OBJECTIVES:This work explores the association between socio-economic position (SEP) and intimate partner violence (IPV) considering the perspectives of men and women as victims, perpetrators and as both (bidirectional). STUDY DESIGN:Cross-sectional international multicentre study. METHODS:A sample of 3496 men and women, (aged 18-64 years), randomly selected from the general population of residents from six Euro...
PURPOSE: Little is known on the specific relation between being a perpetrator or both a victim and perpetrator of intimate partner violence (IPV) and health-related quality of life (HRQoL). We assessed the association between HRQoL and abuse, considering men and women as victims, perpetrators or reciprocally. METHODS: Participants were adult men and women (n = 3,496), randomly selected from the general populati...
Objective: To describe the design, methods, procedures and characteristics of the population involved in a study designed to compare Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) in eight European countries. Methods: Women and men aged 18–65, living in Ghent-Belgium (n=245), Stuttgart-Germany (n=546), Athens-Greece (n=548), Budapest-Hungary (n=604), Porto-Portugal (n=635), Granada-Spain (n=138), Östersund-Sweden (n=592), Lon...