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Mental illness linked to domestic violence

DAVIS, Calif., Aug. 16 (UPI) -- An analysis of a survey to explore mental health problems in Asian-Americans found domestic violence more likely if a family lacked closeness.

University of California at Davis psychology Professor Nolan Zane and graduate student Manveen Dhindsa found that other factors also stood out as significant risks for marital violence including if a spouse suffered from an anxiety disorder or stress related to acculturation into American society.

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Zane and Dhindsa combed through data from the National Latino and Asian-American Study, a National Institute of Mental Health-funded survey of 2,554 Latinos and 2,095

Asian-Americans conducted between May 2002 and November 2003.

Marital violence was defined as any angry physical contact from shoving and slapping through more serious abuse.

Zane will discuss the findings at the Asian-American Psychological Association and American Psychological Association meetings.

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