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Table 2 Characteristics of the most recent incident of threat, physical assault, and sexual assault in recently victimized depressed patients

From: Violent victimization and revictimization in patients with depressive disorders: context characteristics, disclosure rates, and gender differences

 

Threats

Physical assaults

 

Sexual assaults

 

Total

(n = 68)

Men

(n = 22)

Women

(n = 46)

 

Total

(n = 50)

Men

(n = 16)

Women

(n = 34)

 

Totala

(n = 18)

 

%

%

%

p

%

%

%

p

%

Perpetrator

   

< .001 b

   

.020 b

 

  Stranger

30.9

63.6

15.2

 

20.0

37.5

11.8

 

27.8

  (Ex-)Partner

33.8

9.1

45.7

 

38.0

31.3

41.2

 

16.7

  Relative

11.8

4.5

15.2

 

20.0

0.0

29.4

 

5.6

  Neighbor

5.9

4.5

6.5

 

10.0

18.8

5.9

 

0

  Acquaintance

17.6

18.2

17.4

 

12.0

12.5

11.8

 

50.0

Location

   

.004 b

   

.054b

 

  At home

41.2

13.6

54.3

 

42.0

25.0

50.0

 

27.8

  Other’s home

4.4

4.5

4.3

 

14.0

6.3

17.6

 

16.7

  In public

32.4

59.1

19.6

 

30.0

56.3

17.6

 

33.3

  At work or school

8.8

9.1

8.7

 

10.0

6.3

11.8

 

11.1

  Other

13.2

13.6

13.0

 

4.0

6.3

2.9

 

11.1

Intoxicated

   

.035 c

   

.311c

 

  Yes

7.4

18.2

2.2

 

10.0

18.8

5.9

 

22.2

  No

92.6

81.8

97.8

 

90.0

81.3

94.1

 

77.8

Conflict prior to incident

   

.407c

   

1.000c

 

  Yes

67.6

59.1

71.7

 

80.0

81.3

79.4

 

22.2

  No

32.4

40.9

28.3

 

20.0

18.8

20.6

 

77.8

  1. a No gender differences could be examined due to small sample size (women n = 15, men n = 3)
  2. b Fisher-Freeman-Halton test
  3. c Fisher’s exact test