McFarlane J, Wiist W, Watson M
Texas Woman's University, Houston, USA.
J Womens Health. 1998 Aug;7(6):739-45. doi: 10.1089/jwh.1998.7.739.
There have been few research reports on sexual abuse of Hispanic women by their intimate male partners. This study examined the frequency of six types of sexual abuse of 329 pregnant Hispanic women identified during routine prenatal care in public health clinics as physically abused. Threats of abuse, physical abuse, and sexual abuse were measured with the 46-item Severity of Violence Against Women Scale. Comparisons were made between women reporting sexual abuse and those who did not. Thirty-two percent (n = 105) of the women reported sexual abuse by their male partner at least once during the prior 12 months. Sexually abused women reported significantly higher levels of threats of abuse and physical abuse than women not sexually abused. Among the sexually abused women, not living with the abuser was correlated with higher threats of abuse, physical violence, and sexual abuse scores. The results of this study support previous research proposing a continuum of violence and possible escalation of violence when an abused woman leaves her abuser. Additional longitudinal research is needed on psychosocial and behavioral characteristics of sexually abused women, particularly among ethnic minority women.
关于西班牙裔女性遭受亲密男性伴侣性虐待的研究报告很少。本研究调查了在公共卫生诊所进行常规产前检查时被确定为遭受身体虐待的329名怀孕西班牙裔女性中六种性虐待类型的发生频率。使用46项《妇女遭受暴力严重程度量表》对虐待威胁、身体虐待和性虐待进行测量。对报告遭受性虐待的女性和未遭受性虐待的女性进行了比较。32%（n = 105）的女性报告在过去12个月中至少有一次遭受男性伴侣的性虐待。遭受性虐待的女性报告的虐待威胁和身体虐待水平明显高于未遭受性虐待的女性。在遭受性虐待的女性中，不与施虐者同住与更高的虐待威胁、身体暴力和性虐待得分相关。本研究结果支持了先前的研究，该研究提出了暴力的连续性以及受虐妇女离开施虐者时暴力可能升级的观点。需要对遭受性虐待的女性，特别是少数族裔女性的心理社会和行为特征进行更多的纵向研究。
