Health among lifetime victimized men

Abstract

Objectives. We examined differences in demographics/socio-economics, lifestyles and mental/ physical health between victimized/non-victimized men, and identified/quantified factors associated with mental/physical health. Study design. The study design was cross-sectional. Methods. The men were assessed in various areas (e.g., depression) by means of a questionnaire. Results. The univariate analyses showed that victims compared with non-victims were younger. They also had higher intermediate education levels, were more often blue-collar/low white-collar workers, were on student allowances and financially strained, smoked more, had a lower BMI, and reported headaches, depression, tension and cognitive difficulties more frequently. The regression analyses showed that financial strain rather than violence was a more important factor for illhealth. Only headaches and cognitive difficulties were associated with violence. Conclusions. Quite an number of men were in a poor physical/mental state, but there were few differences between victims/non-victims. Financial strain was determined to be a more important factor for ill-health than violence. Our data indicate that violence had little effect on men's health. Our findings do not generally support a relationship between poor health and the abuse of men.

Lifetime victimization and past year alcohol use in a U.S. population sample of men and women drinkers

“…The few studies on victimized men are limited by use of clinical samples (Liebschutz et al, 2002) and a selective focus on AUDs or specific types of victimization (Bensley et al, 2000; Nelson et al, 2002; Widom et al, 1995). Two population studies concluding that victimization did not impact men either focused on sexual victimization alone (Choudhary et al, 2008) and any alcohol use (Soares et al, 2007). Men are at higher risk than women for alcohol problems (Dawson et al, 1995; Wilsnack et al, 2000) and for physical victimization (Tjaden and Thoennes, 2000).…”

Social Support Among Lifetime Victimized Men

“…One could speculate, for instance, that violence was related to depression, which in turn caused a reduction of satisfaction with different life aspects and thus decreased social support. Studies (e.g., Caetano & Cunradi, 2003;Cooker et al, 2002;Curtis et al, 2002;Davis, Coker, & Sanderson, 2002;Forjuoh et al, 1997;Harwell & Spence, 2000;Moncrieff et al, 1996;Porcerelli et al, 2003) report that victimized men have a poorer health (e.g., depression) than nonvictimized, and victims in an earlier study with the same sample scored higher on depression than nonvictims (Soares, Macassa, Miranda, & Viitasara, 2007). Furthermore, some authors report that social support among victims has little (Andrews, Brewin, & Rose, 2003) or no positive effects on psychological distress Downloaded by [Florida Atlantic University] at 06:00 07 June 2016 (Feehan, Nada-Raja, Martin, & Langley, 2001), and depression in men negatively affects broad areas of their lives, including social support (e.g., Cochran & Rabinowitz, 2000;Gotlib & Hammen, 2002).…”