Indicators of liberation from gender-based intimate partner violence in Spain related to when charges are dropped / Indicadores de liberación de la violencia de género en la pareja relacionados con el momento de renunciar al procedimiento judicial en España

BACKGROUND: While the reasons female victims of gender-based intimate partner violence (GIPV) withdraw from legal proceedings continue to fuel debate, little is known about the heterogeneity of these women regarding the timing of their decision and its connection to liberating themselves from the violent relationship. METHOD: We used Analyses of Variance and Chi-squared tests to identify variables related to withdrawal from legal proceedings and variables indicating progress in the separation process related to the timing of withdrawal: in the initial or final stages of the legal proceedings. The analyses were performed in a sample of 105 women who had dropped charges. Then, we ran Binary Logistic Regression analyses to predict the risk of withdrawal during the initial stages of proceedings. RESULTS: Women withdrawing in the initial stages showed more indicators that the ending of the relationship was still incipient. The predictive model included two variables: not expecting protection from the judicial system and not applying for a protection order. CONCLUSIONS: Detachment from the relationship is essential in the complex decision surrounding withdrawal; professional action is needed that does not jeopardise recovery from GIPV

ANTECEDENTES: a pesar del interés por conocer los motivos por los que las mujeres renuncian a continuar a un procedimiento judicial por violencia de género en la pareja (VGP), poco se conoce sobre la heterogeneidad entre quienes renuncian en función del momento del procedimiento en que toman dicha decisión y su relación con el grado de liberación o desvinculación de la relación. MÉTODO: mediante modelos de Análisis de la Varianza y pruebas Chi-cuadrado se estudiaron qué variables relacionadas con las renuncias y qué variables indicadoras de liberación diferenciaron a un total de 105 mujeres que habían renunciado a un procedimiento judicial por VGP, en función de si decidieron renunciar al inicio o en etapas avanzadas del procedimiento. También se desarrollaron análisis de Regresión Logística Binaria para predecir el riesgo de abandonar en etapas iniciales. RESULTADOS: quienes renunciaron al inicio presentaron más indicadores de una liberación aún incipiente. El modelo predictivo de las renuncias en etapas iniciales contó con dos predictoras: no esperar y no solicitar protección al sistema judicial. CONCLUSIONES: la desvinculación de la relación se torna esencial en la compleja decisión de renunciar al procedimiento judicial; se requieren actuaciones profesionales que no dificulten la recuperación

Indicators of liberation from gender-based intimate partner violence in Spain related to when charges are dropped.

BACKGROUND: While the reasons female victims of gender-based intimate partner violence (GIPV) withdraw from legal proceedings continue to fuel debate, little is known about the heterogeneity of these women regarding the timing of their decision and its connection to liberating themselves from the violent relationship. METHOD: We used Analyses of Variance and Chi-squared tests to identify variables related to withdrawal from legal proceedings and variables indicating progress in the separation process related to the timing of withdrawal: in the initial or final stages of the legal proceedings. The analyses were performed in a sample of 105 women who had dropped charges. Then, we ran Binary Logistic Regression analyses to predict the risk of withdrawal during the initial stages of proceedings. RESULTS: Women withdrawing in the initial stages showed more indicators that the ending of the relationship was still incipient. The predictive model included two variables: not expecting protection from the judicial system and not applying for a protection order. CONCLUSIONS: Detachment from the relationship is essential in the complex decision surrounding withdrawal; professional action is needed that does not jeopardise recovery from GIPV.

Inteligencia emocional y género: más allá de las diferencias sexuales / Emotional intelligence and gender: beyond sex differences

La mayoría de los estudios sobre género e Inteligencia Emocional (IE) se han centrado en analizar diferencias en función del sexo y han mostrado resultados contradictorios. Con objeto de formular nuevas propuestas de análisis en este ámbito de estudio, el presente trabajo examina el efecto de la identidad de género sobre la IE en una muestra de 338 trabajadores/as. Para la medida de la IE se utilizaron tanto medidas de auto-percepción (TMMS) como de habilidad (MSCEIT). Los resultados indican que la aceptación de rasgos de expresividad por parte de las mujeres podría explicar sus mayores puntuaciones en IE. Además, los resultados muestran que las personas andróginas, en comparación con las instrumentales y expresivas, presentan niveles superiores de IE. A partir de tales resultados, se pone de manifiesto la necesidad de ir más allá del enfoque de las diferencias sexuales en IE y de promover referentes de identidad de género menos estereotipados (AU)

Research on gender and Emotional Intelligence (EI) has analysed individual differences in relation to sex and has yielded contradictory results. With the aim of suggesting new proposals in this field of study, the present work analyses the influence of gender identity on EI in a sample of 338 workers. We combined self-report measures (TMMS) and ability based measures (MSCEIT) of Emotional Intelligence. Results indicate that women's higher acceptance of expressive traits may help to explain their higher scores on EI. Also, results show that androgynous individuals, compared with instrumental and expressive individuals, present higher levels of EI. Taking into account these results, the need to go beyond the "sex differences" approach when analysing EI and to develop less stereo-typed gendered identity references is discussed (AU)