Risk factors for violence against women by intimate partners in Sakarya, Turkey

Agcay G., YILDIZ İNANICI S., ÇOLAK B., İNANICI M. A.

JOURNAL OF FORENSIC AND LEGAL MEDICINE, vol.36, pp.37-42, 2015 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 36
  • Publication Date: 2015
  • Doi Number: 10.1016/j.jflm.2015.08.008
  • Journal Name: JOURNAL OF FORENSIC AND LEGAL MEDICINE
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.37-42
  • Keywords: Intimate partner violence, Risk factors, Prediction, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, SEEKING BEHAVIOR, MENTAL-HEALTH, PREGNANCY, ATTITUDES, SEVERITY
  • Marmara University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Objectives: Intimate partner violence (IPV) is an important public health problem in many countries including Turkey, with serious short- and long-term physical and mental health consequences, as well as significant social and public health costs. To understand the violence characteristics and the individual risk factors for both the married women victims and the perpetrator partners are the objectives of this study.