Depressive symptoms and suicidal ideation associated with women's experience of recent economic intimate partner violence in Gauteng, South Africa: A cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT: This study investigated the prevalence of economic intimate partner violence (IPV) and its association with mental health outcomes among women in Gauteng Province, South Africa. Economic IPV, involving controlling behaviours related to employment, earnings, housing, and financial support, is a critical yet understudied form of abuse with potential impacts on women's mental health. A secondary analysis was conducted using data from a representative survey of 491 women collected in 2010. Past-year economic IPV and other IPV forms were assessed through an adapted World Health Organization questionnaire. Depressive symptoms were measured by the Centre for Epidemiologic Studies Depression (CES-D) scale, and suicidal ideation was assessed for the past four weeks. Multivariate logistic regression

SUBMITTER: Pienaar S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12721507 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature