Risk factors of severity of abuse against older women in the home setting: A multinational European study |
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| Authors: | Liesbeth De Donder Gert Lang José Ferreira-Alves Bridget Penhale Ilona Tamutiene Minna-Liisa Luoma |
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| Institution: | 1. Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgiumliesbeth.de.donder@vub.ac.be;3. Research Institute of the Red Cross, Vienna, Austria;4. Austrian Health Promotion Foundation, a business unit of Gesundheit ?sterreich GmbH, Vienna, Austria;5. School of Psychology, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal;6. School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of East Anglia, Norwich, United Kingdom;7. Faculty of Political Science and Diplomacy, Public Administration Department, Vytautas Magnus University, Kaunas, Lithuania;8. Functional Capacity Unit, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland |
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| Abstract: | ABSTRACTThis article examines the ecological risk factors of abuse against older women. Data from 2,880 older women were randomly collected in five European countries (Austria, Belgium, Finland, Lithuania, and Portugal) using a standardized questionnaire. Results indicate that overall 30.1 % older women had at least one experience of abuse in the past year. The findings demonstrate that a single emphasis on personal risk factors (e.g., health, coping) is important but too simple: Abuse is multifaceted and is embedded in environmental (e.g., loneliness, household income) as well as macrocultural contexts (e.g., old age dependency ratio). |
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| Keywords: | Ecological model elder abuse mistreatment risk factors |
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