The invisible wounds: The occurrence of psychological abuse and anxiety compared with previous experience of physical abuse during the childbearing year

1999 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 136-144 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Widding Hedin ◽  
P. O. Janson
Keyword(s):  
Physical Abuse ◽  
Psychological Abuse ◽  
Previous Experience ◽  
The Invisible

scholarly journals ASSOCIATION BETWEEN ELDER ABUSE AND TELOMERE LENGTH IN OLDER ADULTS WITH COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. S490-S490
Author(s):  
Boye FANG ◽  
Elsie Yan ◽  
Keith Tung ◽  
Gengzhen Chen
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Cognitive Impairment ◽  
Telomere Length ◽  
Physical Abuse ◽  
Elder Abuse ◽  
Domestic Abuse ◽  
Psychological Abuse ◽  
Previous Experience ◽  
Outcome Variable ◽  
Current Experience

Abstract Objectives: Elder abuse is a stressful event that can lead to compromised psychological and physical health consequences. This study examines the association between elder abuse and telomere length (TL), a biomarker reflecting cellular aging and disease pathogenesis. Methods: Between 2015 and 2016, 1,002 older adults (aged≥55 years) with cognitive impairment were consecutively recruited from the geriatric and neurological departments of three Grade-A hospitals in Guangdong Province of People’s Republic of China. At two-year follow-up, 958 of these participants were reassessed and 600 of them were randomly selected for this study. The outcome variable is TL (measured in blood cells using a multiplex quantitative polymerase chain reaction) and the major independent variables were current experience of overall abuse, psychological abuse, physical abuse, caregiver neglect, and previous experience of domestic abuse in the past two years. Potential confounding variables include demographic variables and increased severity of cognitive impairment, neuropsychiatric symptoms, sleep disorders, and depressive symptoms. Results: Multivariate regression models show that current experience of overall domestic abuse (t= -5.116, β= -0.376, confidence interval[CI] -20.231–-9.006), psychological abuse (t= -4.431, β= -0.231, [CI] -13.023–-5.023), physical abuse (t= -2.474, β= -0.151, CI -14.116–-1.621), and caregiver neglect were associated with shorter TL (t= -4.470, β= -0.185, CI -10.457–-4.072). Other predictors of shorter TL were previous experience of domestic abuse and increased severity of depression. Discussion: Both current and previous experiences of elder abuse are associated with shorter TL. Multidisciplinary efforts were needed to prevent and intervene elder abuse.

Child abuse and mandatory reporting: A review in progress

1997 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 35-39 ◽  
Author(s):  
Grant Holland
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Child Abuse ◽  
Child Maltreatment ◽  
Physical Abuse ◽  
Psychological Abuse ◽  
Mandatory Reporting ◽  
Physical Injury

In Victoria, and to some extent Australia, the last two decades have seen some clarification in the classification of the various forms of child maltreatment and abuse. Currently, the major recognised forms of child abuse are acknowledged as being:• physical abuse or non-accidental physical injury;• sexual abuse and exploitation;• emotional/psychological abuse; and• neglect.

Dimensions of School Climate: Teachers' or Principals' Power Styles and Subjects' Propensities to Be Climate Vigilant as Related to Students' Perceptions of Satisfaction and of Peers' Abusive Behavior

2002 ◽  
Vol 91 (1) ◽  
pp. 257-262 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nancy Verhoek-Miller ◽  
Duane I. Miller ◽  
Miyoko Shirachi ◽  
Nicholas Hoda
Keyword(s):  
Elementary School ◽  
School Climate ◽  
Physical Abuse ◽  
School Environment ◽  
Psychological Abuse ◽  
School Teacher ◽  
School Experience ◽  
Abusive Behavior ◽  
Expert Power ◽  
Positive Correlations

Two studies investigated teachers' and principals' power styles as related to college students' retrospective ratings of satisfaction and peers' abusive behavior. One study also investigated retrospective self-perception as related to students' sensitivity to the occurrence of physical and psychological abuse in the school environment. Among the findings were positive correlations between subjects' perceptions that their typical elementary school teacher used referent, legitimate, or expert power styles and subjects' reported satisfaction with their elementary school experience. Small but statistically significant correlations were found suggesting that principals' power style was weakly associated with ratings of psychological abuse in elementary school and physical abuse in middle school. Also, students who rated themselves as intelligent, sensitive, attractive, and depressive had higher ratings of perceived psychological and physical abuse at school. It was concluded that parameters of leaders' power styles and subjects' vigilance might be useful for understanding school climates. Experimentally designed studies are required.

Physical abuse, psychological abuse and neglect: Evidence of alcohol-related harm to children in five states of India

2016 ◽  
Vol 35 (5) ◽  
pp. 530-538 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marissa B. Esser ◽  
Girish N. Rao ◽  
Gopalkrishna Gururaj ◽  
Pratima Murthy ◽  
Deepak Jayarajan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Abuse ◽  
Psychological Abuse ◽  
Abuse And Neglect ◽  
Alcohol Related Harm ◽  
Related Harm

Psychological Abuse: A Variable Deserving Critical Attention in Domestic Violence

1999 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-23 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Daniel O’Leary
Keyword(s):  
Physical Abuse ◽  
Longitudinal Research ◽  
Psychological Abuse ◽  
Implicit Assumption ◽  
Common Definition ◽  
Retrospective Reports ◽  
Relative Neglect ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
Intimate Relations ◽  
Definition Of

Policy makers and researchers give psychological abuse considerably less attention than physical abuse in the partner abuse area. One reason for the relative neglect of psychological abuse is that there are difficulties in arriving at a common definition of psychological abuse that might be useful to both the mental health and legal professions. Another reason for the relative neglect of psychological abuse has been an implicit assumption that physical abuse exacts a greater psychological toll on victims than does psychological abuse. At the extreme level of physical abuse, this assumption seems defensible, but at levels of physical aggression that are most common in marriage and long-term relationships, psychological abuse appears to have as great an impact as physical abuse. Even direct ratings of psychological and physical abuse by women in physically abusive relationships indicate that psychological abuse has a greater adverse effect on them than physical abuse. Retrospective reports, longitudinal research, and treatment dropout research all provide evidence that psychological abuse can exact a negative effect on relationships that is as great as that of physical abuse. Finally, psychological abuse almost always precedes physical abuse, so that prevention and treatment efforts clearly need to address psychological abuse. Eight measures of various forms of psychological abuse that have reasonable psychometric properties and considerable construct validity are reviewed and a definition of psychological abuse in intimate relations is provided.

The association between abuse and the perpetration of subtle sexual coercion: The role of approach and avoidance motivations

2019 ◽  
Vol 36 (5) ◽  
pp. 1509-1526
Author(s):  
Ellie R. Mullins ◽  
Gery C. Karantzas
Keyword(s):  
Romantic Relationships ◽  
Physical Abuse ◽  
Sexual Coercion ◽  
Psychological Abuse ◽  
Romantic Partner ◽  
Heterosexual Couples ◽  
Potential Mechanism ◽  
Approach And Avoidance ◽  
Men And Women

Little research has investigated the associations between abuse and subtle sexual coercion within romantic relationships and the mechanisms that may underpin this association. Specifically, no previous research has investigated whether approach and avoidance motivations for engaging in sexual coercion explain this association. The aim of this research was to investigate whether approach and avoidance motivations pertaining to the perpetration of subtle sexual coercion may mediate the perpetration of psychological and physical abuse and the perpetration of sexual coercion. A total of 117 heterosexual couples (mean age = 30.42 years) completed measures assessing their approach and avoidance motivations for sexual coercion, as well as reports of abuse perpetration (physical and psychological) and sexual coercion against their romantic partner. Findings revealed that men and women’s perpetration of psychological abuse (but not physical abuse) was positively associated with their own avoidance motivations for sexual coercion perpetration and that women’s perpetration of psychological abuse was positively associated with their partner’s approach and avoidance motivations for sexual coercion perpetration. Avoidance motives were also found to mediate the association between psychological abuse and sexual coercion perpetration for both men and women. The results of this study highlight the importance of exploring motives as a potential mechanism to help explain the associations between abuse and sexual coercion within romantic relationships.

scholarly journals KEKERASAN FISIK DAN PSIKOLOGIS PADA NARAPIDANA LANSIA DI LEMBAGA PEMASYARAKATAN JAWA BARAT

2017 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 168-175
Author(s):  
Adiansyah Adiansyah ◽  
Sukihananto Sukihananto
Keyword(s):  
Physical Abuse ◽  
Screening Test ◽  
Elder Abuse ◽  
Psychological Abuse ◽  
Vulnerable Groups ◽  
Coping Mechanism ◽  
Psychological Violence ◽  
Religious Activities ◽  
West Java ◽  
Physical And Psychological Violence

Lansia merupakan kelompok rentan dengan berbagai risiko kesehatan. Kelompok rentan lebih mudah terpapar masalah kesehatan, salah satunya adalah kekerasan fisik dan psikologis. Kelompok rentan yang berada dalam tempat berisiko,   salah satu tempat berisko adalah lemabaga pemasyarakatan. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui gambaran kekerasan fisik dan psikologis pada narapidana lansia di lembaga pemasyarakatan Jawa Barat. Penelitian menggunakan sampel total berjumlah 36 responden yang terdapat di tiga lembaga pemasyarakatan. Instrumen penelitian merujuk pada Hwalek-Sengstock Elder Abuse Screening Test (H-S/EAST) dengan menggunakan skala likert. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa kekerasan fisik yang terjadi di lembaga pemasyarakatan sebesar 41,67% dan kekerasan psikologis 36,11%. Suku Sunda adalah suku yang mengalami kekerasan fisik dan psikologi paling besar dibandingkan dengan suku lainnya. Hasil penelitian merekomendasikan perawat, psikolog dan petugas lapas untuk bekerjasama dalam melakukan pencegahan kekerasan fisik dan psikologis, serta meningkatkan sarana keagamaan dan spiritual sebagai koping yang dilakukan oleh narapidana lansia. Kata kunci: kekerasan fisik, kekerasan psikologis, lansia, lembaga pemasyarakatan. Physical and psychological violence at the Penitentiary Convicts Elderly in West Java. Aging process causing elderly to become one of the vulnerable groups. Vulnerable groups are susceptible to health problems, including physical and psychological abuse. Penitentiaries is one of vulnerable places that causes elderly as a vulnerable groups. This study aimsto describe physical and psychological abuse on elderly inmates in West Java Penitentiaries.This study was conducted at three penitentiaries in West Java with 36 respondents usingHwalek-Sengstock Elder Abuse Screening Test (H-S/EAST) instrument. The result showed that physical abuse 41,67% and psychological abuse 36,11%.Sundanese is one of ethnic groups that showed the biggest percentage of elderly physical and psychological abuse among the other ethnics. Nurses, psychiatrist, and penitentiary officers need to prevent physical and psychological abuse together. Furthermore, nurses need to optimize spiritual and religious activities as a coping mechanism among elderly inmates. Keywords: physical abuse, psychological abuse, elderly, penitentiaries.

Psychological Abuse: Implications for Adjustment and Commitment to Leave Violent Partners

1999 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 55-67 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ileana Arias ◽  
Karen T. Pape
Keyword(s):  
Physical Abuse ◽  
Psychological Adjustment ◽  
Battered Women ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Psychological Abuse ◽  
Abusive Relationships ◽  
Abusive Partners ◽  
Intentions To Return ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Ptsd Symptomatology

The contribution of psychological abuse, beyond that of physical abuse, to battered women’s psychological adjustment and their intentions to terminate their abusive relationships was examined. Sixty-eight battered women residing in shelters for battered women provided information on their: (1) physical and psychological abuse; (2) psychological symptomatology; (3) strategies for coping with and perceptions of control over partner violence; and (4) intentions to return to their abusive partners. Multiple regression analyses indicated that frequency and severity of physical abuse was not a significant predictor of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptomatology nor of women’s intentions to terminate their abusive relationships. However, psychological abuse was a significant predictor of both PTSD symptomatology and intentions to permanently leave abusive partners even after controlling for the effects of physical abuse. PTSD symptomatology moderated the relationship between psychological abuse and intentions to terminate the abusive relationships: resolve to leave the abusive partner as a function of level of psychological abuse was significant only among women characterized by low levels of PTSD symptomatology. Greater use of emotion-focused coping strategies, absolutely and relative to problem-focused coping, had direct effects on PTSD symptomatology. However, neither coping nor perceptions of control moderated the effects of psychological abuse on psychological adjustment. The results of the investigation suggested that psychological abuse and ensuing PTSD symptomatology are important variables to assess among physically battered women.

scholarly journals PROTECTION AND REHABILITATION FOR WOMEN VICTIMS OF VIOLENCE ACCORDING TO INDONESIAN LAW (STUDY ON CENTRAL JAVA GOVERNMENT'S HANDLING THROUGH KPK2BGA)

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 312
Author(s):  
Ani Purwanti
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Physical Abuse ◽  
Violence Against Women ◽  
Psychological Abuse ◽  
Community Level ◽  
National Commission ◽  
Central Java ◽  
Legal Enforcement ◽  
Victims Of Violence

Based on the report of Indonesia’s National Commission of Women Rights, the data of violence against women in 2017 are distributed as 10205 cases of domestic violence (75%), 3092 cases in community level (22%), and 305 cases in nation sphere (3%). Domestic violence is the most occurred violence with 4281 cases of physical abuse (42%), followed by 3495 cases of sexual abuse (34%), 1451 cases of psychological abuse (14%), and 978 cases of economic abuse (10%). There are 3092 cases of violence in community level, where sexual abuse is placed in the first rank with 2.290 cases (74%), followed by physical abuse with 490 cases (16%), psychological abuse with 83 cases (3%), violence to migrant labor with 90 cases (3%), and trafficking with 139 cases (4%). The data in Central Java since 2014 until April 2017 noted 5881 victims of violence, consisting of 4724 female and male victims. The data showed that there are 5163 male and 425 female offenders in the violence cases.The fulfillment of the rights for women to get the protection and rehabilitation, especially to get quality, comprehensive, and continuous rehabilitation is urgently required. The regulation to protect and rehabilitate women as the victims of violence exists, although the implementation is not enough.This research used socio-legal approach; an approach overviews the legal and social aspect in observing and finding solution related to the problems in this research.Legal protection to women as the victims of violence exists in the Law and Regulation in Indonesia (Law of Domestic Violence, Law of Trafficking, Law of Victim and Witnesses Protection), while the rehabilitation to violence against women includes medical services, legal aid services, legal enforcement services, legal re-socialization, shelter service, home security services, and counselling services.

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