Table 5 Psychologically abused participant characteristics and source of abuse
Variable | Mean | SD |
Age at first psychological abuse (n = 384) | 13.07 | 11.27 |
Mean score of abuse consequence (n = 425) | 5.34 | 2.986 |
Age of disclosure (n = 210) | 14.85 | 11.630 |
Variable | Frequency | % |
Psychological abuse in the last year (n = 450) | ||
● No | 303 | 67.33 |
● Yes | 147 | 32.66 |
Seeking assistance (n = 451) | ||
● No, did not suffer | 153 | 33.92 |
● No, although suffering | 178 | 39.46 |
● Yes | 120 | 26.60 |
Source of abuse (n = 602) | ||
● Ex-husband | 31 | 5.14 |
● Current husband | 98 | 16.27 |
● Stepfather | 5 | 0.83 |
● Stepmother | 19 | 3.15 |
● Mother | 52 | 8.63 |
● Father | 93 | 15.44 |
● Brother | 82 | 13.62 |
● Sister | 34 | 5.64 |
● Children | 24 | 3.98 |
● Friends | 38 | 6.31 |
● Known person | 43 | 7.14 |
● Unknown person | 26 | 4.31 |
● Others | 57 | 9.46 |
What do abusers use (n = 371) | ||
● Smoking | 140 | 37.73 |
● Drugs | 17 | 4.58 |
● Alcohol | 8 | 2.156 |
● Nothing | 206 | 55.52 |
Disclosure | ||
● No | 251 | 55.29 |
● Yes, partially | 140 | 30.84 |
● Yes, all | 63 | 13.88 |
Disclosure to a medical practitioner (n = 230) | ||
● No | 195 | 84.78 |
● Yes, she knows | 5 | 2.17 |
● Yes, when she asked | 17 | 7.39 |
● Yes, immediately | 13 | 5.65 |