Wife rape in a sample of psychiatric patients.
A descriptive study of 53 ever-married women currently being treated for primary depression or anxiety documented that wife rape is a significant negative factor in the lives of these women and is positively correlated with a history of childhood sexual abuse. The study identified the incidence of wife rape in this sample and described co-variables of the wife rape experience. The findings from this research may be used by nurses to increase the effectiveness of their care.
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D000328:Adult; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology; D002648:Child; D002650:Child Abuse, Sexual; D015400:Clinical Nursing Research; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D011902:Rape; D013179:Spouse Abuse