Robin R W, Chester B, Rasmussen J K
National Institute on Alcoholism and Alcohol Abuse, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland, USA.
Cult Divers Ment Health. 1998;4(4):335-44.
Much has been written about intimate violence and American Indians, but little empirical data are available. This study investigated the prevalence and characteristics of intimate violence among 104 members of a Southwestern American Indian tribe. A semistructured psychiatric interview and a measure of intimate violence were administered to 104 tribal community members from an overall study sample of 582. Both men and women reported high rates of lifetime (91%) and recent (31%) intimate violence; much of this behavior was interactive. However, female victims were more likely to require medical attention because of sustained injuries and to have their children involved with the violence than were male victims. For women in this study, forced sex was the only incident significantly associated with lifetime affective disorders and lifetime posttraumatic stress disorder. In this Southwestern American Indian community, intimate violence appears to be another variable in an environmental context that includes alcoholism, other psychiatric disorders, and traumatic events.
关于亲密暴力与美国印第安人的著述颇多，但实证数据却寥寥无几。本研究调查了美国西南部一个印第安部落的104名成员中亲密暴力的发生率及特征。对来自582人的总体研究样本中的104名部落社区成员进行了半结构化精神科访谈及亲密暴力测量。男性和女性均报告称一生（91%）及近期（31%）亲密暴力发生率很高；这种行为大多是相互性的。然而，女性受害者因持续受伤而更有可能需要医疗救治，且其子女卷入暴力事件的情况比男性受害者更多。在本研究中，对女性而言，强迫性行为是唯一与一生情感障碍及一生创伤后应激障碍显著相关的事件。在这个美国西南部印第安社区，亲密暴力似乎是包括酗酒、其他精神障碍及创伤性事件在内的环境背景中的另一个变量。
