TY - JOUR
T1 - The Interrelations of Physical and Mental Health
T2 - Self-Rated Health, Depression, and PTSD Among Female IPV Survivors
AU - Dekel, Rachel
AU - Shaked, Omer
AU - Ben-Porat, Anat
AU - Itzhaky, Haya
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2019.
PY - 2020/3/1
Y1 - 2020/3/1
N2 - Researchers have found that intimate partner violence (IPV) is associated with low self-rated health (SRH), which is correlated with increased medication usage, and has tremendous social consequences. IPV and low SRH are associated with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression, and the current study examined the interrelations between these variables among 505 Israeli women in shelters. To assess mediation, three regressions were designed. Traumatic events, Russian ethnicity, and chronic illness all contributed to low SRH. The direct effect of depression on SRH was insignificant when PTSD entered the regression. Our findings suggest that PTSD is a more fundamental factor than depression when predicting SRH among IPV survivors.
AB - Researchers have found that intimate partner violence (IPV) is associated with low self-rated health (SRH), which is correlated with increased medication usage, and has tremendous social consequences. IPV and low SRH are associated with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression, and the current study examined the interrelations between these variables among 505 Israeli women in shelters. To assess mediation, three regressions were designed. Traumatic events, Russian ethnicity, and chronic illness all contributed to low SRH. The direct effect of depression on SRH was insignificant when PTSD entered the regression. Our findings suggest that PTSD is a more fundamental factor than depression when predicting SRH among IPV survivors.
KW - PTSD
KW - SRH
KW - intimate partner violence
KW - shelters
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85063946110&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/1077801219832916
DO - 10.1177/1077801219832916
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C2 - 30940066
SN - 1077-8012
VL - 26
SP - 379
EP - 394
JO - Violence Against Women
JF - Violence Against Women
IS - 3-4
ER -
