Prevalence, perpetrators, and characteristics of witnessing parental violence and adult dating Violence in Latina, East Asian, South Asian, and Middle Eastern women. Violence Vict 2007;22(5):632-47
Date
12/11/2007Pubmed ID
18064974DOI
10.1891/088667007782312122Scopus ID
2-s2.0-36349024375 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site) 7 CitationsAbstract
The present study describes and compares the prevalence, perpetrators, and characteristics of witnessing parental violence during childhood and experiencing adult relationship violence in 251 college-educated South Asian/Middle Eastern (n = 93), East Asian (n = 72), and Latina (n = 86) women residing in the United States. Results showed that more than 50% of each ethnic group witnessed parental and adult relationship violence. For all three groups, adult psychological violence was more prevalent than physical violence, which, in turn, was more prevalent than injury violence. Significant differences were found for paternal and maternal psychological, physical, and injury violence witnessed within ethnic groups. High prevalence rates and significant differences emerged for psychological, physical, and injury violence experienced as a victim and enacted as a perpetrator within ethnic groups. The implications of college-educated, higher socioeconomic status (SES) women of color being at risk for witnessing and experiencing family violence are discussed.
Author List
Maker AH, deRoon-Cassini TAAuthor
Terri A. deRoon Cassini PhD Center Director, Professor in the Surgery department at Medical College of WisconsinMESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold
AdultArabs
Cultural Characteristics
Domestic Violence
Female
Humans
Middle Aged
Parent-Child Relations
Prevalence
Psychometrics
Self Concept
Socioeconomic Factors
Surveys and Questionnaires
Survivors
United States