Intimate partner violence, common mental disorders and household food insecurity

An analysis using path analysis

Datos Bibliográficos

ID15095403
AutoresClaudia Leite De Moraes (0000-0002-3223-1634, Estácio (Brazil), autor de correspondencia), Emanuely Santos Marques (0000-0002-8633-7290, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro), Michael Reichenheim (0000-0001-7232-6745, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro), Michael Eduardo Reichenheim, Marcela de Freitas Ferreira (Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro), Rosana Salles-Costa (0000-0002-2307-4083, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro)
Año2016
Volumen19
Número16
Páginas2965-2974
Fecha de publicación2016-11-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaPublic Health Nutrition (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1368-9800 • E-ISSN: 1475-2727
EditorialCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s1368980016001178
PMID27211890
OpenAlexW2399744404
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas20
Referencias citadas38

Objective To investigate the direct and indirect associations between psychological and physical intimate partner violence and the occurrence of common mental disorders (CMD) and how they relate to the occurrence of household food insecurity (HFI). Design This was a population-based cross-sectional study. Intimate partner violence was assessed using the Brazilian version of the Revised Conflict Tactics Scale (CTS2) and HFI was assessed using the Brazilian Food Insecurity Scale. The propositional analytical model was based on a review of the literature and was tested using path analysis. Setting Duque de Caxias, Greater Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (April–December 2010). Subjects Women ( n 849) who had been in a relationship in the 12 months preceding the interview. Results Both psychological and physical violence were found to be major risk factors of HFI. Psychological violence was associated with HFI indirectly via physical violence and CMD, and directly by an unidentified path. The effects of physical violence seemed to be manifested exclusively through CMD. Most of the variables in the propositional model related to socio-economic position, demographic characteristics, degree of women’s social support and partner alcohol misuse were retained in the ‘final’ model, indicating that these factors contribute significantly to the increased likelihood of HFI. Conclusions The results reinforce the importance of considering domestic violence and other psychosocial aspects of family life when implementing interventions designed to reduce/eradicate HFI

Domestic violence · Environmental health · Food insecurity · Food security · Geography · Path analysis (statistics · Poison control · Population · Psychiatry · Psychological intervention · Psychosocial · Scale (ratio · Sociology · Suicide prevention · Demography · Employment and Welfare Studies · Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations · Homelessness and Social Issues · Medicine · Psychology