Interpersonal violence and depression in women

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between physical abuse, psychological abuse with depression in women, while controlling for prior experiences of depression in early childhood and adolescence. The dependent variable for this study was depression in women. The independent variables were: physical abuse and psychological abuse. The sample of convenience consisted of 289 participants. The primary analysis utilized independent t-tests to compare abused and non-abused samples and Pearson's correlations to examine the relationship between physical and psychological abuse with depression. Independent Samples t-test found significant differences between the groups and Pearson's correlations found a relationship between physical and psychological abuse with depression in women