Rai Abha, Choi Y Joon
Loyola University, Chicago, IL, USA.
University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA.
J Interpers Violence. 2022 Sep;37(17-18):NP15532-NP15567. doi: 10.1177/08862605211015262. Epub 2021 May 21.
Domestic violence is a pernicious social problem in the United States and a cause of national concern. The South Asian culture disempowers individuals experiencing domestic violence from recognizing and reporting victimization. Structural inequities may also discourage reporting victimization. These issues have led to inconsistent findings of domestic violence prevalence rates. Additionally, domestic violence studies with South Asians in the United States have predominantly focused on women, omitting men from this purview of research. The purpose of this study was to examine domestic violence victimization rates as well as their correlates among South Asian immigrant men and women. The sample for this cross-sectional study included 468 South Asians across the 50 U.S. states. Descriptive statistics were used to establish rates of domestic violence victimization. Hierarchical logistic regression was used to examine the correlates of domestic violence victimization. All of the sociodemographic information was added in step 1, and acculturation and gender-role attitudes were added as covariates in step 2.The most prevalent type of domestic violence victimization was physical violence (48%), followed by emotional (38%), economic (35%), verbal (27%), immigration-related (26%), in-laws related (19%), and ultimately sexual abuse (11%). Prevalence rates were higher for women than for men in each type of violence. According to the logistic regression results, education, generational position, family type, and employment were significant correlates of domestic violence victimization. Prior to development of prevention programs by community agencies, it is essential to understand the nature and prevalence of domestic violence experiences among South Asians. The victimization of men in addition to women adds to the novelty of this research study and paves the way for practitioners and scholars to engage in conversations about providing both male and female victims of domestic violence with the needed resources and support. The article will discuss implications for research, practice, and policy.
家庭暴力在美国是一个有害的社会问题，也是引起全国关注的一个原因。南亚文化使遭受家庭暴力的个人难以认识到并报告受害情况。结构性不平等也可能阻碍对受害情况的报告。这些问题导致家庭暴力患病率的研究结果不一致。此外，在美国针对南亚人的家庭暴力研究主要集中在女性，将男性排除在这一研究范围之外。本研究的目的是调查南亚移民男性和女性的家庭暴力受害率及其相关因素。这项横断面研究的样本包括美国50个州的468名南亚人。描述性统计用于确定家庭暴力受害率。分层逻辑回归用于研究家庭暴力受害的相关因素。所有社会人口统计学信息在第1步中加入，文化适应和性别角色态度在第2步中作为协变量加入。最普遍的家庭暴力受害类型是身体暴力（48%），其次是情感暴力（38%）、经济暴力（35%）、言语暴力（27%）、与移民相关的暴力（26%）、与姻亲相关的暴力（19%），最终是性虐待（11%）。在每种暴力类型中，女性的患病率都高于男性。根据逻辑回归结果，教育程度、代际地位、家庭类型和就业是家庭暴力受害的显著相关因素。在社区机构制定预防计划之前，了解南亚人家暴经历的性质和患病率至关重要。除了女性之外男性也成为受害者，这增加了本研究的新颖性，并为从业者和学者就为家庭暴力的男性和女性受害者提供所需资源和支持展开对话铺平了道路。本文将讨论对研究、实践和政策的影响。
