Emotional violence within intimate partner violence against Turkish women in rural and urban areas.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The purpose of this study is to determine the factors related to women's exposure to emotional violence by their spouses/partners in the 12 months prior to the survey, according to their place of residence (rural, urban) in Türkiye.

Methods

Binary logistic regression analysis was utilized to determine the factors associated with women's exposure to emotional violence from their spouses/partners. The independent variables of the study were those used in the National Research on Domestic Violence against Women in Türkiye (2014). A total of 6,458 women-4,404 from urban areas and 2,054 from rural areas-were included in the analysis.

Results

The findings obtained from the analyses indicated that women's exposure to emotional violence was associated with various

SUBMITTER: Alkan O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11863851 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature