Malley-Morrison Kathleen, Hines Denise A
Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
J Interpers Violence. 2007 Aug;22(8):943-72. doi: 10.1177/0886260507303060.
Since the 1970s, researchers and public health and/or social policy communities have devoted increasing attention to family violence. Although officially reported crime figures for family violence appear to be declining, rates continue to be high in broadly defined racial and/or ethnic minority groups. More careful assessments of the potential role of race/ethnicity in family violence, and similarities and differences occurring across and within groups categorized based on race/ethnicity, are essential if adequate interventions are to be developed and utilized. This article provides suggestions on conducting better studies on family violence in the United States, particularly with respect to issues of race/ethnicity. The authors begin by considering conceptions and definitions of race/ethnicity and providing a broad definition of family violence. They then suggest issues for consideration at each stage of the research process, from reviewing previous research, to making methodological decisions, selecting samples, choosing measures, and analyzing and interpreting findings.
自20世纪70年代以来，研究人员以及公共卫生和/或社会政策领域越来越关注家庭暴力问题。尽管官方报告的家庭暴力犯罪数据似乎在下降，但在广义定义的种族和/或少数族裔群体中，这一比例仍然很高。如果要制定和实施适当的干预措施，就必须更仔细地评估种族/族裔在家庭暴力中的潜在作用，以及在按种族/族裔分类的群体之间和内部存在的异同。本文就如何在美国更好地开展家庭暴力研究提出了建议，特别是关于种族/族裔问题。作者首先考虑了种族/族裔的概念和定义，并给出了家庭暴力的广义定义。然后，他们提出了在研究过程的每个阶段需要考虑的问题，从回顾以往的研究，到做出方法学决策、选择样本、选择测量方法，以及分析和解释研究结果。
