Intimate partner violence trends in Brazil: data from two waves of the Brazilian National Alcohol and Drugs Survey

Objective: To compare intimate partner violence (IPV) prevalence rates in 2006 and 2012 in a nationally representative household sample in Brazil. The associations between IPV and substance use were also investigated. Methods: IPV was assessed using the Conflict Tactic Scale-R in two waves (2006/20...

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Main Authors: Elizabeth Z. Ally, Ronaldo Laranjeira, Maria C. Viana, Ilana Pinsky, Raul Caetano, Sandro Mitsuhiro, Clarice S. Madruga
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Psiquiatria (ABP) 2016-06-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-44462016000200098&lng=en&tlng=en