Cloutier Suzanne, Martin Sandra L, Moracco Kathryn E, Garro Julian, Clark Kathryn Andersen, Brody Seth
Department of Maternal and Child Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 27759-7445, USA.
Women Health. 2002;35(2-3):149-63. doi: 10.1300/J013v35n02_10.
Most studies of pregnant victims of intimate partner violence have focused on the violent behaviors, without examining other potentially important dimensions of the relationships. This research studies pregnant abuse victims to examine the frequency of violent behaviors occurring during pregnancy, how women characterize the quality of their relationships, and the association between violence frequency and women's perceptions concerning the overall quality of their relationships.
Eighty-one women who were physically abused by intimate partners during pregnancy were interviewed. Information was collected concerning the women's: experiences of partner violence during pregnancy; perceptions of other aspects of the quality of their relationships; and sociodemographic characteristics.
The most frequent type of violent behavior occurring during pregnancy was verbal aggression, followed by minor violence, and then severe violence. Men perpetrated each type of violent behavior at significantly higher rates than did their female partners. In general, the women were quite negative in their characterizations of many dimensions of their relationships, as well as in their perceptions concerning the overall quality of their relationships, with women who had been victims of more frequent violence being significantly more likely to characterize their relationships as being of lower overall quality (OR = 3.5, 95% CI = 1.4-8.7).
Prenatal care providers are encouraged to screen their patients for intimate partner violence, and to work with others in their community to assure that women in abusive situations are offered appropriate services/interventions including safe and feasible alternatives to staying in unsatisfactory relationships with abusive partners.
大多数关于亲密伴侣暴力的孕期受害者的研究都集中在暴力行为上，而没有考察关系中其他潜在重要方面。本研究对孕期受虐受害者进行调查，以研究孕期暴力行为发生的频率、女性如何描述其关系的质量，以及暴力频率与女性对其关系总体质量的看法之间的关联。
对81名在孕期遭受亲密伴侣身体虐待的女性进行了访谈。收集了有关这些女性的信息：孕期遭受伴侣暴力的经历；对其关系质量其他方面的看法；以及社会人口学特征。
孕期最常发生的暴力行为类型是言语攻击，其次是轻微暴力，然后是严重暴力。男性实施每种暴力行为的比例显著高于其女性伴侣。总体而言，女性对其关系的许多方面的描述以及对其关系总体质量的看法都相当负面，遭受暴力频率更高的女性更有可能将其关系描述为总体质量较低（比值比=3.5，95%置信区间=1.4-8.7）。
鼓励产前护理提供者对其患者进行亲密伴侣暴力筛查，并与社区中的其他人合作，以确保为处于受虐情况的女性提供适当的服务/干预措施，包括安全可行的替代方案，使其不必与虐待伴侣维持不满意的关系。
