Hishinuma Earl S, Chang Janice Y, Goebert Deborah A, Else Iwalani R N, Nishimura Stephanie T, Choi-Misailidis SooJean, Andrade Naleen N, Mayeda David T, Jones Lillian M
Department of Psychiatry, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawai'i at Mănoa Honolulu, HI 96813, USA.
Violence Vict. 2005 Oct;20(5):561-75.
The present research project is the first large-scale study (N = 5,051) that investigated the prevalence of victims of violence for an ethnically diverse Asian/Pacific Islander sample. The rate for the adolescent respondents of "was a victim of violence (was physically harmed by someone)" within the past 6 months was 3.33%. Over twice that rate was found for family members (6.97%) and over three times the adolescent-respondent rate was obtained for close friends (10.75%). Only partial support was found for the hypothesis that Asian groups would have the lowest rates, and Polynesian, African American, Hispanic, and Native American Indian/Alaska Native groups would have the highest rates. Higher rates were found for Whites (adolescent respondents, close friends) and the Portuguese (family members, close friends), suggesting a "minority" effect. There is a need to disaggregate ethnicity, engage in further research that considers risk and protective factors, and investigate culturally appropriate interventions.
