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Article: Clinical Features of Heterosexual Intimate Partner Violence Victims with Escalating Injury Severity

TitleClinical Features of Heterosexual Intimate Partner Violence Victims with Escalating Injury Severity
Authors
Keywordsintimate partner violence
injury
abused women
male victims
spouse abuse
Issue Date2021
PublisherSage Publications, Inc. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.sagepub.com/journal.aspx?pid=108
Citation
Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2021, v. 36 n. 17-18, p. 8585-8605 How to Cite?
AbstractIntimate partner violence (IPV) is largely recognized to have a cyclical pattern and violence escalation in terms of frequency and intensity over time. However, there is a lack of systematic investigation of the profiles of victims and quantification of the patterns of injury of the victims associated with the first time versus repeated violence episodes. This study aimed to fill this knowledge gap by medical chart review of 878 victims in a 5-year period from 2010 to 2014 in Accident and Emergency Department (AED) of two public general hospitals in Hong Kong. The differences in injury patterns between the first IPV episode (FE) and recurrent IPV episodes (REs) experienced by male and female victims in heterosexual relationship were evaluated. The results indicated the violence escalation occurred in recurrent IPV in both genders. In female victims, there was significant increase in the number of injury locations (mean [M] = 2.0 vs. 2.2, p < .05), number of causes of injury (M = 1.7 vs. 2.2, p < .001) and police escort (15.2% vs. 22.1%, p < .05) in RE compared to FE. In male victims, however, only the increase in the number of causes of injury was significant (M = 1.6 vs. 2.1, p < .05) in RE compared to FE. In summary, our results highlight the escalation in the severity of harm of IPV victims in heterosexual relationship, and the gender differences in severity aggression and injury and help-seeking behavior change in recurrent IPV. Preventive measures are indicated to intervene the IPV occurrence and recurrence with rising morbidity and a potential of mortality.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/271333
ISSN
2023 Impact Factor: 2.6
2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 1.169
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dc.contributor.authorChoi, AWM-
dc.contributor.authorLo, BCY-
dc.contributor.authorWong, JYH-
dc.contributor.authorLo, RTF-
dc.contributor.authorChau, PCW-
dc.contributor.authorWong, JKS-
dc.contributor.authorLau, CL-
dc.contributor.authorKam, CW-
dc.date.accessioned2019-06-24T01:07:49Z-
dc.date.available2019-06-24T01:07:49Z-
dc.date.issued2021-
dc.identifier.citationJournal of Interpersonal Violence, 2021, v. 36 n. 17-18, p. 8585-8605-
dc.identifier.issn0886-2605-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/271333-
dc.description.abstractIntimate partner violence (IPV) is largely recognized to have a cyclical pattern and violence escalation in terms of frequency and intensity over time. However, there is a lack of systematic investigation of the profiles of victims and quantification of the patterns of injury of the victims associated with the first time versus repeated violence episodes. This study aimed to fill this knowledge gap by medical chart review of 878 victims in a 5-year period from 2010 to 2014 in Accident and Emergency Department (AED) of two public general hospitals in Hong Kong. The differences in injury patterns between the first IPV episode (FE) and recurrent IPV episodes (REs) experienced by male and female victims in heterosexual relationship were evaluated. The results indicated the violence escalation occurred in recurrent IPV in both genders. In female victims, there was significant increase in the number of injury locations (mean [M] = 2.0 vs. 2.2, p < .05), number of causes of injury (M = 1.7 vs. 2.2, p < .001) and police escort (15.2% vs. 22.1%, p < .05) in RE compared to FE. In male victims, however, only the increase in the number of causes of injury was significant (M = 1.6 vs. 2.1, p < .05) in RE compared to FE. In summary, our results highlight the escalation in the severity of harm of IPV victims in heterosexual relationship, and the gender differences in severity aggression and injury and help-seeking behavior change in recurrent IPV. Preventive measures are indicated to intervene the IPV occurrence and recurrence with rising morbidity and a potential of mortality.-
dc.languageeng-
dc.publisherSage Publications, Inc. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.sagepub.com/journal.aspx?pid=108-
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of Interpersonal Violence-
dc.rightsJournal of Interpersonal Violence. Copyright © Sage Publications, Inc.-
dc.rightsCopyright © [year] (Copyright Holder). DOI: [DOI number]-
dc.subjectintimate partner violence-
dc.subjectinjury-
dc.subjectabused women-
dc.subjectmale victims-
dc.subjectspouse abuse-
dc.titleClinical Features of Heterosexual Intimate Partner Violence Victims with Escalating Injury Severity-
dc.typeArticle-
dc.identifier.emailWong, JYH: janetyh@hku.hk-
dc.identifier.authorityWong, JYH=rp01561-
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dc.identifier.doi10.1177/0886260519850539-
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dc.identifier.hkuros298050-
dc.identifier.volume36-
dc.identifier.issue17-18-
dc.identifier.spage8585-
dc.identifier.epage8605-
dc.identifier.isiWOS:000702454600031-
dc.publisher.placeUnited States-
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