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Family violence and health among elderly in Croatia
- Authors:
- ADJUKOVIC Marina, OGRESTA Jelena, RUSAC Silvia
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Aggression Maltreatment and Trauma, 18(3), April 2009, pp.261-279.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
This study was designed to gain an overview of the incidence of different forms of family violence against the elderly in Croatia and the characteristics of the perpetrators. A sample of 232 women and 71 men with a mean age of 75.8 years completed the Elderly Abuse in the Family Questionnaire and the Subjective Health Questionnaire. In the last year respondents reported experiencing violence in the family as follows: psychological abuse (24.1%), financial exploitation (6.4%), physical abuse (4.4%), and sexual abuse (2.1%). The abusers were most often husbands (30.15%), sons (16.64%), daughters (14.01%), and wives (9.21%). In the intimate partner relationship, 44% of the women and 35% of the men had experienced at least some form of violence. With increasing age the ratio of female perpetrators increased. The results showed that elderly men and women who were victims of family abuse had poorer psychological health than those without such experiences. Elderly people who had experienced partner violence consumed alcohol more often than those who had experienced violence by other household members. When women were the perpetrators of the violence, the partner was more likely to consume alcohol. When a man was the perpetrator, the victim was unlikely to consume alcohol regularly.