The Role of Emotional Abuse in Intimate Partner Violence and Health Among Women in Yokohama, Japan

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Authors

Mieko Yoshihama · National Institute of Population and Social Security Research

Julie Horrocks · National Institute of Population and Social Security Research

Saori Kamano · National Institute of Population and Social Security Research

Abstract

The similarity of outcomes among those that reported emotional abuse only and those that reported emotional abuse plus physical or sexual violence suggests the need for increased training of health care providers about the effects of emotional abuse.

Topics & Keywords

Intimate Partner and Family Violence Elder Abuse and Neglect Child Abuse and Trauma

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Gender equality

Publication Details

Published in: American Journal of Public Health

Volume 99, Issue 4, pp. 647-653

DOI: 10.2105/ajph.2007.118976

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