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Profile of Men Who Are Victims of Physical Violence by an Intimate Partner

Authors: Ítalo de Macedo Bernardino, Kevan Guilherme Nóbrega Barbosa, Lorena Marques da Nóbrega, Gigliana Maria Sobral Cavalcante, Renata de Castro Martins, Sérgio d’Avila

Published in: Journal of Family Violence | Issue 5/2016

Abstract

The objective of this study was to characterize the profile of men who are victims of interpersonal physical violence (IPV) by an intimate partner. This study is a retrospective analysis of suspected cases of male victims of IPV by an intimate partner, aged 18 years or older, treated at a Forensic Medicine and Dentistry Center in Brazil. Sociodemographic variables of the victims, the types of violence and the patterns of injuries were evaluated. Over this period, 1520 suspected victims of IPV by an intimate partner were examined; 14.6 % (n = 222) of them were men. Based on Multiple Correspondence Analysis (MCA) two dimensions were formed: the first dimension (internal reliability = 0613) was primarily formed by the relationship between aggressor and victim, the marital status and the type of IPV, and the second dimension (reliability = 0509) by the day of week, the period of day and the marital status.

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Title: Profile of Men Who Are Victims of Physical Violence by an Intimate Partner
Authors: Ítalo de Macedo Bernardino
Kevan Guilherme Nóbrega Barbosa
Lorena Marques da Nóbrega
Gigliana Maria Sobral Cavalcante
Renata de Castro Martins
Sérgio d’Avila
Publication date: 01-07-2016
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Journal of Family Violence / Issue 5/2016
Print ISSN: 0885-7482
Electronic ISSN: 1573-2851
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10896-016-9815-1

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