Cattaneo Lauren Bennett, DeLoveh Heidi L M
Department of Psychology, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA 22030, USA.
Am J Orthopsychiatry. 2008 Oct;78(4):413-22. doi: 10.1037/a0014558.
The role of socioeconomic status (SES) in the prevalence and course of intimate partner violence (IPV) has been established, but mechanisms of this role are less clear. An untested assumption has been that women of greater resources are better able to seek help. This study used a national sample of 1,077 women who had experienced IPV to explore the role of income and education in helpseeking from hotlines, shelters, and police. The authors found that SES did not play a large role in the use of hotlines, the least often used service in this study. Women with more income were less likely to use shelters and were less likely to feel they should have used them. There was an interaction between income and severity of violence in predicting police use, such that severity of violence only predicted calling police among higher income women. This finding suggests the possibility of a lower threshold for reporting violence among the lowest income women. The authors discuss the need for research using a more diverse sample of women, and the need to fine tune services according to our emerging understanding of social context.
社会经济地位（SES）在亲密伴侣暴力（IPV）的患病率和发展过程中的作用已得到确认，但其作用机制尚不清楚。一个未经检验的假设是，资源更丰富的女性更有能力寻求帮助。本研究采用了一个包含1077名遭受过亲密伴侣暴力的女性的全国样本，以探讨收入和教育程度在向热线、庇护所和警方寻求帮助方面所起的作用。作者发现，社会经济地位在热线使用方面所起的作用不大，而热线是本研究中使用频率最低的服务。收入较高的女性使用庇护所的可能性较小，且不太可能觉得自己应该使用庇护所。在预测向警方求助方面，收入与暴力严重程度之间存在交互作用，即暴力严重程度仅在高收入女性中预测了报警行为。这一发现表明，收入最低的女性报告暴力行为的门槛可能较低。作者讨论了使用更具多样性的女性样本进行研究的必要性，以及根据我们对社会背景的新认识来微调服务的必要性。
