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Dil: Türkçe, İngilizce
İçerik: Orijinal Araştırma, Derleme, Editöre Mektup, Olgu Sunumu, Tıp Eğitimi, Tıbbi Kitap İncelemeleri
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ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLES |
Evaluation Of The Socio-demographic Characteristics Of Persecutors According To Female Victims: A Community-based Study In Konya
Nazan KARAOĞLU, MD,a Selma ÇİVİ, MD,a Ruhuşen KUTLU, MD,a Kamile MARAKOĞLU, MDa
aDepartment of Family Physician, Selçuk University, Meram Faculty of Medicine, KONYA
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.Keywords: Female, family, domestic violence
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