"Battered Women" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Women who are physically and mentally abused over an extended period, usually by a husband or other dominant male figure. Characteristics of the battered woman syndrome are helplessness, constant fear, and a perceived inability to escape. (From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 3d ed)
Concept/Terms
Battered Women- Battered Women
- Woman, Abused
- Abused Women
- Battered Woman
- Woman, Battered
- Women, Battered
- Abused Woman
- Women, Abused
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Battered Women".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Battered Women".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Battered Women" by people in Harvard Catalyst Profiles by year, and whether "Battered Women" was a major or minor topic of these publication.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1995 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2006 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2007 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2008 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2009 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Below are the most recent publications written about "Battered Women" by people in Profiles.
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Community and health system intervention to reduce disrespect and abuse during childbirth in Tanga Region, Tanzania: A comparative before-and-after study. PLoS Med. 2017 Jul; 14(7):e1002341.
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Bringing a Network-Oriented Approach to Domestic Violence Services: A Focus Group Exploration of Promising Practices. Violence Against Women. 2016 Jan; 22(1):64-89.
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Maternal abuse history, postpartum depression, and parenting: links with preschoolers' internalizing problems. Infant Ment Health J. 2015 Mar-Apr; 36(2):146-55.
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Preferences for intervention among Peruvian women in intimate partner violence relationships. Hisp Health Care Int. 2015; 13(1):27-37.
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Survivor-Defined Practice in Domestic Violence Work: Measure Development and Preliminary Evidence of Link to Empowerment. J Interpers Violence. 2016 Jan; 31(1):163-85.
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Informal social reactions to college women's disclosure of intimate partner violence: associations with psychological and relational variables. J Interpers Violence. 2015 Jan; 30(1):25-44.
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An examination of the factors related to dating violence perpetration among young men and women and associated theoretical explanations: a review of the literature. Trauma Violence Abuse. 2015 Apr; 16(2):136-52.
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Intimate partner violence among women veterans: previous interpersonal violence as a risk factor. J Trauma Stress. 2013 Dec; 26(6):767-71.
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Predictors of help-seeking behaviour among women exposed to violence in Nigeria: a multilevel analysis to evaluate the impact of contextual and individual factors. J Epidemiol Community Health. 2014 Mar; 68(3):211-7.
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Menstrually related mood disorders and a history of abuse: moderators of pain sensitivity. Health Psychol. 2014 Feb; 33(2):147-54.