title: Prevalence of Intimate Partner Violence and Associated Factors.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The aim of the present cross-sectional study was to investigate the prevalence of intimate partner physical violence among depressive Turkish women, as well as the association of intimate partner physical violence with attachment patterns, childhood traumas, and socio-demographic factors.
  
  
  METHODS
  The study included 100 women diagnosed with depressive disorder and 30 healthy women. The Structured Clinical Interview for Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-IV axis I disorders, Hamilton Depression Rating Scale, Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale, Adult Attachment Style Questionnaire (AASQ), and Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (CTQ) were used for clinical assessment.
  
  
  RESULTS
  It was found that 64% of the women diagnosed with depression were suffering from intimate partner physical violence. In these women, the severity of depression and anxiety symptoms was higher, suicidal ideation and suicide attempts were more common, and the diagnosis of double depression was more prevalent. These women also achieved higher scores in the avoidant and ambivalent subscales of AASQ and higher total scores and higher scores in the physical abuse subscale of CTQ. The partner's and the woman's experiences of physical violence in their families during their childhood predicted intimate partner physical violence for women suffering from depression.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The investigation of domestic violence contributes to the treatment of depression and also to the recognition and prevention of domestic violence that has profound effects on successive generations.
authors.affiliation: Clinic of Psychiatry, Bucak State Hospital, Burdur, Turkey.
authors.forename: Berna
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Karakoç
authors.affiliation: Clinic of Psychiatry, İzmir Atatürk Training and Research Hospital, İzmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Leyla
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gülseren
authors.affiliation: Clinic of Psychiatry, Manisa Mental Health Hospital, Manisa, Turkey.
authors.forename: Birmay
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Çam
authors.affiliation: Clinic of Psychiatry, İzmir Atatürk Training and Research Hospital, İzmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Şeref
authors.initials: Ş
authors.lastname: Gülseren
authors.affiliation: Clinic of Psychiatry, Çanakkale State Hospital, Çanakkale, Turkey.
authors.forename: Nermin
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Tenekeci
authors.affiliation: Clinic of Psychiatry, İzmir Atatürk Training and Research Hospital, İzmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Levent
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Mete
keywords: Intimate partner violence; attachment style; childhood trauma; depression