Whitton Sarah W, Welge Jeffrey A, Newcomb Michael E
University of Cincinnati.
Institute for Sexual and Gender Minority Health and Wellbeing, Northwestern University.
Psychol Violence. 2023 Nov;13(6):456-467. doi: 10.1037/vio0000486. Epub 2023 Sep 14.
OBJECTIVE: Sexual and gender minority youth assigned female at birth (SGM-AFAB) experience higher rates of intimate partner violence (IPV) than heterosexual and cisgender youth. To inform efforts to reduce these disparities, we explored whether IPV risk factors identified in the general population are associated with IPV among SGM-AFAB young people. METHOD: Using multiwave longitudinal data from a 400 SGM-AFAB youth (ages 16-20 at baseline), we estimated between- and within-persons effects of demographic/contextual characteristics (gender, sexual identity, race/ethnicity, socioeconomic status), developmental/background factors (childhood violence), and psychological/behavioral factors (antisocial behavior, depression, problematic alcohol and cannabis use) on a range of IPV experiences (victimization and perpetration of psychological, physical, sexual, and SGM-specific IPV). RESULTS: In this SGM-AFAB sample, IPV experiences were associated with many traditional risk factors identified in the general population, including race, economic stress, childhood violence, antisocial behavior, depression, and use of substances (particularly cannabis). In contrast to previous research, we did not find that SGM youth with transgender or gender nonbinary identities, or with bi- or pan-sexual identities, were at greater risk for IPV than other SGM youth. Very few putative risk factors were associated with SGM-specific IPV. CONCLUSION: Findings suggest SGM youth could benefit from IPV prevention approaches that target common risk factors at multiple ecological levels (policies to reduce poverty and racism, parenting programs, interventions to reduce mental health and substance use problems). Continued research is needed to explore how risk for IPV among SGM-AFAB youth may vary by gender identity, sexual identity, and stigma-based experiences.
目的:出生时被指定为女性的性取向和性别少数群体青年(SGM - AFAB)遭受亲密伴侣暴力(IPV)的比率高于异性恋和顺性别青年。为了为减少这些差异的工作提供信息,我们探讨了在一般人群中确定的IPV风险因素是否与SGM - AFAB青年中的IPV相关。 方法:利用来自400名SGM - AFAB青年(基线时年龄为16 - 20岁)的多波纵向数据,我们估计了人口统计学/背景特征(性别、性取向、种族/民族、社会经济地位)、发育/背景因素(童年暴力)以及心理/行为因素(反社会行为、抑郁、问题性饮酒和大麻使用)对一系列IPV经历(心理、身体、性以及特定于SGM的IPV的受害和施暴情况)的个体间和个体内影响。 结果:在这个SGM - AFAB样本中,IPV经历与一般人群中确定的许多传统风险因素相关,包括种族、经济压力、童年暴力、反社会行为、抑郁以及物质使用(尤其是大麻)。与先前的研究不同,我们没有发现具有跨性别或非二元性别身份,或双性恋或泛性恋身份的SGM青年比其他SGM青年遭受IPV的风险更高。很少有假定的风险因素与特定于SGM的IPV相关。 结论:研究结果表明,SGM青年可能会从针对多个生态层面常见风险因素的IPV预防方法中受益(减少贫困和种族主义的政策、育儿项目、减少心理健康和物质使用问题的干预措施)。需要持续研究以探索SGM - AFAB青年中IPV风险如何因性别认同、性取向和基于污名的经历而有所不同。
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