Intimate Partner Violence in Rural Low-Income Families: Correlates and Change in Prevalence Over the First 5 Years of a Child's Life
Intimate Partner Violence in Rural Low-Income Families: Correlates and Change in Prevalence Over the First 5 Years of a Child's Life
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DOI：
10.1007/s10896-015-9760-4
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发表时间：
2016-01-01
影响因子：
3.8
通讯作者：
Cox, Martha J.
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作者：
Gustafsson, Hanna C.;Cox, Martha J.
尽管有证据表明，生活在低收入和农村社区的个人可能面临更高的亲密伴侣暴力（IPV）风险，但人们对这些社区发生的IPV的流行程度和性质知之甚少。因此，本研究的目标是描述发生在以人口为基础的农村贫困社区家庭样本中的IPV。具体来说，我们研究了IPV的患病率，严重程度和慢性发生在这个高风险的样本，以及人口统计学相关性。使用他们孩子生命前5年的多项评估数据，我们还检查了这段时间IPV患病率的变化。结果表明，IPV是最流行的目标儿童出生前后，IPV的人口水平的患病率显着下降，在随后的5年。虽然以前的研究表明，5岁以下的儿童相对于年龄较大的儿童，IPV的风险更高，但据我们所知，这是第一项研究，证明在这个高风险年龄段内IPV的患病率发生了变化。
Despite evidence that individuals living in low-income and rural communities may be at heightened risk for intimate partner violence (IPV), little is known about the prevalence and nature of IPV occurring in these communities. The goal of the current study, therefore, was to characterize IPV occurring in a population-based sample of families living in communities characterized by rural poverty. Specifically, we examined the prevalence, severity, and chronicity of IPV occurring in this high-risk sample, as well as the demographic correlates thereof. Using data from multiple assessments across the first 5 years of their child's life, we also examined changes in the prevalence of IPV across this time. Results indicate that IPV was most prevalent around the birth of the target child and that the population-level prevalence of IPV decreased significantly over the subsequent 5 years. Although previous research suggests that children under the age of five are at heightened risk for IPV relative to older children, this is the first study to our knowledge to demonstrate that there are changes in the prevalence of IPV within this high-risk age period.