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Mental Health in Women Victims of Gender Violence: Descriptive and Multivariate Analysis of Neuropsychological Functions and Depressive Symptomatology

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  • Ana Victoria Torres García

    (Department of Personality, Psychological Evaluation and Treatment, Faculty of Psychology, Ciudad Jardín Campus, University of Salamanca, 37005 Salamanca, Spain)

  • María Concepción Vega-Hernández

    (Department of Statistics, Higher Polytechnic School of Zamora, Viriato Campus, University of Salamanca, 49029 Zamora, Spain)

  • Concha Antón Rubio

    (Department of Social Psychology and Anthropology, Faculty of Psychology, Ciudad Jardín Campus, University of Salamanca, 37005 Salamanca, Spain)

  • Miguel Pérez-Fernández

    (Department of Personality, Psychological Evaluation and Treatment, Faculty of Psychology, Ciudad Jardín Campus, University of Salamanca, 37005 Salamanca, Spain)

Abstract

Female victims of abuse, as well as suffering from psychopathological disorders such as depression, can have neuropsychological sequelae affecting memory and attention, with serious consequences, both physical and psychological, in their daily lives. Therefore, the objective of this study is to analyse these sequelae that affect attention and memory, as well as the possible association of these sequelae to depression. A total of 68 women, victims of gender-based violence, between the ages of 15 and 62 participated in this study. The Luria DNA Battery (Neuropsychological Diagnosis of Adults) by Manga and Ramos (2000); and the Beck Depression Inventory (2011) were applied. It is shown that female victims of gender-based violence present poor short-term memory, attentional control, and score low on the Luria-DNA battery. Of these women, 60% suffer from some relevant type of depression. Through HJ-Biplot analysis, a direct relationship was found between memory and attentional control with the total score of the Luria battery. However, an inverse relationship was found between short-term memory and depression. In addition, three well-differentiated clusters of female victims of gender-based violence were identified. It is concluded that a lower rate of depression is observed in female victims of abuse when they have a more intact short-term memory.

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  • Ana Victoria Torres García & María Concepción Vega-Hernández & Concha Antón Rubio & Miguel Pérez-Fernández, 2021. "Mental Health in Women Victims of Gender Violence: Descriptive and Multivariate Analysis of Neuropsychological Functions and Depressive Symptomatology," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(1), pages 1-15, December.
  • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:19:y:2021:i:1:p:346-:d:714074
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