Indicators of liberation from gender-based intimate partner violence in Spain related to when charges are dropped

  1. María García-Jiménez 1
  2. M. Jesús Cala 1
  3. M. Eva Trigo 1
  4. Esther Barberá 2
  1. 1 Universidad de Sevilla
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    Universidad de Sevilla

    Sevilla, España

    ROR https://ror.org/03yxnpp24

  2. 2 Universitat de València
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    Universitat de València

    Valencia, España

    ROR https://ror.org/043nxc105

Revue:
Psicothema

ISSN: 0214-9915,  1886-144X

Année de publication: 2020

Volumen: 32

Número: 1

Pages: 40-46

Type: Article

DOI: 10.7334/PSICOTHEMA2019.188 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openAccès ouvert editor

D'autres publications dans: Psicothema

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Résumé

Antecedentes: a pesar del interés por conocer los motivos por los que las mujeres renuncian a continuar a un procedimiento judicial por violencia de género en la pareja (VGP), poco se conoce sobre la heterogeneidad entre quienes renuncian en función del momento del procedimiento en que toman dicha decisión y su relación con el grado de liberación o desvinculación de la relación. Método: mediante modelos de Análisis de la Varianza y pruebas Chi-cuadrado se estudiaron qué variables relacionadas con las renuncias y qué variables indicadoras de liberación diferenciaron a un total de 105 mujeres que habían renunciado a un procedimiento judicial por VGP, en función de si decidieron renunciar al inicio o en etapas avanzadas del procedimiento. También se desarrollaron análisis de Regresión Logística Binaria para predecir el riesgo de abandonar en etapas iniciales. Resultados: quienes renunciaron al inicio presentaron más indicadores de una liberación aún incipiente. El modelo predictivo de las renuncias en etapas iniciales contó con dos predictoras: no esperar y no solicitar protección al sistema judicial. Conclusiones: la desvinculación de la relación se torna esencial en la compleja decisión de renunciar al procedimiento judicial; se requieren actuaciones profesionales que no dificulten la recuperación.

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This work has been funded by the Department for Equality and Social Welfare of the Andalusian Regional Government (1071/0453), and by the Ministry of Education and Professional Training (FPU15/00373).

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