Brownridge Douglas A, Taillieu Tamara, Urquia Marcelo L, Lysova Alexandra, Chan Ko Ling, Kelly Christine, Santos Susy
University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada.
Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada.
J Interpers Violence. 2022 Jan;37(1-2):497-519. doi: 10.1177/0886260520912589. Epub 2020 Mar 31.
This study examined the elevated risk of intimate partner violence (IPV) among persons with mental health-related disabilities (MH-RD) and the extent to which known risk factors accounted for this phenomenon. Data were drawn from a nationally representative sample of 33,127 Canadians collected in 2014 as part of Statistics Canada's General Social Survey. Results showed that respondents with MH-RD had more than three-fold increased odds of both overall and severe IPV victimization. Although females were more likely to possess a MH-RD, males and females with MH-RD reported similarly elevated odds of IPV victimization. Risk factors that contributed to a significant reduction in elevated odds of IPV for respondents with MH-RD were child maltreatment (CM), respondents' nonprescription drug abuse, and perpetrators' jealous, monitoring, and socially isolating behaviors. The inability to test additional risk factors and bidirectionality in the relationship between MH-RD and IPV may have contributed to the failure to fully account for these respondents' elevated odds of IPV. Future research is needed to understand the complex mechanisms contributing to the elevated risk of IPV and enhance prevention and intervention strategies for this underresearched and underserved vulnerable population.
本研究调查了患有心理健康相关残疾（MH-RD）的人群遭受亲密伴侣暴力（IPV）的风险升高情况，以及已知风险因素对此现象的解释程度。数据来自2014年加拿大统计局综合社会调查收集的33127名具有全国代表性的加拿大人样本。结果显示，患有MH-RD的受访者遭受总体IPV和严重IPV侵害的几率增加了三倍多。虽然女性更有可能患有MH-RD，但患有MH-RD的男性和女性报告的IPV受害几率同样升高。导致患有MH-RD的受访者IPV侵害几率显著降低的风险因素包括儿童期受虐（CM）、受访者的非处方药滥用，以及施暴者的嫉妒、监视和社会隔离行为。无法测试其他风险因素以及MH-RD与IPV之间关系的双向性，可能导致未能充分解释这些受访者IPV侵害几率升高的原因。未来需要开展研究，以了解导致IPV风险升高的复杂机制，并加强针对这一研究不足且服务欠缺的弱势群体的预防和干预策略。
