The University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
University of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.
J Interpers Violence. 2021 Oct;36(19-20):9008-9034. doi: 10.1177/0886260519863722. Epub 2019 Jul 24.
There has been significant research on women's experiences of domestic violence (DV) as well as on the women's help-seeking behaviors when living with partner abuse. Most of the Australian literature has focused on nonimmigrant women. We know that help seeking can include informal sources such as family, friends, religious leaders, and colleagues or formal assistance from police, doctors, social workers, counselors, and DV agencies. The current study aims to contribute to the literature on help seeking by looking at what has been found concerning immigrant DV survivors and complementing that with interview material from a sample of 14 Muslim immigrant DV survivors in New South Wales. First, we look at barriers that these women may encounter in seeking help and the non-help-seeking strategies they may employ. We then see what may trigger seeking help (including before and after leaving the abusers). Next, we look at how the two types of help seeking are used to better understand the positives and negatives of these pathways. This article ends with some suggestions for developing more appropriate and targeted strategies to assist abused immigrant DV survivors and their children.
已经有大量针对女性遭受家庭暴力（DV）经历以及与伴侣虐待生活中的女性寻求帮助行为的研究。澳大利亚的大部分文献都集中在非移民女性身上。我们知道，寻求帮助可能包括非正式的来源，如家人、朋友、宗教领袖和同事，或者来自警察、医生、社会工作者、顾问和 DV 机构的正式帮助。本研究旨在通过研究移民 DV 幸存者的发现，为寻求帮助的文献做出贡献，并通过新南威尔士州 14 名穆斯林移民 DV 幸存者的访谈材料补充这方面的内容。首先，我们研究这些女性在寻求帮助时可能遇到的障碍，以及她们可能采用的非寻求帮助策略。然后，我们看看是什么触发了寻求帮助（包括在离开施虐者之前和之后）。接下来，我们研究这两种类型的寻求帮助方式，以更好地理解这些途径的优缺点。本文最后提出了一些建议，以制定更合适和有针对性的策略，帮助受虐待的移民 DV 幸存者及其子女。
