Interpersonal violence in three Caribbean countries: Barbados, Jamaica, and Trinidad and Tobago
Interpersonal violence in three Caribbean countries: Barbados, Jamaica, and Trinidad and Tobago
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10.1590/s1020-49892008001200005
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2008-12-01
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Brown, Dennis
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Le Franc, Elsie;Samms-Vaughan, Maureen;Brown, Dennis
目标.本文报告了两种类型的人际暴力（IPV）（性和身体）和一种类型的侵略（心理）在三个低收入到中等收入的加勒比国家的流行率。它检查IPV在青少年和年轻的成年人作为受害者和肇事者。这项基于人口的研究比较了不同社会经济发展水平国家15-30奥尔兹的经历。采用修订后的冲突策略量表（CTS 2）和其他行为学工具评估IPV的水平和特征。在3，401名答复者中，70.9%的人报告说受到某种形式的暴力侵害，最常见的是关系伴侣（62.8%）实施的暴力。报告性暴力受害者更多的是妇女，在牙买加最多。当按犯罪者类型分层时，报告的身体暴力和心理攻击的总体水平在国家间存在显著差异。报告的IPV水平非常高，表明受害者的容忍程度非常高，并表明暴力文化和敌对的亲密关系可能根深蒂固。研究结果支持这样的观点，即共同发生的一般人际暴力和伴侣暴力可能是有限的，一个可能不一定是一个预测其他。这些数据还显示，在伴侣之间，不仅在身体暴力受害方面没有性别差异，而且自我报告为这类IPV肇事者的妇女多于男子。
Objectives. This article reports the prevalence of two types of interpersonal violence (IPV) (sexual and physical) and one type of aggression (psychological) in three low-to-middle-income Caribbean countries. It examines IPV among adolescents and young adults as both victims and perpetrators.Method. This population-based study compares the experiences of 15-30 year olds in countries at different levels of socioeconomic development. The Revised Conflict Tactics Scales (CTS2) and other behavioral instruments were used to assess the level and characteristics of IPV.Results. Out of 3 401 respondents, 70.9% reported victimization by some form of violence, which was most commonly perpetrated by a relationship partner (62.8%). Sexual violence victimization was reported more commonly by women, and was highest in Jamaica. Significant between-country differences in overall levels of reported physical violence, and psychological aggression, were evident when stratifying by perpetrator type.Conclusions. The very high levels of reported IPV indicate very high levels of tolerance among victims, and suggest a culture of violence and of adversarial intimate relationships may be well entrenched. The findings support the view that co-occurrence of general interpersonal violence and partner violence may be limited, and that one may not necessarily be a predictor of the other. They also reveal that, among partners, not only are there no gender differentials in victimization by physical violence, but more women than men are self-reporting as perpetrators of this type of IPV.