School of Social Work, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
J Community Psychol. 2021 Aug;49(6):1983-2002. doi: 10.1002/jcop.22492. Epub 2020 Dec 15.
The South Asian culture disempowers individuals experiencing domestic violence (DV) from reporting victimization. Past research has found that confiding in and seeking help from friends/family is preferred. Therefore, it is important to gauge the knowledge of community members who may be contacted for support by victims. The goal of the study was to examine indirect experience with DV (knowing someone who experienced DV) and help-seeking resource preference among community members. This cross-sectional study included a sample of 468 South Asian men and women. Descriptive statistics were used to establish rates of indirect experience with DV. Hierarchical logistic regression was used to examine the correlates of recommending help-seeking. The overall findings suggested that community members knew more women than men who were victims. Of nine help-seeking resources, medical professionals were preferred. Regression findings identified gender, religiosity, generational position, family type, and gender-role attitudes as the correlates of recommending help-seeking. The study findings are beneficial in developing bystander interventions for use by community members to support their friends and family members who may be victims of DV. To reduce overall victimization, it is imperative for agencies to engage with community members along with victims.
南亚文化使遭受家庭暴力（DV）的个人无法报告受害情况。过去的研究发现，向朋友/家人倾诉和寻求帮助是首选。因此，评估可能会接触到受害者寻求支持的社区成员的知识非常重要。本研究的目的是检查社区成员的间接经历 DV（认识经历过 DV 的人）和寻求帮助资源的偏好。这是一项横断面研究，包括 468 名南亚男女。描述性统计用于确定间接经历 DV 的比率。分层逻辑回归用于检查推荐寻求帮助的相关性。总体研究结果表明，社区成员认识更多的女性受害者，而不是男性受害者。在九种寻求帮助的资源中，专业医务人员是首选。回归结果确定了性别、宗教信仰、代际地位、家庭类型和性别角色态度是推荐寻求帮助的相关性因素。研究结果有助于为社区成员制定旁观者干预措施，以支持他们可能是 DV 受害者的朋友和家人。为了减少总体受害情况，机构必须与社区成员以及受害者一起参与。
