Nonpartner Physical Violence Affects More Than Half of Men With Disabilities

More than half of men who have disabilities have experienced nonpartner physical violence, mostly by strangers, astudy in theAmerican Journal of Preventive Medicine has found. The findings highlight the need for violence prevention and intervention programs that are inclusive of and responsive to the needs of men and women with disabilities.Zarintaj A. Malihi, Ph.D., of the University of Auckland in New Zealand and colleagues analyzed data from the 2019 New Zealand Family Violence Survey/He Koiora Matapopore, in which face-to-face interviews were conducted with 2,887 New Zealanders aged 16 years or older between 2017 and 2019. The study was designed to determine the prevalence rates of nonpartner physical and sexual violence reported by people with physical, intellectual, psychological, and multiple disabilities compared with the prevalence reported by people without disabilities. Questions about violence were drawn from the WHO Multi-Country Study on Violence Against Women questionnaire and adapted to include men.Overall, more people with disabilities reported nonpartner physical and sexual violence experience than those without disabilities. Among men with disabilities, 56.2% experienced lifetime nonpartner physical violence and 5.6% experienced lifetime nonpartner sexual violence. In 59.3% of cases, this violence was perpetrated by strangers. Among women with disabilities, 15.4% experienced lifetime nonpartner physical violence and 11.1% experienced lifetime nonpartner sex...
Source: Psychiatr News - Category: Psychiatry Tags: American Journal of Preventive Medicine disabilities men New Zealand Family Violence Survey nonpartner violence physical violence psychological disabilities relatives sexual violence strangers women Source Type: research