School of Public Health, University of California, 2121 Berkeley Way, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
Prevention Research Center, Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation, 2150 Shattuck Avenue, Suite 601, Berkeley, CA 94704, USA.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 May 18;18(10):5356. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18105356.
Sexual minority women (SMW; bisexual, lesbian) experience psychological intimate partner violence (IPV) disproportionately more than physical forms and have higher lifetime victimization rates than heterosexual women. This study presents an examination of perceptions of psychological IPV, sexual minority stigma, and childhood exposure to domestic violence among a sample of 183 SMW residing within the U.S. With an emphasis on group differences between bisexual and lesbian women, findings indicate that bisexual women evaluated vignettes depicting psychological IPV occurring among women in same-gender relationships with more negative sentiment than lesbian women. Significant associations between enacted and internalized forms of stigma and perceptions of psychological IPV also varied among bisexual and lesbian women. No significant relationships were found between perceived stigma and perceptions of IPV in either group. Furthermore, no moderation effects were detected for childhood exposure to domestic violence or sexual orientation in the relationship between sexual minority stigma and perceptions of IPV. Implications and suggestions are discussed with particular attention to the heterogeneity of experiences among SMW as a necessary area of further study.
性少数群体女性（SMW；双性恋、女同性恋）经历心理亲密伴侣暴力（IPV）的比例不成比例地高于身体形式，并且终生受害率高于异性恋女性。本研究对美国 183 名 SMW 样本中对心理 IPV、性少数群体耻辱感和童年期家庭暴力暴露的看法进行了考察。本研究特别强调了双性恋女性和女同性恋女性之间的群体差异，研究结果表明，双性恋女性对描绘女性在同性关系中经历心理 IPV 的情景片段的评价比女同性恋女性更负面。耻辱感的表现形式和内化形式与对心理 IPV 的看法之间也存在显著关联，在双性恋和女同性恋女性群体中均如此。在两个群体中，感知耻辱感与对 IPV 的看法之间均未发现显著关系。此外，在性少数群体耻辱感与对 IPV 的看法之间的关系中，未检测到童年期家庭暴力暴露或性取向的调节作用。讨论了影响和建议，特别关注了 SMW 群体之间经历的异质性，这是进一步研究的必要领域。
