Ismail Farah, Berman Helene, Ward-Griffin Catherine
Faculty of Nursing, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada.
Health Care Women Int. 2007 May;28(5):453-77. doi: 10.1080/07399330701226438.
Dating violence is a significant public health problem in the lives of young women. Their age, in conjunction with perceived pressures to engage in intimate relationships, makes these women particularly vulnerable to dating violence. The pressures to be in relationships can be intense and therefore may add to young women's willingness to overlook, forgive, or excuse the violence that is occurring. The authors' purposes in this feminist study were to examine the experience of dating violence from young women's perspectives; investigate how contextual factors shape their experiences; examine how health is shaped by these experiences; and explore ways that dating violence is perpetuated and normalized in young women's lives. Findings revealed that family environment and gender are critical in shaping young women's experiences. The participants described a range of physical and emotional health problems and perceived few sources of support. Their efforts to obtain support were often met with skeptical and dismissive attitudes on the part of health care providers and other trusted adults. Recommendations for health care practice, education, and research are presented.
约会暴力是年轻女性生活中一个重大的公共卫生问题。她们的年龄，再加上参与亲密关系所感受到的压力，使这些女性特别容易遭受约会暴力。建立恋爱关系的压力可能非常大，因此可能会增加年轻女性忽视、原谅或为正在发生的暴力行为找借口的意愿。在这项女性主义研究中，作者的目的是从年轻女性的角度审视约会暴力的经历；调查背景因素如何塑造她们的经历；研究这些经历如何影响健康；并探索约会暴力在年轻女性生活中持续存在并常态化的方式。研究结果表明，家庭环境和性别在塑造年轻女性的经历方面至关重要。参与者描述了一系列身体和心理健康问题，并且觉得几乎没有支持来源。她们寻求支持的努力往往遭到医疗保健提供者和其他受信任的成年人的怀疑和轻视态度。文中还提出了对医疗保健实践、教育和研究的建议。
