HEALTH BEHAVIOURS OF WOMEN WHO EXPERIENCE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
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domestic violence, health behaviours, employment of women at seaAbstract
The literature offers research reports on deleteriousness of domestic violence, causing health (physical/somatic and mental) problems, while there are no results of studies holistically (comprehensively) covering the women’s health behaviours. Thus, the aim of this study was to examine health behaviours of women experiencing domestic violence. The subjects were divided into two groups. The study group (V) comprised 52 women aged 30–65 years (mean age of 40.15) receiving assistance of the Crisis Intervention Centre (CIC) because of experienced domestic violence. The reference group (NV) was well-matched in terms of socio-demographic characteristics and included 150 women who did not experience domestic violence. In order to evaluate health behaviours, the Health Behaviours Inventory (HBI) by Juczyński was used, which assesses intensity of four health behaviour categories: proper nutrition habits, prophylactic behaviours, health practices and positive psychological orientation. Women experiencing domestic violence scored significantly lower than controls in the HBI in terms of both the general index and all the HBIscales. ANOVA and post-hoc comparisons showed that the lowest general health behaviours index was for women exposed to violence inflicted by their fathers.
Results varied for particular scales, but the general trend was similar: the lowest scores were received by women exposed to violence by their fathers. The most deleterious/destructive was the impact of violence perpetrated by parents, especially fathers, as compared to violence by husbands or intimate partners. Along with preventing violence in the family, it may be worthwhile targeting significant health behaviours in the framework of interventions against domestic violence.
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