Prevalence, perpetrators, and characteristics of witnessing parental violence and adult dating Violence in Latina, East Asian, South Asian, and Middle Eastern women.
Author: Maker AH, deRoon Cassini TA
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Violence and victims, 22(5), 632-647.
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.