Predicting re-victimization of battered women 3 years after exiting a shelter program
Predicting re-victimization of battered women 3 years after exiting a shelter program
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DOI：
10.1007/s10464-005-6234-5
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发表时间：
2005-09-01
影响因子：
3.1
通讯作者：
Sullivan, CM
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作者：
Bybee, D;Sullivan, CM
本研究考察了有虐待伴侣的女性再次受害的人际关系和生态预测因素。所有妇女（N = 124）都曾在3年前从受虐妇女庇护所寻求庇护，其中一半的样本被随机分配，在离开庇护所后立即接受免费的短期宣传服务。结果干预2年后，参与者的生活发生了积极的变化（c.m. Sullivan & D. Bybee, 1999），包括与倡导者一起工作的妇女的虐待减少。目前的研究检查了项目结束3年后的干预效果，以及其他再次滥用的预测因素。原始样本中有19%的人在离开收容所后的2到3年内经历过家庭暴力（65%是由现任伴侣造成的，35%是由前任伴侣造成的）。倡导项目对再次受害风险的影响在干预后3年没有持续。然而，三年前与一名倡导者一起工作，继续对妇女的生活质量和社会支持水平产生积极影响。在收容所待了3年后，受虐待的风险因一年前存在的一些因素而加剧，包括妇女(1)在此之前的6个月内遭受过虐待；（二）资源获取困难的；（三）对国家福利制度有问题的；(4)在他们的社交网络中有让他们生活困难的人。如果女性在1年前有工作，她们遭受虐待的风险就会降低；(2)生活质量较高；(3)在他们的人际网络中有人提供实际的帮助和/或可以谈论个人问题。这些发现支持了一种假设，即获得资源和社会支持是防止持续虐待的保护因素。
This study examined interpersonal and ecological predictors of re-victimization of a sample of women with abusive partners. All women (N = 124) had sought refuge from a battered women's shelter 3 years earlier, and half the sample had been randomly assigned to receive free, short-term advocacy services immediately upon exit from the shelter. Results 2 years post-intervention revealed positive change in the lives of participants (C. M. Sullivan & D. Bybee, 1999), including a decrease in abuse for women who had worked with advocates. The current study examined intervention effects 3 years after the program ended, as well as other predictors of re-abuse. Nineteen percent of the original sample had experienced domestic violence between 2 and 3 years after shelter exit (65% by current partners, 35% by expartners). The advocacy program's effect on risk of re-victimization did not continue 3 years post-intervention. However, having worked with an advocate 3 years prior continued to have a positive impact on women's quality of life and level of social support. The risk of being abused 3 years post-shelter stay was exacerbated by a number of factors present 1 year prior, including women's (1) having experienced abuse in the 6 months before that point; (2) having difficulties accessing resources; (3) having problems with the state welfare system; and (4) having people in their social networks who made their lives difficult. Women were at less risk of abuse if, 1 year earlier, they (1) were employed; (2) reported higher quality of life; and (3) had people in their networks who provided practical help and/or were available to talk about personal matters. These findings support the hypothesis that access to resources and social support serve as protective factors against continued abuse.