Exploring the associations between intimate partner violence and women's mental health: Evidence from a population-based study in Paraguay

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 71, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1653-1661

  Ishida, Kanako ^a   Stupp, Paul ^a   Melian, Mercedes ^b   Serbanescu, Florina ^a   Goodwin, Mary ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^b Paraguayan Center for Population Studies   (Paraguay)

Author keywords

Child abuse; Common mental disorders; Intimate partner violence; Latin America; Mental health; Paraguay; Sexual abuse; Suicidal ideation; Women

Indexed keywords

HEALTH RISK; MENTAL HEALTH; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SUICIDE; VIOLENCE; WOMENS HEALTH; WOMENS STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; PARAGUAY; PARTNER VIOLENCE; POPULATION RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL ABUSE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUICIDAL IDEATION; UNEMPLOYMENT; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BATTERED WOMEN; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; PARAGUAY; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPOUSE ABUSE; SUICIDAL IDEATION; YOUNG ADULT;

LATIN AMERICA; PARAGUAY;

EID: 77957703538     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.08.007     Document Type: Article

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