Sexual assault and other types of intimate partner violence in women with protection orders in Vhembe district, South Africa
SOURCE: Violence and Victims
OUTPUT TYPE: Journal Article
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2014
TITLE AUTHOR(S): S.Pengpid, K.Peltzer
KEYWORDS: PARTNER VIOLENCE, PHYSICAL ABUSE, SEXUAL ABUSE, VIOLENCE, WOMEN
DEPARTMENT: Public Health, Societies and Belonging (HSC)
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 8503
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/2088
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/2088
OUTPUT TYPE: Journal Article
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2014
TITLE AUTHOR(S): S.Pengpid, K.Peltzer
KEYWORDS: PARTNER VIOLENCE, PHYSICAL ABUSE, SEXUAL ABUSE, VIOLENCE, WOMEN
DEPARTMENT: Public Health, Societies and Belonging (HSC)
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 8503
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/2088
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/2088
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Abstract
The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence and correlates of sexual assault in the context of intimate partner violence in a sample of women receiving a protection order in South Africa. In all, 268 women (18 years of age and older) consecutively receiving a protection order in the Vhembe District in South Africa were assessed by an external interviewer. Results indicate that from the total sample, 40.7% reported sexual assault, one or more times, during the relationship in the past 3 months; 58.2% reported stalking by the intimate partner; and almost all reported some form of psychological abuse (94.0%), physical violence (93.7%), and danger (99.3%). In all, 37% reported psychological, physical, and sexual violence. In multivariate regression psychological abuse, physical violence and stalking were found to be associated with sexual assault.-
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