Patterns of domestic violence and alcohol consumption among women and the effectiveness of a brief intervention in a household setting: a protocol study

Gebara, Carla Ferreira de Paula; Ferri, Cleusa P.; Lourenço, Lélio Moura; Vieira, Marcel de Toledo; Bhona, Fernanda Monteiro de Castro; Noto, Ana Regina

doi:10.1186/s12905-015-0236-8

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“…We used a combination of quantitative and qualitative methods in our study, in a follow-up of a previous research's sample (Gebara et al, 2015). Initially, a survey was conductedin 2011/2012 -with a representative household sample from two neighborhoods with different socioeconomic profiles in a medium-sized city in the state of Minas Gerais (Gebara et al, 2015). This investigation addressed patterns of domestic violence and alcohol use among women and involved 905 participants.…”

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“…In this regard, it is important to examine the possibility that expectancies related to outcomes of alcohol use play a role in intimate partner violence, in addition to the effects of the use itself (Brasfield et al, 2016). Research suggests that the relationship between the use of alcoholic beverages and violent behavior is complex and non-linear (Brasfield et al, 2016;Capaldi et al, 2011;Gebara et al, 2015), being influenced, among other factors, by the amount of alcohol ingested.…”

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Intimate Partner Violence: Controlling Behavior and Triggers of Aggression

Bhona¹,

Gebara

Noto

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Paidéia (Ribeirão Preto)

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It is necessary to better understand the context in which intimate partner violence occurs. This study aimed to examine the occurrence of physical violence between intimate partners, based on the reports of women involved in these situations, by identifying the circumstances in which the physical violence occurs and the presence of controlling behavior in these relationships. We conducted a community survey using probabilistic sampling (144 women), administering the following instruments: socio-demographic questionnaire, CTS2, AUDIT. Fifty-seven women of our sample reported episodes of physical violence and were invited to participate in a semi-structured qualitative interview. Most of the reports obtained in the interviews did not confirm the episodes of physical violence initially identified by the scale, showing disagreements between the research instruments. Personal characteristics of the perpetrator of the violence, male alcohol use and aspects of the affective relationship were identified as important triggers of intimate partner violence. Controlling behaviors in combination with physical violence revealed varying degrees of domination occurring in the dyads.

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Intimate Partner Violence: Controlling Behavior and Triggers of Aggression

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Gebara

Noto

et al. 2020

Paidéia (Ribeirão Preto)

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“…The sample calculation considered 3% maximum error desired for the study, 95% confi dence level, correction for fi nite populations, sample plan eff ect equal to 2, and losses due to refusal of approximately 25%. Further information about the research protocol can be found in a previous publication (Gebara et al, 2015).…”

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Socioeconomic Factors and Intimate Partner Violence: A Household Survey

Bhona¹,

Gebara²,

Noto³

et al. 2019

Temas Psicol.

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This study aimed to describe the prevalence of intimate partner violence in a community sample, as well as identify associations between these behaviors and socioeconomic factors. Given the predominance of these studies in high-income countries, more investigations are needed in low-and middle-income countries. The prevalence of types of intimate partner violence was investigated in a probabilistic sample of 532 women between 18 and 60 years. A sociodemographic questionnaire and The Revised Confl ict Tactics Scales (CTS2) were used. Considering recent episodes, the rates of women victimized by their partners were: 48.31%, 10.81% and 7.79%, for psychological, physical and sexual violence, respectively. The rates of these modalities of violence perpetrated by the women were 51.89%, 13.73% and 4.47%, respectively. Logistic regressions indicated that higher educational and socioeconomic levels are associated with a lower likelihood of women being victims or perpetrators of violence. According to the literature, these factors represent nonlinear infl uences on violence between partners, however, are important for developing intervention strategies for this problem.

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“…Considering that cross-ethnic studies have estimated the prevalence of depression ranging from 1.5 to 32% across ethnicities (2–5), accurate measurement of depression as well as depressive symptoms across racial and ethnic groups has attracted special attention (6–13). The Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression scale (CES-D) is one of the most commonly used tools for measuring depressive symptoms in epidemiological (13) as well as clinical (14) studies. Since the introduction of the original 20-item CES-D scale, which evaluates major domains of depressive symptoms (i.e., 7 items of negative affect, 4 items of positive affect, 7 items of somatic symptoms, and 2 items of interpersonal problems), different abbreviated versions with variable number of items have been applied in epidemiological studies, (13–25) among them the widely used 20-item and 10-item CES-D scales (13, 19).…”

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Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the 12-Item Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale among Blacks and Whites

Assari

Moazen‐Zadeh

2016

Front. Psychiatry

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BackgroundThe Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression (CES-D) scale is one of the most widely used tools to measure depressive symptoms in epidemiological studies. Given the importance of cross-racial measurement equivalence of the CES-D scale for research, we performed confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) of the 12-item CES-D in a nationally representative sample of Black and White adults in the United States.MethodsWe used data from the National Survey of American Life (NSAL), 2001–2003. A total number of 3570 Blacks (African-Americans) and 891 non-Hispanic Whites were included in the present study. CFA was carried out on the 12-item CES-D scale using multi-group structural equation modeling.ResultsFor both Blacks and Whites, the best fitting model was found to be the 3-factor model, indicating invariance of factor structure between Blacks and Whites. A statistically different fit of the models with and without constraints indicated lack of invariance of factor loadings between Blacks and Whites. Some of the positive (i.e., “as good” and “hopeful”) and interpersonal (i.e., “people were unfriendly”) items showed poor loadings, even in the 3-factor solution that allowed separate domains for positive affect, negative affect, and interpersonal problems. Despite the good fit of our final model, more items (i.e., “as good,” “hopeful,” “keeping mind,” and “everything effort”) had poorer loadings in Blacks than Whites (i.e., “as good”).ConclusionThere is invariance in factor structure but lack of invariance in factor/item loadings between Blacks and Whites. These findings have implications for cross-racial studies of depressive symptoms using CES-D scale among Blacks and Whites. Further research is warranted to scrutinize the role of socioeconomics and culture in explaining the lack of invariance of the CES-D scale between Blacks and Whites.

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Patterns of domestic violence and alcohol consumption among women and the effectiveness of a brief intervention in a household setting: a protocol study

Cited by 15 publications

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Intimate Partner Violence: Controlling Behavior and Triggers of Aggression

Intimate Partner Violence: Controlling Behavior and Triggers of Aggression

Socioeconomic Factors and Intimate Partner Violence: A Household Survey

Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the 12-Item Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale among Blacks and Whites

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