Intimate personal violence and caregiving: Influences on physical and mental health in middle-aged women

Highlights • Little research on how IPV and caregiving affect health of mid-age women. • Experiencing either associated with poorer physical and mental health. • Experiencing both associated with worse physical and mental health. • Both associated with twice the odds of depressive symptoms and perce...

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Published in:Maturitas 2017-08, Vol.102, p.34-40
Main Authors: Ferreira, Pablo, Loxton, Deborah, Tooth, Leigh R
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Australia - epidemiology
Caregivers
Caregiving
Depression - epidemiology
Female
Humans
Internal Medicine
Intimate Partner Violence
Life Change Events
Longitudinal Studies
Mental Health
Middle Aged
Middle-aged women
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Physical health
Quality of Life
Stress
Stress, Psychological - epidemiology
Women's Health
Young Adult
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Summary:Highlights • Little research on how IPV and caregiving affect health of mid-age women. • Experiencing either associated with poorer physical and mental health. • Experiencing both associated with worse physical and mental health. • Both associated with twice the odds of depressive symptoms and perceived stress. • Possible accumulation or additive effect from experiencing both.
ISSN:0378-5122
1873-4111
DOI:10.1016/j.maturitas.2017.05.001