To determine the pattern and effects of verbal, emotional and physical abuse in both sexes
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https://doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20160729Keywords:
Effects of abuse, Pattern of abuse, Verbal abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Both sexesAbstract
Background: Abuse is a word used for bad effect or for a bad purpose and is of several types. Presence of abuse in a civilized society is the major obstacle in achieving complete health. In India there has been 760 percent increase in abuse rate from 1971 to 2009. We listen a lot about abuses against fairer sex, but there exist abuses against males too. So, we decided to undertake this study to find out whether both sexes suffer from abuse or not and what are their pattern and effects?
Methods:Predesigned questionnaires were distributed to 100 males and 100 females aged 15 to 55 years, requested to honestly and completely fill and return. Collected data was analyzed under set format of scoring.
Results: Frequency of verbal abuse was 33.57% in males and 18.71% in females while overall frequency was 25.15% and its effects were in 36.33% males and 22.66% females, while the overall effect was observed in 30.66%. Frequency of emotional abuse was 25.42% in males and 20.14% in females while overall frequency was 29.25% and its effects were in 29.33% males and 23% females, while the overall effect was observed in 28.33%. Frequency of physical abuse was 25.71% in males and 14.85% in females while overall frequency was 22.8% and its effects were in 39.33% males and 22.66% females, while overall effect was observed in 29.33%. There was no statistically significant co-relation of effects and types of different abuses with gender, age, socio-economic status and religion (p<0.01).
Conclusions:Males are not only the sufferers of all types of abuse but are effected, more than females and that occurrence and types of abuse are not statistically significant with gender, age, socio-economic status and religion.
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