Candies in hell:: women's experiences of violence in Nicaragua
Candies in hell:: women's experiences of violence in Nicaragua
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DOI：
10.1016/s0277-9536(00)00056-3
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发表时间：
2000-12-01
影响因子：
5.4
通讯作者：
Winkvist, A
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作者：
Ellsberg, M;Peña, R;Winkvist, A
这项研究的目的是描述尼加拉瓜莱昂对妇女的家庭暴力的特点。对488名年龄在15-49岁之间的妇女进行了一次有代表性的抽样调查。冲突战术量表中的身体攻击分量表被用来确定遭受虐待的妇女。对以前被殴打的妇女进行了深入访谈，并对这些访谈的叙述进行了分析，并与调查数据进行了比较。在已婚妇女中，有52%的人报告说，她们在生活中的某个时候经历过伴侣的身体虐待。滥用的中位持续时间为5年。在身体、情感和性暴力之间发现了相当大的重叠，21%的已婚妇女报告了所有三种虐待。31%的受虐待妇女在怀孕期间遭受身体暴力。从开始结婚或同居到遭受暴力之间的潜伏期很短，超过50%的被殴打妇女报告说，第一次遭受暴力行为发生在婚后的头两年。发现伴侣虐待与儿童问题，包括身体虐待之间存在显著的正相关。调查数据和叙事分析都指出，极端嫉妒和控制是虐待关系的恒定特征。此外，数据表明，被殴打的妇女经常感到羞耻、孤立和被困，再加上缺乏家庭和社区的支持，往往使妇女难以认识和摆脱暴力关系。这些调查结果与其他国家形成的家庭暴力理论概念是一致的，这表明，在很大程度上，妇女遭受暴力的经历超越了特定的文化背景。(C)2000爱思唯尔科技有限公司版权所有。
The aim of this study was to describe the characteristics of domestic violence against women in Leon, Nicaragua. A survey was carried out among a representative sample of 488 women between the ages of 15-49. The physical aggression sub-scale of the Conflict Tactics Scale was used to identify women suffering abuse. In-depth interviews with formerly battered women were performed and narratives from these interviews were analysed and compared with the survey data. Among ever-married women 52% reported having experienced physical partner abuse at some point in their lives. Median duration of abuse was 5 years. A considerable overlap was found between physical, emotional and sexual violence, with 21% of ever-married women reporting all three kinds of abuse. Thirty-one percent of abused women suffered physical violence during pregnancy. The latency period between the initiation of marriage or cohabitation and violence was short, with over 50% of the battered women reporting that the first act of violence act took place within the first 2 years of marriage. Significant, positive associations were found between partner abuse and problems among children, including physical abuse. Both the survey data and the narrative analysis pointed to extreme jealousy and control as constant features of the abusive relationship. Further, the data indicate that battered women frequently experience feelings of shame, isolation and entrapment which, together with a lack of family and community support, often contribute to women's difficulty in recognizing and disengaging from a violent relationship. These findings are consistent with theoretical conceptualisations of domestic violence developed in other countries, suggesting that, to a large degree, women's experiences of violence transcend specific cultural contexts. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.