RT Article
T1 Mental Health and Quality of Life in Ecuadorian Women Exposed to Gender-Based Violence
JF Journal of interpersonal violence
VO 39
IS 21/22
SP 4285
OP 4306
A1 Meneses, Alexandra Yakeline
A2 Galárraga, Anabela
A2 Poenitz, Ana
A2 Jodar, Mercè
LA English
YR 2024
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1905378068
AB Violence Against Women is a global problem that affects millions of women around the world. The main objective of this study was to evaluate the Mental Health and Quality of Life of Ecuadorian women exposed or not exposed to Gender Violence mediated by sociodemographic factors. A total of 433 Ecuadorian women, 18 to 64 years of age, most of whom (69%) reported being exposed to gender violence. Most of the women lived in the province of Pichincha and were selected through a type of nonprobabilistic sampling based on a survey about gender violence. Women exposed to gender violence showed a greater impact on personality profiles, clinical tests, and quality of life in the physical, psychological, social, and environmental domains compared to women not exposed to violence. In addition, these effects were mediated by age, economic level, education, marital status, and exposure to physical violence and psychological or sexual abuse within the socio-family or work contexts. The results of this study could contribute to improving public health systems, showing improvements in care programs for victims of violence.
K1 Sociodemographic factors
K1 gender-based violence
K1 Quality of life
K1 Mental Health
DO 10.1177/08862605241234357