scholarly journals The Relationship between Intimate Partner Violence and Family Planning among Girls and Young Women in the Philippines

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (9) ◽  
pp. 121 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Cordisco Tsai ◽  
Claudia Cappa ◽  
Nicole Petrowski
Keyword(s):  
Intimate Partner Violence ◽  
Family Planning ◽  
Reproductive Health ◽  
Young Women ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Unmet Need ◽  
Intimate Partner ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Contraception Use ◽  
The Relationship

<p>This study explored the relationship between intimate partner violence (IPV) and family planning among adolescent girls and young women in formal unions in the Philippines. Analyzing a sample (n =1,566) from the 2013 Philippines Demographic and Health Survey, logistic regression models were separately run for current contraception use and unmet need for family planning on recent physical violence (yes/no), recent sexual violence (yes/no), and recent emotional (yes/no). Findings revealed that the odds of using contraception were significantly higher among girls and young women who reported recent physical IPV (OR=1.84; 95% CI=1.13, 2.99; p&lt;0.05) and sexual IPV (OR=2.18; 95% CI=1.17, 4.06; p&lt;0.05). No significant relationship between recent emotional IPV and contraception use was found. Having an unmet need for family planning showed no significant relationship to IPV. The study adds to a growing body of literature revealing a positive association between IPV and contraception use. Findings hold implications for the provision of family planning services for adolescents and young women in response to the recent passage of landmark legislation pertaining to reproductive health in the Philippines, the Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Act. </p>

scholarly journals The relationship between intimate partner violence and probable depression among adolescent girls and young women in Lilongwe, Malawi

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (6) ◽  
pp. 865-876 ◽  
Author(s):  
Savvy K. Brar ◽  
Tara S. H. Beattie ◽  
Melanie Abas ◽  
Dhrutika Vansia ◽  
Twambilile Phanga ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Intimate Partner Violence ◽  
Adolescent Girls ◽  
Young Women ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Intimate Partner ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Probable Depression

Intimate Partner Violence and Psychological Distress Among Young Couples: The Role of the Pattern of Violence

2018 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 547-562
Author(s):  
Josette Sader ◽  
Camille Roy ◽  
Stéphane Guay
Keyword(s):  
Intimate Partner Violence ◽  
Psychological Distress ◽  
Young Women ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Intimate Partner ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Sem Analyses

The objective of this study was to assess whether the psychological distress of young men and women involved in intimate partner violence (IPV) is predicted by their reported role in the pattern of violence. Dyadic structural equation modeling (SEM) analyses were performed on a sample of 205 young couples, controlling for income, cohabitation, children, and the length of the relationship. Findings revealed that the most common reported pattern of IPV was mutual in nature. Reported bidirectional violence within the couple was related to distress for both sexes. The couple’s income and the length of their relationship were negatively associated with psychological distress, namely for young women. Findings point to the importance of considering therapy in a couple-context.

Young Women’s Intimate Partner Violence Victimization Patterns Across Multiple Relationships

2018 ◽  
Vol 42 (4) ◽  
pp. 430-444 ◽  
Author(s):  
Angie C. Kennedy ◽  
Deborah Bybee ◽  
Heather L. McCauley ◽  
Kristen A. Prock
Keyword(s):  
Intimate Partner Violence ◽  
Young Women ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Intimate Partner ◽  
Multiple Relationships ◽  
Coercive Control ◽  
Relationship Length ◽  
Intimate Partner Violence Victimization ◽  
Occurrence Patterns ◽  
The Relationship

We explored patterns of intimate partner violence (IPV) victimization at the relationship level within a socioeconomically diverse sample of young women who had experienced IPV. We recruited from a university, a 2-year college, and high-risk community settings. Drawing on life course theory and utilizing the life history calendar, we conducted retrospective interviews with 148 young women aged 18–24 about partner victimization (physical IPV, coercive control, and sexual IPV) within each relationship, beginning with their first (up to four relationships; 388 total). We assessed patterns of IPV across participants’ relationship histories: rates of the three IPV types and co-occurrence, by setting and relationship number; relationship length in association with the number of IPV types; and transitions into and out of abusive relationships. Coercive control was the most common IPV type across Relationships 1–4 (46–58% of relationships), followed by physical IPV (42–54%) and sexual IPV (29–34%); the most common co-occurrence patterns were physical IPV plus coercive control and all three IPV types combined. Relationships lasted 15–24 months on average, and relationship length was positively associated with the number of IPV types. Transitions were heterogeneous, with systematic, positive change in physical IPV from Relationships 1 to 2; setting was not associated with transition patterns. In the future, researchers should explore a relationship-level approach; prevention and intervention efforts should integrate sexual assault and partner violence, begin early, and target all youth. Additional online materials for this article are available on PWQ’s website at http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/suppl/10.1177/0361684318795880 .

Youth intimate partner violence: barriers and bridges during the ending process

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sibel Korkmaz
Keyword(s):  
Intimate Partner Violence ◽  
Young Women ◽  
Intimate Relationships ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Intimate Partner ◽  
Abusive Relationships ◽  
Individual Factors ◽  
Societal Norms ◽  
Ending Process ◽  
The Relationship

A substantial body of existing research offers valuable knowledge about how victims of intimate partner violence (IPV) manage to leave abusive partners. To date, however, such studies have focused on adult women. The present article focuses on abusive youth relationships and how they end, adopting an intersectional approach to place analytic focus on youth, gender and sexuality as societal positions. The data consist of in-depth ‘teller-focused’ interviews with 18 IPV victims aged 17–23 in Sweden. The theory-driven analysis brings to the fore a multilevel Ending Process presenting ‘barriers’ and ‘bridges’ on three levels: the societal, the social and the individual. Societal norms, social arenas and individual factors are all shown to affect youth victimisation as well as the relationship ending process. Gender norms seem to be key in understanding IPV among young women, as they appear to present a challenge to ending abusive relationships. It is important to acknowledge violence in youth intimate relationships and to consider the whole of a young person’s experience of IPV. Researchers, practitioners and policymakers need to be sensitive to how different societal positions interact and affect youth victimisation and young people’s ability to end abusive relationships.<br /><br />Key messages<br /><ul><li>It is important to acknowledge violence in youth intimate relationships and to consider how the experience of IPV may vary according to young people’s societal positions.</li><br /><li>Societal norms, social arenas and individual factors are all important aspects in understanding youth victimisation of IPV, as well as the relationship ending process.</li><br /><li>Gender norms seem to be key in understanding IPV among young women, as they appear to present a challenge to ending abusive relationships.</li></ul>

INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE AND UNINTENDED PREGNANCY AMONG ADOLESCENT AND YOUNG ADULT MARRIED WOMEN IN SOUTH ASIA

2016 ◽  
Vol 49 (2) ◽  
pp. 206-221 ◽  
Author(s):  
Enu Anand ◽  
Sayeed Unisa ◽  
Jayakant Singh
Keyword(s):  
Intimate Partner Violence ◽  
Young Adult ◽  
South Asia ◽  
Unintended Pregnancy ◽  
Young Women ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Intimate Partner ◽  
Married Women ◽  
Adolescent And Young Adult ◽  
The Relationship

SummaryThis study examined the relationship between Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) and unintended pregnancy among young women in South Asia using Demographic and Health Survey data from India (2005–2006), Bangladesh (2007) and Nepal (2011). The respondents were adolescent and young adult married women aged 15–24 years who had at least one childbirth in the five years preceding the survey. Bivariate and stepwise multivariate logistic regression analyses were performed to assess the relationship between IPV and unintended pregnancy. Thirty-eight per cent of the respondents in India, 52% in Bangladesh and 28% in Nepal reported having experienced physical or sexual IPV. Those who reported physical or sexual IPV had higher odds of unintended pregnancy (1.36 in India and 1.99 in Bangladesh). The findings indicate that IPV is a risk factor for unintended pregnancy among adolescent and young adult married women. Along with violence prevention programmes, a more responsive and youth-friendly health system needs to be in place to provide health care services to young women in these countries.

Screening young women for intimate partner violence in a family planning setting

Contraception ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 72 (3) ◽  
pp. 242
Author(s):  
V Breitbart ◽  
L Davidson ◽  
V Rickert ◽  
L Rottenberg ◽  
L Stevens
Keyword(s):  
Intimate Partner Violence ◽  
Family Planning ◽  
Young Women ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Intimate Partner

scholarly journals Assessing the relationship between intimate partner violence, externally-decided pregnancy and unintended pregnancies among women in slum communities in Mumbai, India

2018 ◽  
Vol 45 (1) ◽  
pp. 10-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anindita Dasgupta ◽  
Anita Raj ◽  
Saritha Nair ◽  
Dattaram Naik ◽  
Niranjan Saggurti ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Intimate Partner Violence ◽  
Reproductive Health ◽  
Unintended Pregnancy ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Multinomial Logistic Regression ◽  
Unwanted Pregnancy ◽  
Intimate Partner ◽  
Unwanted Pregnancies ◽  
The Relationship

BackgroundIndia contends with a high rate of intimate partner violence (IPV), which is associated with unintended pregnancy and reflects low levels of women’s decision-making control in relation to their reproductive health. Few studies from South Asia have examined the relationship between pregnancy decision-making, IPV and unintended pregnancy.AimThis study examined associations between unintended (mistimed and unwanted) pregnancy, women’s reports of pregnancy decided externally by husband or in-laws, and IPV, among a sample of married, postpartum women.MethodsData from the ‘Mechanisms for Relations of Domestic Violence to Poor Maternal and Infant Health in India’ study were analysed. Descriptive comparisons between levels of unintended pregnancy were run on all major variables. Unadjusted and adjusted multinomial logistic regression analyses assessed women’s reports of having externally-decided pregnancies and IPV victimisation in the year prior to pregnancy as factors in mistimed and unwanted pregnancies.ResultsMistimed and unwanted pregnancies were reported by 12.2% and 7.2% of women, respectively. Externally-decided pregnancies were reported by 8.8% of women. Some 29.4% of women reported experiencing physical and/or sexual IPV in the year prior to pregnancy. Women reporting externally-decided pregnancies were significantly more likely to have had mistimed pregnancies than intended pregnancies, as were women reporting IPV. Neither external pregnancy control nor IPV were associated with unwanted pregnancy.ConclusionsWomen’s exclusion from pregnancy decision-making and violence from husbands relate to their ability to time their pregnancies as they wish. The lack of significant association between external decision-making and IPV with unwanted pregnancy may be due to low reporting of unwanted pregnancy. The overall findings highlight the importance of integrating women’s involvement in reproductive health decision-making and IPV reduction messaging in programming for the women’s health sector.

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