title: Women victims of violent partners: the Italian situation amid culture and psychopathology.
abstract: In 2006, the Italian National Institute of Statistics (ISTAT) conducted a survey over the entire national territory of women victims of sexual, physical, and psychologic violence, a few years after the first survey, conducted in 2002. For the 2002 survey, respondents were 60,000 women, 22,759 of whom were aged 14–59 years. For the 2006 survey, the sample consisted of 25,000 women aged 16–70 years. Owing to the sensitivity of the issues, the telephone survey technique seems best suited because it provides more anonymity and guarantee of protection. The survey showed that the phenomenon of violence against women is most commonly perpetrated by the partner or ex-partner, even in cases of homicide. A comparison of the Italian data with those of the U.S.A. for the period 2001–2006 showed a specificity of Intimate Partner Violence in Italy, that seems to be related to cultural elements and psychologic and psychopathologic factors.
authors.forename: Felice
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Carabellese
authors.forename: Manuela
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tamma
authors.forename: Donatella
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: La Tegola
authors.forename: Chiara
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Candelli
authors.forename: Roberto
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Catanesi
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D017579:Domestic Violence / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D004522:Educational Status; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005260:Female; D005555:Forensic Psychiatry; D006708:Homicide / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D007558:Italy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009790:Occupations / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D011902:Rape / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D013240:Stereotyping; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States; D055815:Young Adult