Intimate Partner Violence and Psychological Distress among Young Couples: Analysis of the Moderating Effect of Social Support
Intimate Partner Violence and Psychological Distress among Young Couples: Analysis of the Moderating Effect of Social Support
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DOI：
10.1007/s10896-011-9402-4
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发表时间：
2012-01-01
影响因子：
3.8
通讯作者：
Beaudry, Madeleine
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作者：
Fortin, Isabel;Guay, Stephane;Beaudry, Madeleine
年轻人比老年人更有可能经历亲密伴侣暴力（IPV）。关于向他人倾诉持续暴力对受害者心理健康的影响，人们知之甚少。本研究以233对年轻夫妻为研究对象，探讨不同性别的夫妻IPV、求助行为与心理困扰之间的关系。我们的研究结果表明，持续的心理暴力的频率，而不是身体暴力，是正相关的痛苦。对妇女来说，向更多的知己寻求帮助缓和了暴力与心理痛苦之间的联系。对男性来说，结果表明，身体和心理暴力的频率都与痛苦呈正相关。然而，与女性不同的是，社会支持对男性的痛苦没有缓冲作用。这些发现增加了我们对社会支持对IPV发作后年轻人痛苦的影响的理解。
Young adults are more likely to experience intimate partner violence (IPV) than older adults. Little is known about the effect of confiding to others about sustained violence on the mental health of victims. The objective of this study was to explore the links between IPV, help-seeking behaviors and psychological distress by gender in a sample of 233 young couples. Our results indicate the frequency of sustained psychological violence, but not physical violence, was positively associated to distress. For women, seeking help from a greater number of confidents moderated the association between violence and psychological distress. For men, results showed that frequencies of physical and psychological violence were both positively linked to distress. However, unlike women, social support had no buffering effect on men's distress. These findings increase our understanding of the effects of social support on young adults' distress following episodes of IPV.