Intimate partner violence towards men and depression

Abstract

The objective of the research was to determine if men between the ages of 18 and 45 in a community population from Perú who experience intimate partner violence will experience depression more frequently than men of the same ages who do not experience it. The sample consisted of 380 young people and adults from 18 to 45 years of age from 4 personnel selection centers that participated voluntarily. A demographic record was administered, the Cienfuegos-Martínez Scale of Violence in the Couple Relationship (receiver) (2014) and the Beck Inventory to assess depression (1967). The main results were that men between the ages of 18 and 45 in a community population who experience intimate partner violence will experience depression significantly more frequently than men of the same ages who do not experience it. Although in middle adulthood men experience more intimate partner violence, it is in emerging adulthood when they experience greater depression