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Prevalence study of violence and abuse against older women
| Resumo: | The Portuguese prevalence survey of violence against older women was conducted through a cross-sectional design and aimed at five broader goals: 1. Provide estimates of the prevalence of self-reported mistreatment in a national sample of dwelling women aged 60 years and older. The mistreatment concept encompasses neglect, and five types of abuse: emotional, financial, physical, sexual and violation of personal rights 2. Identify the perpetrators of the several forms of mistreatment. 3. Describe variables pertaining the women psychological, social and demographic con-text and background and identify the possible relation between those variables and the mistreatment: risk factors from a meso and macro level. 4. Describe the disclosure and the reasons for not disclosing the mistreatement to both personal and professional contacts. 5. Describe the self-reported psychological and emotional consequences of the mi-streatment. |
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| Autores principais: | Alves, José Ferreira |
| Outros Autores: | Santos, Ana João |
| Assunto: | Older adults Mistreatment Coping Quality of life Prevalence Abuse and neglect |
| Ano: | 2011 |
| País: | Portugal |
| Tipo de documento: | relatório |
| Tipo de acesso: | acesso aberto |
| Instituição associada: | Universidade do Minho |
| Idioma: | português |
| Origem: | RepositóriUM - Universidade do Minho |
| Resumo: | The Portuguese prevalence survey of violence against older women was conducted through a cross-sectional design and aimed at five broader goals: 1. Provide estimates of the prevalence of self-reported mistreatment in a national sample of dwelling women aged 60 years and older. The mistreatment concept encompasses neglect, and five types of abuse: emotional, financial, physical, sexual and violation of personal rights 2. Identify the perpetrators of the several forms of mistreatment. 3. Describe variables pertaining the women psychological, social and demographic con-text and background and identify the possible relation between those variables and the mistreatment: risk factors from a meso and macro level. 4. Describe the disclosure and the reasons for not disclosing the mistreatement to both personal and professional contacts. 5. Describe the self-reported psychological and emotional consequences of the mi-streatment. |
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