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- Title
Domestic violence and abuse in intimate relationship from public health perspective.
- Authors
Rakovec-Felser, Zlatka
- Abstract
In this article we pay attention to the violence which, due to the fear of social stigma, could be hidden from the public eye for a long time but could have serious health consequences for the individual, family, and society - physical and psychological forms of domestic violence and abuse in male-female intimate relationship. Besides its nature and extent data in general population, we review also the surveys data about its theoretical basis, its risk factors and possible effects on mental and physical health, not only on in conflicts involved partners, but also on family as a whole, and especially on the children that growing up in such a problematic domestic circumstances.
- Subjects
DOMESTIC violence; INTIMACY (Psychology); PUBLIC health; SOCIAL stigma; FAMILIES &; psychology
- Publication
Health Psychology Research, 2014, Vol 2, Issue 3, p62
- ISSN
2281-2075
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.4081/hpr.2014.1821