Prevalence of codependence in young women seeking primary health care and associated risk factors
| Autor: | Gloria Noriega, Antonio R. Villa, María Elena Medina-Mora, Luciana Ramos |
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| Rok vydání: | 2008 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Cross-sectional study Codependency Psychological Health Status Population Culture Poison control Models Psychological Sex Factors Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) Risk Factors Surveys and Questionnaires Injury prevention Developmental and Educational Psychology medicine Prevalence Humans Interpersonal Relations Women Psychiatry education Mexico Probability education.field_of_study Primary Health Care business.industry Alcohol dependence Sex Offenses Odds ratio Patient Acceptance of Health Care Mental health Psychiatry and Mental health Alcoholism Cross-Sectional Studies Transactional Analysis Spouse Spouse Abuse Female Psychology (miscellaneous) Family Relations Power Psychological business Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | The American journal of orthopsychiatry. 78(2) |
| ISSN: | 0002-9432 |
| Popis: | Codependence as a relational problem that often, but not necessarily always, occurs in conjunction with familial alcoholism. Previous research has shown that various etiological factors resulting from recurring stressful circumstances experienced in childhood or adulthood may contribute to this relation. Another factor arises out of the "submission script" that may be assumed by women living within a culture that typically promotes unequal power between women and men. To examine the prevalence of codependence and its predictors, a cross-sectional study was conducted among a population of 845 young women seeking primary health care in Mexico City. Odds ratio prevalence (ORP) was used to estimate the strength of possible association between codependence and exposure to several factors. A prevalence of 25% of codependence was found. Multivariate analysis revealed that women with a submissive cultural script were nearly eight times more likely to develop codependence than those without this programming. Other relevant factors were having a partner with probable alcohol dependence, a father with alcohol problems, physical and sexual mistreatment by a partner, and a history of emotional mistreatment. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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