Intimate partner violence: Prevalence and associated factors

Authors

  • Patrícia Manozzo Colossi Faculdades Integradas de Taquara-FACCAT Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos-UNISINOS
  • Josiane Razera Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos-UNISINOS
  • Karla Rafaela Haack Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos-UNISINOS
  • Denise Falcke Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos-UNISINOS

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4013/ctc.2015.81.06

Abstract

Marital violence is a very important topic in different contexts, given its high prevalence worldwide. The aim of the present quantitative study was to describe violent marital relationships and analyze correlations with sociodemographic variables. 186 couples (N=372) participated in this study. All couples reside in the metropolitan area of Porto Alegre (RS), are officially married or live together. Snowball sampling was used to select the subjects. A sociodemographic questionnaire was used to collect data, as well as the Revised Conflict Tactics Scale (CTS-2), to identify the different expressions of violence within the marital relationship. For data analysis all information was entered in the SPSS program (20.0) and descriptive statistics was performed in order to check variables. Among the most important results, male sexual coercion stands out at 2.74%, with psychological violence practiced at 86.59% by women. The results obtained corroborate previous studies which showed men using predominantly sexual violence and women using predominantly psychological violence. This study highlights a higher prevalence of violence among young couples, with a low level of religiosity and low income couples, and who live together but are not officially married. It is concluded that violence is a complex phenomenon which requires att ention from health professionals.

Keywords: conjugality, violence, intimate partner violence.

Author Biographies

Patrícia Manozzo Colossi, Faculdades Integradas de Taquara-FACCAT Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos-UNISINOS

Psicóloga, Mestre e Doutoranda em Psicologia Clínica. Docente do Curso de Psicologia das Faculdades Integradas de Taquara-FACCAT Supervisora do Centro de Serviços em Psicologia-CESEP/FACCAT Docente da Especialização em Psicoterapia de Casais e Famílias-UNISINOS

Josiane Razera, Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos-UNISINOS

Psicóloga(IMED), Mestranda em Psicologia(UNISINOS), Especializanda em Dinâmica das Relações Conjugais e Familiares (IMED)

Karla Rafaela Haack, Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos-UNISINOS

Psicóloga, Mestre(Unisinos) e Doutoranda em Psicologia(Unisinos).

Denise Falcke, Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos-UNISINOS

Coordenadora e Professora do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Psicologia-UNISINOS. Psicóloga. Doutora em Psicologia.

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Published

2015-01-07

Issue

Vol. 8 No. 1 (2015): Jan-Jun

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