Preditores de morbilidade psicológica e de consumo de álcool em mulheres vítimas de violência por parte do parceiro íntimo

: o papel moderador do suporte social

Abstract

This study analyzed the differences in the different types of abuse, depression, anxiety, alcohol consumption and social support among women victim and non-victim of intimate partner violence; The relation of the variables under study; The predictors of depression, anxiety and alcohol consumption, and whether social support played a moderating role in the relationship between violence and psychological morbidity and alcohol consumption in a sample of 209 women victim of and non-victim of intimate partner violence. The results indicate that women victim of violence have higher levels of depression, anxiety, higher alcohol consumption and less social support, and higher rates of abuse than non-victims. It was also found that there is a positive and statistically
significant relationship between the different types of abuse and depression, anxiety and alcohol consumption, and a negative and statistically significant relationship between social support and different types of abuse, depression, anxiety and alcohol consumption. Psychological aggression and lower social support were predictors of alcohol consumption. The predictors of depression and anxiety were psychological aggression, physical abuse with sequelae, alcohol consumption and less social support.
Social support moderated the relationship between different types of abuse and
depression and anxiety. Thus, it is important to intervene in this population in terms of psychological morbidity and alcohol consumption, but also at the level of social support to promote psychosocial resources.

Date of Award	1 Mar 2017
Original language	Portuguese
Awarding Institution	Universidade Católica Portuguesa
Supervisor	Eleonora C. V. Costa (Supervisor)