Background: This study analyzed the characteristics of sexual violence against women that occurred in one area in Republic of Korea. Methods: The medical records of 332 women who visited Emergency ...Unit, tertiary university Hospital with sexual violence as main complaint from Jun. 2007 to Oct. 2016 and were examined by obstetricians and gynecologists were reviewed retrospectively. Results: Most of victims were in their 20s. 79.5% of victims had sexual experience before case and this rate in adolescent group aged from 13 to 20 was 65.2%. 52.1% of cases occurred under influence of alcohol and 52.1% of victims had hepatitis B antibody. The most frequent condition of sexual violence in the age group of victims over 13 years old were Jun.–Aug., 0:00–6:00, stranger, and accommodation facility. Those conditions in victims under 13 years old were Sep.–Nov., 12:00–18:00, outdoor, and acquaintance. The follow-up rate after examination was performed in 40.1% of victims. Conclusions: This study showed that sexual violence against child has different characteristics with that general sexual violence. The low rate of carrying hepatitis B antibody in victims indicated the importance of vaccine inoculation and further studies are recommended to obtain statistical significance of the results in this study.
Introduction
Domestic violence is a troubling problem, but it has acquired a new, previously unknown significance during the COVID 19 pandemic. According to WHO, the number of calls from victims of ...domestic violence to hotlines during quarantine in many countries has increased by an average of 5 times.
Objectives
The purpose of this study was to find out the consequences of domestic violence against women and to identify psychological problems and mental disorders. Attention was paid to the mental health of victims of violence in self - isolation during COVID-19 pandemic.
Methods
We analyzed the psychological problems and mental disorders of women who applied to the newly created hotline for women at the Serbsky Center in Moscow during the COVID 19 pandemic.
Results
The situation caused by restrictive quarantine measures related to the COVID-19 pandemic provokes aggressiveness and all forms of domestic violence.Clinical interview has revealed depression, anxiety, fear, low self-esteem, self-harm behavior, which formed the clinical picture of adaptation disorders, acute stress disorders, PTSR, psychosomatic disorders, substance abuse), sexual dysfunctions, eating disorders in the form of bulimia and anorexia.
Conclusions
The study requires taking into account social, economic and gender characteristics. In all types of emergencies, including epidemics, violence against women tends to increase. This is facilitated by a number of factors, such as the crowding of the stay,a decrease in prosperity, provocation of alcohol abuse, state of uncertainty.
The purpose of this study was to find out how the dynamics of forgiveness of domestic violence victims. Anything that is the reason for the victim chooses to provide forgiveness and maintain the ...relationship of his household. The method used in this article is the library research method. The results of this study indicate that victims of domestic violence choose to provide forgiveness because it is influenced by certain factors. This factor becomes a force of the victim to maintain his household relationship. As for some of these factors, such as the presence of children, feeling ashamed to report the treatment of their husbands, not having a job so that they depend on living fully with their husbands and considering the length of marriage that has been fostered together.
This study aimed to develop a brief self-report measure of depressive and anxiety symptoms in victims of sexual violence.
The sample, which consisted of 215 victims and 255 healthy controls, was ...recruited between December 2016 and November 2018 from eight Sunflower Centers. Eligible items were selected from existing scales of depression (CES-DC and CES-D) and anxiety (SAI-C and BAI) symptoms by item-total correlation coefficients and item response theory (IRT) analysis. Internal consistency coefficients were computed and the receiver operating characteristics curve was inspected to assess the validity of the brief scale and determine optimal cutoff scores.
The brief scales showed high internal consistency across all age groups. The optimal cutoff score of brief depression scale was 1.5 for children, 2.5 for adolescents, and 2.5 for the adults. That of brief anxiety scale was 8.5, 6.5, and 3.5, respectively.
The results underscore the need for age-appropriate screening measures of depressive and anxiety symptoms in victims of sexual violence.
În psihologie nu există o abordare teoretică generalizată a înțelegerii fenomenului „victima” ca bază a programelor preventive și terapeutice pentru persoanele afectate de diferite tipuri de factori ...adverși. Acest fapt provoacă dificultăți atât în plan teoretic, cât și în plan aplicat, la etapele de cercetare a fenomenului și de asistență psihologică a victimei. În articol este efectuată analiza cercetărilor aplicate ale fenomenului „victimă” care atestă existența problemei în acest domeniu.THE PROBLEM OF STUDYING THE “VICTIM” PERSONALITY IN PSYCHOLOGYThere is not a single generalized theoretical approach to understanding the phenomenon of “victim” as the basis for preventive and therapeutic programs to support individuals affected by various types of adverse factors in psychology. This fact causes difficulties in both the theoretical and applied level, at the stages of researching the phenomenon and the psychological assistance to the victim. The article contains the analysis of applied researches of the “victim” phenomenon that shows the existing problem in this area.
Youth is a period in life when the risk of violence victimization is high and association between victimization and ill health is well established. Youth rarely reveal violence victimization to ...health professionals if not directly asked but favor health professionals asking about victimization. The study’s primary aim was to examine health outcomes in young women being routinely asked about violence victimization and offered subsequent support, compared with controls, at 12-month follow-up. Secondary aims were to examine to what extent routine inquiry altered the consultation and re-victimization rates during the study period. A randomized controlled intervention study was conducted at Swedish youth health centers. Participants assigned to the intervention group were asked structured questions about violence. Victimized participants received empowering strategies and were offered further counseling. Participants in the control group completed questionnaires about victimization after the visit. Both groups answered questions about sociodemographics and health, constructed from validated instruments. A questionnaire was administered to all participants 12 months after baseline. Of 1,445 eligible young women, 1,051 (73%) participated, with 54% of the participants completing the 12-month follow-up. Lifetime violence victimization was reported by 53% in the intervention group and 60% in the control group, ns. There were no significant differences in health outcomes, between baseline and 12-month follow-up, within either group or between groups. Re-victimization rates were 16% in the intervention group and 12% in the control group, ns. Of victimized young women in the intervention group, 14% wanted and received further counseling. Routine inquiry about violence victimization and empowering strategies were feasible within ordinary consultations at youth health centers but did not demonstrate improved health outcomes at 12-month follow-up compared with controls. Questions about violence led to a high degree of disclosure, and 14% of victimized young women in the intervention group received further counseling as a result.
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This article is an analysis of the (men’s) violence against women contained in Maixa Zugasti’s novel L. A. A. To this end, a study of the theoretical framework, the misogynist violence, has been ...carried out, taking into account the concept, its classification and the psychological expert evaluation. Secondly, the analysis in the novel itself has been adressed, directing attention to the various forms of violence and to the actions of the characters, relating all this to the concept of male violence and the profiles of victims and aggressors raised in the previous heading. The purpose of this study will be to observe how violence is depicted in this work written by a woman and to establish possible parallelisms between fiction and reality.
În articol sunt analizate datele studiului Opinia tinerilor din Republica Moldova privitor la violenţa domestică desfăşurat în perioada 1-15 martie 2015, pe un eşantion de 120 de studenţi ai ...Universităţii de Stat din Moldova. Sunt prezentate opiniile studenţilor referitoare la violenţa în familie, cauzele ce stau la baza fenomenului dat, consecinţele, precum şi acţiunile tinerilor cu privire la combaterea acestui flagel.DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN VISION OF YOUNG PEOPLEIn the article the authors are analyzing the results of the study "Opinion of Moldovan youth regarding domestic violence." conducted on March 1–15th, on a sample of 120 students of Moldova State University. Here are presented the students’ opinion about their attitude regarding domestic violence, as well as causes underlying this phenomenon, consequences and actions of youth on combating this phenomenon.
Legislaţia naţională a prevăzut un cadru legislativ adecvat, ba chiar a instituit şi un fel special al procedurii civile în vederea examinării cererii de aplicare a măsurii de protecţie în cazurile ...de violenţă în familie. Această stare de fapt, ba chiar şi de drept, nu pare a fi una de partea victimei; or, atitudinea autorităţilor publice se dovedeşte a fi deseori ineficientă.Subiectul violenţei în familie pare a fi o provocare nu doar pentru societate, dar şi pentru sistemul judecătoresc, idee ce se impune în rezultatul condamnărilor Republicii Moldovala CtEDOîn materie.Motiv din care prin prezentul studiu urmărim cercetarea naturii juridice a instituţiei citate ca fel de sine stătător al procedurii civile şi elucidarea particularităţilor procedurale de examinare a cererii de aplicare a măsurii de protecţie în cazurile de violenţă în familie. THE EXAMINATION PROCEDURE OF THE APPLICATION OF THE MEASURE
OF PROTECTION IN CASES OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCENational legislation provided an appropriate legislative framework, and even established a special way of civil proceedings in order to examine the application of the measure of protection in cases of domestic violence. This fact and even of law seems to be one of the victim or the attitude of public authorities often prove to be ineffective.The subject of family violence seems to be a challenge not only for society but also for the judicial system, an idea that is required as a result of convictions in the ECHR.The reason that research in this study follow the legal nature of the institution cited as independently as elucidation of the specific procedural rules of civil procedure for examining the application of the measure of protection in cases of domestic violence.
The purpose of this study was to develop a brief rating scale of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms among sexual violence victims. We analyzed the data from 195 victims and 220 ...non-victims to select meaningful items from the original PTSD rating scales. We also examined the validity of the brief scale by assessing internal consistency and ROC curves. The optimal cutoff scores for each brief scales were obtained. The results showed that a different approach may be required for early intervention in different age groups.
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