Sullivan C M, Rumptz M H
Psychology Department, Michigan State University, East Lansing, 48824-1117, USA.
Violence Vict. 1994 Fall;9(3):275-86.
To better understand what environmental and contextual factors influence resource acquisition and subsequent adjustment for African-American women who have been battered, this article explores the experiences of 60 women from the 6 months prior to entering a shelter through a 10-week postshelter advocacy program. Results indicate that African-American battered women who use domestic violence shelters face an array of obstacles: Most had been severely abused were likely to be living below the poverty line, were unemployed, and were in need of numerous resources. However, in spite of numerous obstacles and continued violence, African-American women overall felt confident in themselves and satisfied with their lives 10 weeks after shelter. Results also indicate that short-term advocacy services were beneficial to African-American women exiting a domestic violence shelter. Implications of these findings as they relate to formal community response and further research are discussed.
为了更好地了解哪些环境和背景因素会影响遭受殴打折磨的非裔美国女性获取资源以及随后的调整情况，本文探讨了60名女性从进入庇护所前6个月到庇护所后为期10周的宣传项目期间的经历。结果表明，使用家庭暴力庇护所的非裔美国受虐妇女面临一系列障碍：大多数曾遭受严重虐待，可能生活在贫困线以下，没有工作，且需要大量资源。然而，尽管存在诸多障碍和持续的暴力行为，非裔美国女性总体上在离开庇护所10周后对自己感到自信，对生活感到满意。结果还表明，短期宣传服务对离开家庭暴力庇护所的非裔美国女性有益。本文讨论了这些研究结果与正式社区应对措施及进一步研究的相关性。
