Kanamori Mariano, De La Rosa Mario, Weissman Jessica, Rojas Patria, Villar Maria Elena, Trepka Mary Jo, Dillon Frank, Jaramillo Maritza
Center for Research on U.S. Latino HIV/AIDS and Drug Abuse, Florida International University, USA.
Department of Advertising and Public Relations, School of Journalism & Mass Communication, Florida International University, USA.
J Epidemiol Res. 2016 Apr;2(1):95-101. doi: 10.5430/jer.v2n1p95.
Emotional abuse is the most prevalent form of violence against Latinas. We examined dimensions and characteristics of Latino mothers' and daughters' exposure to emotional abuse and the associations between emotional abuse and heavy alcohol use and illicit drug illicit substance abuse. This 5-year longitudinal study included 112 Latino mothers and 121 Latino daughters. Analyses included: chi-square test and logistic regression. The proportion of women who reported being emotionally abused at Wave 2 but who did not report any emotional abuse during Wave 1 (5 years total) was 21.2% for daughters and 14.3% for mothers. Among emotionally abused women, 33.3% of mothers and 36.1% of daughters were abused by 2 or more people. Almost half of the mothers (48.0%) were emotionally abused by their son/daughter; 36.1% of daughters were emotionally abused by their mother. Mothers who abused drugs were more likely to be emotionally abused (OR = 3.86; 95% CI = 1.32, 11.34). Our findings suggest that attention should be given to emotional abuse and its potential for leading to substance abuse among Latinas.
情感虐待是针对拉丁裔女性最普遍的暴力形式。我们研究了拉丁裔母亲和女儿遭受情感虐待的维度和特征，以及情感虐待与大量饮酒和非法药物滥用之间的关联。这项为期5年的纵向研究纳入了112名拉丁裔母亲和121名拉丁裔女儿。分析方法包括：卡方检验和逻辑回归。在第2波调查中报告遭受情感虐待但在第1波调查（共5年）期间未报告任何情感虐待的女性比例，女儿为21.2%，母亲为14.3%。在遭受情感虐待的女性中，33.3%的母亲和36.1%的女儿被2人或更多人虐待。几乎一半的母亲（48.0%）遭受儿子/女儿的情感虐待；36.1%的女儿遭受母亲的情感虐待。滥用药物的母亲更有可能遭受情感虐待（比值比=3.86；95%置信区间=1.32，11.3）。我们的研究结果表明，应关注拉丁裔女性中的情感虐待及其导致药物滥用的可能性。
