Dimmitt J
J Cult Divers. 1995 Spring;2(2):54-63.
This research arose from clinical practice in a rural Mexican-American and non-Hispanic white community in Southwest Texas. The practice focused on individual and group counseling for these women in abusive relationships. Effects of type of abuse (physical, sexual, psychological) on self-concept were identified. Rural Mexican-American and non-Hispanic white women experiencing sexual abuse versus other forms of abuse were found to have significantly lower perceptions of competency on a multi-dimensional measure of self-concept. Ethnic differences in self-concept were also found between groups of abused, rural Mexican-American and non-Hispanic white women.
这项研究源于德克萨斯州西南部一个墨西哥裔美国人和非西班牙裔白人混居的农村社区的临床实践。该实践主要针对处于虐待关系中的这些女性提供个体和团体咨询。研究确定了虐待类型（身体虐待、性虐待、心理虐待）对自我概念的影响。研究发现，遭受性虐待的墨西哥裔美国农村女性和非西班牙裔白人女性，与遭受其他形式虐待的女性相比，在自我概念的多维度测量中，其能力认知显著更低。在遭受虐待的墨西哥裔美国农村女性和非西班牙裔白人女性群体之间，也发现了自我概念上的种族差异。
