Examining the Relationship Between Economic Abuse and Mental Health Among Latina Intimate Partner Violence Survivors in the United States
Examining the Relationship Between Economic Abuse and Mental Health Among Latina Intimate Partner Violence Survivors in the United States
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DOI：
10.1177/0886260517731311
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发表时间：
2021-01-01
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2.5
通讯作者：
Postmus, Judy L.
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作者：
Davila, America L.;Johnson, Laura;Postmus, Judy L.
目前，拉丁美洲人是美国第二大和增长最快的少数群体。在这一人群中，每六个拉丁裔中就有一个在一生中经历过亲密伴侣暴力。研究记录了IPV对各种文化/种族群体的身体，情感和认知健康的身体，性，情感和心理的重大不利影响;然而，很少有研究关注经济虐待，其中可能包括经济控制，经济剥削和就业破坏的策略。需要研究对少数种族/族裔，特别是拉丁美洲人的经济虐待。为了解决这些差距，来自一项更大的治疗结果研究的基线数据被用来检查美国245名拉丁裔IPV幸存者报告的经济虐待和精神健康症状之间的关联。在研究这一样本中拉丁美洲人报告的经济虐待经历时，结果表明，最常见的经济虐待形式是经济控制（例如，限制获取资金和财务信息）。多元回归分析表明，经济虐待并没有唯一的预测心理健康后，占其他形式的IPV受害和社会人口特征。本研究的局限性进行了讨论，并提出了未来的研究方向，旨在提高我们对各种种族/族裔群体（如拉丁美洲人）的经济虐待的理解。
Currently, Latinos constitute the second largest and fastest growing minority group in the United States. Among this population, one in every six Latinas experience intimate partner violence (IPV) in her lifetime. Research has documented significant detrimental effects of physical, sexual, emotional, and psychological IPV on the physical, emotional, and cognitive well-being of various cultural/ethnic groups; however, few studies have focused on economic abuse, which may include tactics of economic control, economic exploitation, and employment sabotage. Research examining economic abuse against racial/ethnic minorities, particularly Latinos, is needed. To address these gaps, baseline data from a larger treatment outcome study were used to examine the associations between economic abuse and the mental health symptoms reported by 245 Latina IPV survivors in the United States. When examining the economic abuse experiences reported by Latinas in this sample, the results indicated that the most commonly reported form of economic abuse was economic control (e.g., restricting access to money and financial information). Multiple regression analyses revealed that economic abuse did not uniquely predict mental health after accounting for other forms of IPV victimization and sociodemographic characteristics. Limitations of this study are discussed, and directions for future research designed to enhance our understanding of economic abuse against various racial/ethnic groups (such as Latinas) are presented.