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Intimate Partner Violence and Its Association With Physical and Mental Health Symptoms Among Older Women in Germany
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Intimate partner violence is a commonly acknowledged health care issue. While numerous studies established the health implications of physical and/or sexual intimate partner violence among women of reproductive age, the evidence is scarce for older women and for other forms of intimate partner violence. This study, therefore, investigates the prevalence of intimate partner violence in its different forms and its association with physical and mental health symptoms of older women, using women of reproductive age as a reference group. This study is a cross-sectional study, utilizing data from a national representative survey of 10,264 German women aged 16 to 86 years. Rates of physical and sexual intimate partner violence in the last year decreased from 8% to 3% and 1% among women aged 16 to 49 years, 50 to 65 years, and 66 to 86 years, respectively. The prevalence of emotional and economic abuse and controlling behavior by partners remained nearly the same. All forms of intimate partner violence had significant associations with women’s health symptoms, such as gastrointestinal, psychosomatic and psychological symptoms, and pelvic problems. Controlling behavior was most consistently associated with most health symptoms. Health and care professionals who screen women for intimate partner violence should, therefore, consider incorporating questions about controlling behavior as well, because this form of violence is not only frequent but also has multiple health outcomes among women across all ages.
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“Women between the ages of 66–86 had significantly greater odds of experiencing mild or strong psychological symptoms, whereas women between the ages of 16–49 had greater odds of experiencing strong psychological problems [43].”
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“Women between the ages of 16–49 experiencing economic abuse had greater odds of experiencing pelvic problems and difficulty keeping weight.”
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“However, preliminary findings suggest that economic abuse is associated with some physical health impacts, which is also consistent with research on other forms of IPV [30, 43, 45, 46, 50, 51].”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Stöckl, H., & Penhale, B.
- Affiliations
- London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (GB)
- University of East Anglia (GB)
- Venue
- Journal of Interpersonal Violence
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2014-11-11
- Volume
- 30
- Issue
- 17
- Pages
- 3089-3111
- ISSN
- 0886-2605 (ISSN-L)
- 1552-6518
- OpenAlex
- W2127210878
- Cited by
- 122
- References
- 41
- Citations by year
- 2026: 7 · 2025: 9 · 2024: 13 · 2023: 17 · 2022: 10 · 2021: 13 · 2020: 17 · 2019: 10 · 2018: 6 · 2017: 11 · 2016: 6 · 2015: 3
- FWCI
- 8.49
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk
- Locations
- Journal of Interpersonal Violence (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- LSHTM Research Online (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine) (acceptedVersion)
- UEA Digital Repository (University of East Anglia) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Universität Bielefeld
- Bundesministerium für Familie, Senioren, Frauen und Jugend
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Health › Intimate Partner and Family Violence
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Geriatrics and Gerontology › Elder Abuse and Neglect
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child Abuse and Trauma
- Keywords
- intimate partner violence, older women, physical violence, sexual violence, emotional abuse, economic violence, controlling behavior, health symptoms, psychosomatic symptoms, gastrointestinal symptoms, prevalence, violence screening, Germany
- MeSH terms
- Intimate Partner Violence, Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Cross-Sectional Studies, Female, Germany, Humans, Middle Aged, Women's Health, Battered Women, Young Adult
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