University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada.
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Hong Kong.
J Interpers Violence. 2021 Apr;36(7-8):NP3844-NP3868. doi: 10.1177/0886260518781803. Epub 2018 Jun 19.
Research from the United States and Canada suggest that interracial relationships tend to have an elevated prevalence of intimate partner violence (IPV). Among seven extant studies, only one empirically examined speculations in the literature for this relationship. Based on analyses of data from Statistics Canada's 2009 General Social Survey (GSS), Brownridge was not able to fully account for the elevated odds of IPV in interracial relationships. The current study used data on 16,706 Canadians (731 in interracial relationships and 15,975 in noninterracial relationships) from the 2014 iteration of Statistics Canada's GSS to determine whether the risk of IPV in interracial relationships had changed since 2009 and to explore risk factors that may account for the elevated odds of IPV in interracial relationships. Results showed that individuals in interracial relationships faced elevated odds of IPV victimization relative to monoracial relationships in the 5-year reporting period prior to the study (odds ratio [OR] = 2.37; 95% confidence interval [CI] = [1.40, 4.02]; < .001). This was similar to what Brownridge found in the 2009 GSS data, indicating that the elevated risk of IPV in interracial relationships had remained stable in Canada over a 10-year reporting period. Risk factors from three levels of an ecological model were explored, and logistic multiple regression analyses showed that characteristics of the partner (young age, drug use, and jealous behavior) fully accounted for the significantly elevated odds of IPV victimization in interracial unions. Although the leading speculation for this relationship implicates stressors that are unique to these relationships, the current study suggested that this phenomenon is mostly due to characteristics of individuals with whom those in interracial relationships are more likely to be coupled.
来自美国和加拿大的研究表明，异族恋关系中亲密伴侣暴力（IPV）的发生率往往较高。在现有的七项研究中，只有一项对文献中关于这种关系的推测进行了实证检验。基于对加拿大统计局 2009 年综合社会调查（GSS）数据的分析，Brownridge 无法完全解释异族恋关系中 IPV 发生率较高的原因。本研究使用了加拿大统计局 2014 年 GSS 数据中关于 16706 名加拿大人（731 名处于异族恋关系中，15975 名处于非异族恋关系中）的数据，以确定异族恋关系中 IPV 的风险自 2009 年以来是否发生了变化，并探讨可能导致异族恋关系中 IPV 发生率较高的风险因素。结果表明，与研究前 5 年报告期内的单种族关系相比，处于异族恋关系中的个体面临着更高的 IPV 受害风险（优势比[OR] = 2.37；95%置信区间[CI] = [1.40, 4.02]；<.001）。这与 Brownridge 在 2009 年 GSS 数据中发现的结果相似，表明在加拿大，异族恋关系中 IPV 风险的升高在 10 年的报告期内保持稳定。探讨了生态模型三个层次的风险因素，逻辑多元回归分析表明，伴侣的特征（年龄较小、吸毒和嫉妒行为）完全解释了异族婚姻中 IPV 受害风险显著升高的原因。尽管这一关系的主要推测涉及到这些关系特有的压力源，但本研究表明，这种现象主要是由于与异族恋者更有可能结合的个体的特征所致。
