence ◽

Odds Ratio ◽

Sociodemographic Factors ◽

Adult Women ◽

College Level ◽

Psychological Violence ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Childhood Violence ◽

Physical And Psychological Violence

Aims: This cross-sectional, population-based study aimed to investigate the prevalence of violence polyvictimization during childhood and sexual violence in adulthood among women, and how childhood violence exposure and sociodemographic factors associate with women’s risk of experiencing sexual violence in adulthood. Methods: A survey regarding lifetime experiences of sexual, physical and psychological violence was sent to a national sample of 10,000 women aged 18–74 years, of which 56% participated. Data were analysed using Chi-square analyses and logistic regression. Results: Sexual violence before 18 years of age was reported by 16.3% and rape/attempted rape in adulthood by 10.2% of the women. In univariate analyses, sexual, physical, and psychological violence during childhood was associated with rape/attempted rape in adulthood (odds ratio 4.5, confidence interval 3.2–6.2; odds ratio 2.5, confidence interval 1.3–4.6; and odds ratio 2.5, confidence interval 1.8–3.2, respectively). Associations were stronger for combined exposure to sexual and physical (odds ratio 5.5, confidence interval 2.5–12.3), sexual and psychological (odds ratio 9.2, confidence interval 6.7–12.8) or sexual, physical, and psychological violence (odds ratio 14.1, confidence interval 10.4–19.2) during childhood. Rape/attempted rape after 18 years of age was more common among women who were single, those with college-level education and those who had been unemployed or had received social welfare payments. Most associations remained relatively unchanged when including all exposure and background variables in multivariate analyses. Conclusions: Although several of the sociodemographic factors studied showed significant associations, multiple exposure to violence during childhood was found to be the most potent risk factor for sexual violence in adulthood among adult women.

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