A systematic review of romantic jealousy in relationships / Una revisión sistemática de los celos románticos en la relación de pareja

Romantic jealousy is a complex emotion activated by a real or perceived threat to the relationship. Romantic jealousy is an important phenomenon in public health, as it brings consequences for the subject, the couple and the rival, even to the point of death. This theory-based study performed a systematic review of the research published in major international databases and platforms, as of December, 2016. The results of 230 studies that met the inclusion criteria were classified in pursuance of the variables associated with jealousy: a) personal variables (differences in sex, sexual orientation, hormones / use of contraceptives, self-esteem, attachment style and use of alcohol); b) interpersonal variables (romantic love, satisfaction and violence); c) sociocultural variables (transcultural comparisons, features of the rival and social networks). Future studies, with sufficient statistical robustness, should achieve a clinical formulation that indicates the relevance and predictive power of each variable.

Los celos románticos son una emoción compleja que se activa ante una amenaza real o percibida a la relación sentimental. Constituyen un fenómeno relevante en salud pública por las consecuencias para sí mismo, la pareja y el rival, llegando incluso hasta la muerte. El presente estudio teórico realiza una revisión sistemática de investigaciones publicadas en las principales bases de datos y plataformas internacionales, hasta diciembre del 2016. Los resultados de los 230 estudios que cumplían con los criterios de inclusión fueron clasificados en función de las variables asociadas a los celos: a) personales (diferencias de sexo, orientación sexual, hormonas/uso de anticonceptivos, autoestima, estilo de apego y consumo de alcohol); b) interpersonales (amor romántico, satisfacción y violencia); y c) socioculturales (comparaciones transculturales, características del rival y redes sociales). Futuros estudios, con suficiente robustez estadística, deberán lograr una formulación clínica que indique la relevancia y el poder de predicción de cada variable.

Intimate partner violence against women during pregnancy in Tripura: a hospital based study.

Background: Intimate partner violence is increasing day by day and has become a matter of public health concern. Methods: To estimate the prevalence of intimate partner violence during pregnancy, to find out the pattern of violence and its determinants, a hospital based cross-sectional study was conducted among 1005 women admitted in the maternity wards of Agartala Government Medical College and Mohanpur Community Health Centre using multistage sampling and structured interview schedule during 20th November 2009 to 19th November 2010. Descriptive statistics, chi-square test and binary logistic regression analysis were used. Results: Mean age of the study women was 23.21 (± 4.229). Prevalence of physical assault during pregnancy was 23.8 %, verbal abuse 40.6 %, forced intercourse 21.2 %. Violence was faced by 43.2 % women before pregnancy, and in 29.5 % cases, it continued during pregnancy also. 37.815 % violence occurred without any reason; 34.873 % due to financial matters, 12.605 % due to family affairs, 6.302 % for not giving birth to son, 8.403 % due to household work and suspicion of infidelity. Violence was more prevalent among Christian, daily labours (n = 31, 75.6%), illiterate and rural women. Women faced more violence from addicted husbands (n = 239, 26.3%) and in families where decision makers were illiterate (n = 201, 47.2%). Conclusions: Improving literacy, eliminating addiction and marriage of women with men of lesser age difference may help in minimizing intimate partner violence in Tripura.

Impact of Psychological Preventive Intervention on Attitudes to Spousal Violence in Newly-married Couples / 中国心理卫生杂志

Objective:To reduce the approval attitude to domestic violence by psychological intervention for high-risk target groups.Methods:Two districts were randomly selected from the total 5 districts in Changsha,and 93 couples with high risk of spousal violence were screened from a random sample of 317 couples.They were divided into intervention group(42 couples)and control group(51 couples).Mental health education and trainings to prevent from spousal violence were provided to the intervention group 6～7 times within 6 months,while no intervention methods were provided to the control group.After 6 months,25 couples in the intervention group and 37 couples in the control group completed the investigation and evaluation on domestic violence attitude.Results:After 6 months,the number of couples that accepted or partly accepted domestic violence was reduced(15 couples vs.25 couples),also less than that of the control group( 43 couples).No significant difference was found in the control group between before and after the intervention(P>0.05).Conclusion:The psychological intervention to the newly-married couples can change their attitudes to domestic violence.

Violência conjugal: desafio para os profissionais de saúde / Spousal violence: challenge for health professionals

Diante da complexidade e extensão da violência doméstica no âmbito conjugal, há uma preocupação dos pesquisadores com a temática e discussão para articular violência e saúde. Tais estudos evidenciam que, embora as mulheres busquem mais os profissionais de saúde e, em especial, os que atuam nos serviços de emergência, devido às lesões físicas, nem todos estabelecem a relação entre a identificação das lesões e o contexto violento, no qual foram produzidas. Este estudo tem como objeto as representações sociais de profissionais de saúde acerca da assistência à mulher em situação de violência conjugal e como objetivo analisar as representações destes profissionais sobre esta temática. Foi utilizada a pesquisa qualitativa, tendo como referencial a Teoria das Representações Sociais. O espaço do estudo foi a Unidade de Emergência de um Hospital Público da cidade de Salvador (BA). Os sujeitos foram: profissionais de saúde de nível superior (enfermeiras, médicos e assistentes sociais) e profissionais de saúde de nível médio (auxiliares de enfermagem). Para captação dos dados, utilizou-se a observação participante e a entrevista semi-estruturada. Na análise destes dados utilizou-se a análise temática de Bardin. Os resultados evidenciaram que o setor de emergência, para os profissionais de saúde, é um espaço apenas para a identificação e o tratamento das lesões, não sendo responsabilidade deles ôolharõ os aspectos da subjetividade que favoreçam trazer as causas da lesão como uma possibilidade de violência. Para eles, a violência diz respeito apenas a profissionais como assistente social e psicólogo, bem como aos aspectos jurídicos.

In the face of the complexity and extent of domestic violence, in regards to spousal abuse, there is concern fromresearchers regarding the themes and discussions to articulate violence and health. Such studies illustrate that evenwith more women seeking health professionals, and especially, emergency services, due to physical lesions, not allprofessionals establish a relationship between identifying the lesions and the context of violence in which they wereproduced. The social representations of health professionals in regards to the assistance to women in violent situations,is the subject of this study. The objective is to analyze the representations of these professionals in regards to this subject.This study employed a qualitative research methodology using the Theory of Social Representations as reference. Thestudy took place in the Emergency Unit of a public hospital in the city of Salvador, Bahia. The subjects for this studyincluded high-level health professionals (nurses, doctors, and social assistants) and middle-level health professionals(nursing assistants). For the data gathering, participant observation and semi-structured interviews were utilized.Bardin’s thematic analysis was used for the data analysis. The results illustrated that for health professionals, theemergency room is just a space for the identification and treatment of lesions. It is not their responsibility to see aspects of the subjectivity that could have brought the causes of the lesions, such as the possibility of violence. For theseprofessionals, violence issues are associated to professionals in the areas of social work and psychology, as well as legalrealm.

La violencia conyugal: una forma de relacion al interior de las parejas que acuden a la sala de atencion al usuario de la Fiscalia General de la Nacion de Antioquia / Spousal violence: a form of relationship within couples who come to the user attention room of the Attorney General of the Nation of Antioquia

La violencia es una realidad que se presenta en sus diversas manifestaciones en el diario acontecer social, pero hay un tipo de violencia que se genera al interior del núcleo familiar, la violencia conyugal, la cual es un reflejo de la misma situación de violencia social que se vive actualmente en Colombia, donde factores como la desigualdad, la insatisfacción de necesidades básicas, desempleo, carencia de vivienda, la salud entre otras, confluyen para que este fenómeno se de con mas fuerza al interior de la familia.

Violence is a reality that occurs in its various manifestations in the daily social event, but there is a type of violence that is generated within the family nucleus, conjugal violence, which is a reflection of the same situation of social violence that It is currently lived in Colombia, where factors such as inequality, dissatisfaction of basic needs, unemployment, homelessness, health among others, come together so that this phenomenon is more strongly within the family.

A Study on Socio-demographic and Cultural Factors of Spousal Violence / 中国临床心理学杂志

Objective: To investigate the socio-demographic and cultural factors of spousal violence(SV) in order to provide systematic basis of SV prevention.Methods: By using multistage stratified sampling methods,3087 households were selected from Chenzhou city in Hunan Province.After screening,384 households had SV.Among them 80 households were randomly selected for study,in which 80 perpetrators were not in the domestic violence(DV) group.For the non-DV group,after matching of family’s structure,96 households without violence behavior were selected,in which after matching of gender and age with perpetrators,96 normal controls were enrolled.Results: The ratio of male perpetrators(81.3%) was more than female(18.7%),but female(81.3%) was more than male(19%) victims(P