Help seeking behaviour of abused older women (Cases of Austria, Belgium, Finland, Lithuania and Portugal)
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19370720 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ilona Tamutienė (0000-0002-8697-867X), Liesbeth De Donder (0000-0003-4999-5902), Bridget Penale, Gert Lang (0000-0003-4247-2092), Minna‐Liisa Luoma, Minna-Liisa Luoma, José Ferreira-Alves, José Ferreira Alves (0000-0003-1967-0074) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 217-225 |
| Publication date | 2014-01-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Filosofija. Sociologija (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0235-7186 • E-ISSN: 2424-4546 |
| Publisher | Lithuanian Academy of Sciences (PUBLISHER • LT) |
| DOI | 10.6001/fil-soc.2013.24.4.8 |
| OpenAlex | W2162076463 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 7 |
This article based on a recent European study examines the subjective consequences of abuse against older women and their help seeking behavior. In 2010, survey data concerning experiences of abuse in domestic settings were collected from 2,880 older women across five European countries (Austria, Belgium, Finland, Lithuania, and Portugal). The results of the study indicated that overall 30.1% of older women reported at least one experience of abuse in the past year. Less than half of the victims talked about it in the informal setting or reported it to any formal agency. An ecological framework is used to explain factors influencing women’s decisions to seek help. Some consequences of abuse (anger, tension, sleeping difficulties, and concentration difficulties), type of abuse (physical abuse and violation of personal rights), higher abuse intensity, and density are connected with positive help seeking behaviours. Victims abused by current partners or a spouse were more passive to seek help
Anger · Domestic violence · Elder abuse · Environmental health · Poison control · Political science · Sociology · Spouse · Suicide prevention · Child Abuse and Trauma · Elder Abuse and Neglect · Intimate Partner and Family Violence · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology
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An Ecological Approach to Understanding Incarcerated Women's Responses to Abuse
The Revised Conflict Tactics Scales (CTS2)
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,14 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2019 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |