Receiving threatening or obscene messages from a partner and mental health, self-harm and suicidality: results from the Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey
| Autor: | Leonie Maria Tanczer, Sara Scott, Paul Bebbington, Sally McManus, Louise M. Howard |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Cyber bullying
medicine.medical_specialty Health (social science) Social Psychology Epidemiology Population Context (language use) HN Suicidality 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Emotional abuse medicine Self-harm 030212 general & internal medicine Psychiatry education Psychological abuse Threat 0505 law education.field_of_study Invited Original Paper 05 social sciences Odds ratio Mental health Intimate partner violence Psychiatry and Mental health Distress Harm RC0321 050501 criminology Domestic violence Psychology RA |
| Zdroj: | Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology |
| ISSN: | 1433-9285 0933-7954 |
| Popis: | Purpose Threatening or obscene messaging is repeated, unwanted texts, emails, letters or cards experienced by the recipient as threatening or obscene, and causing fear, alarm or distress. It is rarely examined as an aspect of intimate partner violence. We describe the prevalence of exposure to threatening/obscene messaging from a current or ex-partner; characteristics of victims; and associations with other forms of violence and abuse, mental disorder, self-harm, and suicidality. Methods Cross-sectional probability-sample survey of the general population in England aged 16 + . Multivariable regression modelling tested associations between receipt of threatening/obscene messaging and current common mental disorder, past-year self-harm and suicidality. Results Threatening/obscene messages were received from a current/ex-partner by 6.6% (95%CI: 5.9–7.3) of adults who had been in a relationship; 1.7% received these in the past year. Victims were more likely to be female, under 35, single or divorced, socioeconomically disadvantaged, and to have experienced other forms of sexual and partner violence and abuse. Those who received threatening/obscene messages in the past year were more likely to experience common mental disorder (adjusted odds ratio 1.89; 1.01–3.55), self-harm (2.31; 1.00–5.33), and suicidal thoughts (2.00; 1.06–3.78). Conclusion Threatening/obscene messaging commonly occurs in the context of intimate partner violence. While often occurring alongside sexual and physical violence, messaging has an additional association with mental disorder and suicidality. Routine enquiry in service settings concerning safety, including those working with people who have escaped domestic violence, should ask about ongoing contact from previous as well as current partners. This should include asking about messaging, as well as other forms of potentially technology-enabled abuse which may become increasingly common. |
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