title: [Differential perception of gender violence by Romanian immigrants resident in the metropolitan area of Madrid].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Battered women have poorer health. Immigrant women have a higher risk of suffering abuse by their partner, with the most frequent type being psychological abuse. A large percentage of the population living in the health district of Coslada are of Romanian origin, therefore we designed a study aimed at determining whether there are differences between Spanish and Romanian women regarding the perception of different types of violence, expecting to find significant differences.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 93 people (61.26% Romanian) were included in the study, and who were given a questionnaire with sociodemographic variables, family APGAR, and a questionnaire on perceptions of behaviors related to gender violence. Descriptive statistics and a hierarchical multiple regression analysis was performed on the results.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Nearly 30% of women from Romania and 10% of Spanish respondents were considering or had considered being victims of abuse. According to the data, the Romanian-born women in the sample identified easier those behaviours involving physical or sexual violence easier; while, like Spanish women had more difficulty recognizing psychological violence.
authors.affiliation: Comisión de Violencia, Hospital Universitario del Henares, Madrid, España. mfrenzirabito@gmail.com
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Rabito-Alcón
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Puente-García
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Cámara-Blanco
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: De Frutos-Moneo
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: García-Jorge
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Correas-Lauffer
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001290:Attitude; D018585:Battered Women / Q000523:psychology*; D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012383:Romania / Q000208:ethnology; D013030:Spain; D014505:Urban Population; D014754:Violence
keywords: Immigration; Inmigración; Maltrato a la mujer; Psychological violence; Sexual violence; Spousal abuse; Violence against women; Violencia contra la mujer; Violencia psicológica; Violencia sexual