Intimate Partner Violence, Mental Health Symptomology, and Mental Health and Protective Service Use among Syrian Refugee Women with Children in Jordan

Refugee women with children are at increased risk of intimate partner violence (IPV) and adverse mental health outcomes. This paper examines (1) the prevalence of anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among 412 Syrian refugee women with children outside camps in Jordan who experienced past-year physical and/or sexual IPV, and (2) the relationship between IPV and mental health among the women. Multivariable logistic regression model results showed that women with past-year IPV had significantly higher odds of anxiety, depression, and PTSD versus women without past-year IPV. Service use, barriers to care, and implications for public health and social work interventions are discussed.