Evaluation of the socio-demographic characteristics of persecutors according to female victims: A community-based study in Konya
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2006
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Turkiye Klinikleri
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Özet
Objective: This study aimed to determine the socio-demographic and personality characteristics of persecutors from the victims' point of view. Material and Methods: This descriptive study was performed in two randomly selected primary health centers in Konya. Four hundred and five women were asked about domestic violence by a questionnaire and the responses of 84 women who were subject to violence were evaluated. Victims of violence were inquired about their persecutors' socio-demographic characteristics, substance abuse, personality, organic diseases and the obligatory drugs. Results: We found that 84 out of 405 women (20.7%) were subject to violence. The persecutor was male in 83.3% (n = 70) and was the victim's husband (77.4%, n = 65). The median age was 40.0 years. Seventy-three (86.9%) subjects had an occupation, 27.4% (n = 23) were ignorant, 14.3% (n = 12) had alcohol abuse and 52.4% (n = 44) were smokers. The personality of the persecutor was defined as aggressive in 53.6% of cases (n = 45) by the victims. There was no organic disease in 60 persecutors (71.4%). Questions about violence experience showed that 61.9% (n = 52) of the aggressors faced with violence in their own families. Conclusion: There are many factors affecting domestic violence. Mainly, being male gender, primary school education, being self-employed, having an aggressive and jealous personality, substance abuse like tobacco and alcohol, and psychiatric disorders seem to be affecting factors of violence in the study. Copyright © 2006 by Türkiye Klinikleri.
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Domestic violence, Family, Female
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Turkiye Klinikleri Journal of Medical Sciences
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Q4
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26
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5
