title: Quality of life among lifetime victimized men.
abstract: Quality of life was compared for lifetime victimized (n = 353) and nonvictimized men (n = 167) for demographic and quality of life variables by a cross-sectional design. The univariate analyses showed that victims compared to nonvictims had a lower quality of life, were younger, more often had upper secondary school education, and were more often blue-collar/low white-collar workers, on student allowances, on unemployment, financially strained, and smokers. The regressions revealed that unemployment, financial strain, smoking, depression, and home/public abuse were associated with reduced quality of life among victimized men. Being a blue-collar/low/intermediate white-collar worker and social support were related to increased quality of life. This study may have provided new insights into the experiences of quality of life of victimized men.
authors.affiliation: Stockholm Centre of Public Health and Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden. joaquim.soares@sll.se
authors.forename: Joaquim J F
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Soares
authors.forename: Eija
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Viitasara
authors.forename: Gloria
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Macassa
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D019548:Crime Victims / Q000523:psychology*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004522:Educational Status; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D008019:Life Style; D008297:Male; D008571:Men / Q000523:psychology; D008875:Middle Aged; D011203:Poverty; D011788:Quality of Life; D012944:Social Support; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013548:Sweden