Associação entre violência pelo parceiro íntimo, perda de recursos, autoestima e sintomas de depressão e ansiedade em mulheres

Abstract

The objective of this study is to focus on depression and anxiety in women who suffer violence caused by an intimate partner, analyzing how relationships between types of violence, loss of resources and self-esteem and their impact on depression and anxiety. It is a quantitative study, with a cross-sectional, descriptive and analytical design, using a sample of 104 women victims of violence by their intimate partner and 129 non-victim women. The data was collected at the Núcleo de Investigação e de Apoio a Vítimas Específicas through the application of the following self-completed instruments: Sociodemographic Questionnaire; Revised Tactical Conflict Scales 2 (CTS-2); Inventory of Psychopathological Symptoms (BSI); Conservation of Resources -Evaluation Questionnaire (COR-E); Self-Esteem Scale (SES). It was found that women victims of IPV had a greater loss of resources than women who were not victims. There were also statistically significant differences between women victims and non-victims of IPV in terms of self-esteem, in which women victims of IPV had lower self-esteem values. Women victims of IPV presented higher values in both depressive symptoms and anxious symptoms, compared to non-victims. There were statistically significant positive relationships between symptoms of depression and anxiety and the different dimensions of IPV. Statistically significant positive relationships were obtained between symptoms of depression and anxiety and loss of resources in its various dimensions. Self-esteem showed statistically significant negative correlations with symptoms of depression and anxiety. It was found that having a lower level of education, being a victim of psychological aggression and sexual coercion, experiencing loss of social resources and having lower levels of self-esteem are factors that predict symptoms of depression and anxiety in women. Living in rural areas is a predictor of depression symptoms in women. Having a loss of health resources and being younger predicts anxiety symptoms in women.

Date of Award	25 Jan 2023
Original language	Portuguese
Awarding Institution	Universidade Católica Portuguesa
Supervisor	Eleonora C. V. Costa (Supervisor)