Women, pregnancy, and domestic violence in Spain
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description: Intimate partner violence (IPV) during pregnancy is a widespread global social and health problem. Perpetrators of IPV violate women's human rights and their unborn children. While a large amount of research has been conducted aimed at increasing our understanding of IPV, the majority of this research has taken place in the United States (U.S.). Our understanding of IPV, and particularly IPV that takes place during pregnancy, is more limited in places outside of the U.S., such as in Spain. Several major gaps exist within the literature in this area. Currently, it seems that the prevalence rates of IPV during pregnancy in women from Spain are unknown. In addition, little work has been done to address whether pregnancy and other negative IPV-related risk factors may put women at increased risk of experiencing IPV (Jasinski, 2004). By studying these unknown gaps, protocols and programs to prevent and overcome this problem may be enhanced. Pregnancy is considered a stressful life event, especially with the first child. The transition to parenthood is associated with marital difficulties that may be part of the cascade toward divorce (Shapiro & Gottman, 2005). Marital quality decreases for up to 67% of couples in the first year of the infant's life (Shapiro, Gottman, & Carrère, 2000). Thus, the stress of this transition may put women at higher risk of experiencing IPV during pregnancy. The proposed dissertation aimed to expand the research in this field by evaluating how a variety of risk factors that have been commonly related to IPV and the first pregnancy are associated with Spanish women's reports of IPV in their current relationships. One hundred and fifty-five pregnant and 77 non-pregnant women voluntarily participated in an anonymous survey at service centres located in the greater Bilbao area of Spain. Women completed a battery of questionnaires that asked them to self-report on the following constructs: women's experience of being victims of IPV in the last 12 m…
abstract: Intimate partner violence (IPV) during pregnancy is a widespread global social and health problem. Perpetrators of IPV violate women's human rights and their unborn children. While a large amount of research has been conducted aimed at increasing our understanding of IPV, the majority of this research has taken place in the United States (U.S.). Our understanding of IPV, and particularly IPV that takes place during pregnancy, is more limited in places outside of the U.S., such as in Spain. Several major gaps exist within the literature in this area. Currently, it seems that the prevalence rates of IPV during pregnancy in women from Spain are unknown. In addition, little work has been done to address whether pregnancy and other negative IPV-related risk factors may put women at increased risk of experiencing IPV (Jasinski, 2004). By studying these unknown gaps, protocols and programs to prevent and overcome this problem may be enhanced. Pregnancy is considered a stressful life event, especially with the first child. The transition to parenthood is associated with marital difficulties that may be part of the cascade toward divorce (Shapiro & Gottman, 2005). Marital quality decreases for up to 67% of couples in the first year of the infant's life (Shapiro, Gottman, & Carrère, 2000). Thus, the stress of this transition may put women at higher risk of experiencing IPV during pregnancy. The proposed dissertation aimed to expand the research in this field by evaluating how a variety of risk factors that have been commonly related to IPV and the first pregnancy are associated with Spanish women's reports of IPV in their current relationships. One hundred and fifty-five pregnant and 77 non-pregnant women voluntarily participated in an anonymous survey at service centres located in the greater Bilbao area of Spain. Women completed a battery of questionnaires that asked them to self-report on the following constructs: women's experience of being victims of IPV in the last 12 m…
author: Luzarraga Monasterio, Itziar
language: eng
date published: 2009
date modified: 2026-07-24T06:27:07Z
provider: Dialnet
publisher: Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
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source organization: Universidad de Deusto (España)