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Women’s Response to Intimate Partner Violence

Isabel Ruiz-Pérez

Andalusian School of Public Health, Granada, Spain, isabel.ruiz.easp{at}juntadeandalucia.es

Nelva Mata-Pariente

Institute of Public Health, Health Council, Madrid, Spain

Juncal Plazaola-Castaño

Andalusian School of Public Health, Granada, Spain

The responses of women to a situation of abuse by their partner has hardly been addressed in the literature. Using a self-administered, anonymous questionnaire, 400 women attending three practices in a primary health care center in Granada (Spain) were studied. The women’s response to abuse was used as a dependent variable. Sociodemographics, intensity, duration, and combination of the types of abuse were used as independent variables. Lifetime prevalence of any type of partner abuse was 22.8%. Of abused women, 68% showed an active response, attempting to resolve the situation mainly through separation (58.2%). The factors independently associated with a woman’s active response were being separated, widowed, or divorced; reporting a greater intensity of abuse; and being younger than age 35 years. The results of this study show that a large majority of abused women in Spain try to resolve their situation, and that they are not passive victims.

Key Words: domestic violence • spouse abuse • women • attitude

Journal of Interpersonal Violence, Vol. 21, No. 9, 1156-1168 (2006)
DOI: 10.1177/0886260506290421
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