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Health Impacts of Isolating Gender Violence

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  • Ramon Flecha
  • Lidia Puigvert
  • Patricia Melgar
  • Sandra Racionero-Plaza

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Isolating Gender Violence (IGV) is the violence perpetrated against those who support victims of gender violence and results from such support. Research has shown that overcoming IGV is central to eliminate gender violence. In this regard, a central step occurred in December 2020, when the Catalan Parliament approved by unanimity the creation of a new juridical figure and legal victim that never existed in the world before: victims of IGV. Now, professionals are demanding research evidence on health impacts of IGV to better support these victims. However, while the health consequences of sexual harassment have been widely examined, none analyses about whether and how IGV impacts its victims’ health exist. This article reports the first study exploring the perceptions of a group of IGV victims about the impact of IGV on their physical and mental health, if any. Data was collected with 21 semi-structured interviews and 1 communicative discussion group. The interviewing focused on participants’ perceptions about whether and how IGV affected their mental and/or physical health. Participants were 25 women and 4 men, all victims of IGV. The participants self-reported that IGV harmed their health status and shared their perceptions on some ways in which this occurred. Additionally, participants shared that: a) IGV reached their children affecting the minors’ emotional wellbeing, and b) they had a strong feeling of injustice which was perceived too as deteriorating their health. Studies based on diagnosis and with larger samples are necessary to further investigate the health consequences of IGV.

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  • Ramon Flecha & Lidia Puigvert & Patricia Melgar & Sandra Racionero-Plaza, 2024. "Health Impacts of Isolating Gender Violence," SAGE Open, , vol. 14(1), pages 21582440241, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:sagope:v:14:y:2024:i:1:p:21582440241227687
    DOI: 10.1177/21582440241227687
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    1. Lidia Puigvert & Marta Soler-Gallart & Ana Vidu, 2022. "From Bystanders to Upstanders: Supporters and Key Informants for Victims of Gender Violence," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(14), pages 1-14, July.
    2. Lidia Puigvert & Ana Vidu & Patricia Melgar & Marifa Salceda, 2021. "BraveNet Upstander Social Network against Second Order of Sexual Harassment," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(8), pages 1-13, April.
    3. Adriana Aubert & Ramon Flecha, 2021. "Health and Well-Being Consequences for Gender Violence Survivors from Isolating Gender Violence," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(16), pages 1-14, August.
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