Citation

Soares JJF, Viitasara E, Macassa G. Violence Vict. 2007; 22(2): 189-204.

Affiliation

Stockholm Centre of Public Health and Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden. joaquim.soares@sll.se

Copyright

(Copyright © 2007, Springer Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

17479555

Abstract

Quality of life was compared for lifetime victimized (n = 353) and nonvictimized men (n = 167) for demographic and quality of life variables by a cross-sectional design. The univariate analyses showed that victims compared to nonvictims had a lower quality of life, were younger, more often had upper secondary school education, and were more often blue-collar/low white-collar workers, on student allowances, on unemployment, financially strained, and smokers. The regressions revealed that unemployment, financial strain, smoking, depression, and home/public abuse were associated with reduced quality of life among victimized men. Being a blue-collar/low/intermediate white-collar worker and social support were related to increased quality of life. This study may have provided new insights into the experiences of quality of life of victimized men.

Language: en