"Physical victimization" refers to the act of someone physically hurting or harming another person. It can involve direct physical attacks, bullying, assaults, or any other form of physical aggression towards someone. Full definition
It is possible that the rates of physical victimization in the current study of chronically depressed individuals may be lower because depressive verbalizations may serve to suppress physical aggression by a partner. (link.springer.com)
Absence of a significant association between physical victimization and depressive symptom severity in the current study might be related to the non-severe nature of victimization (Johnson 1995, 2008). (link.springer.com)
The study found 12.2 % of the women reported physical victimization by their intimate partner in the last year, a rate that is similar to that found in representative, non-clinical samples (Jose and O'Leary 2009). (link.springer.com)