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JOURNAL OF ELDER ABUSE & NEGLECT
Volume 23, Issue 1, Pages 43-57Publisher
ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/08946566.2011.534707
Keywords
elder mistreatment; gender; perpetrator; victimization
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- National Institute of Justice [2007-WG-BX-0009]
- National Institute on Aging [R21AG030667]
- NIMH [MH083469]
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH [F32MH083469] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING [R21AG030667] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
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Perpetrator and incident characteristics were studied in regard to incidents of emotional, physical, and sexual mistreatment of older adults (age 60+) in a national sample of older men and women. Random digit dialing across geographic strata was used to compile a nationally representative sample; computer assisted telephone interviewing was used to standardize collection of demographic, mistreatment, and perpetrator and incident characteristics data. The final sample size consisted of 5,777 older adults. Approximately one in ten adults reported at least one form of mistreatment, and the majority of incidents were not reported to authorities. Perpetrators of physical mistreatment against men had more pathological characteristics compared to perpetrators of physical mistreatment against women. Perpetrators of physical mistreatment (compared to emotional and sexual mistreatment) also evidenced increased likelihood of legal problems, psychological treatment, substance use during incident, living with the victim, and being related to the victim. Implications for future research and social policy are discussed.
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