Doctoral Dissertation Research: Contextual Influences on Intimate Partner Violence Among Displaced Women in Colombia

博士论文研究：哥伦比亚流离失所妇女亲密伴侣暴力的背景影响

• 批准号: 0921023
• 负责人: Kathryn Yount
• 金额: $ 1.2万
• 依托单位: Emory University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2009-09-01 至 2011-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0921023&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Doctoral; Dissertation; Research; Contextual; Influences

This research aims to explore how forced displacement due to political conflict may contribute to intimate partner violence (IPV) against women. The process of displacement may exacerbate the risks of IPV against women by affecting women's social networks of support, men's ability to fulfill local expectations of masculinity and manhood in intimate partnerships, and women's economic resources relative to their intimate partner. Displaced communities are often characterized by extreme poverty, weak local infrastructures, and weak social networks. As is characteristic of many such populations, displaced populations in Colombia tend to be poor and marginalized. Many of these populations are resettled in and around large urban areas, with 70% originally from rural agricultural settings. Resettling into a large urban area provides limited opportunities for stable employment. These difficult living conditions may exacerbate IPV. Qualitative in-depth interviews will be conducted with Colombian women in a displaced community to understand their views and experiences of how social and contextual factors associated with displacement affect their intimate partnerships and experiences of IPV. Three main research questions guide the study: 1) How do stresses associated with displacement contribute to women's risk of experiencing IPV? 2) How does the experience of displacement affect women's networks of social support, and thereby influence women's risk of experiencing IPV? 3) How does the experience of displacement alter gendered roles and expectations in ways that influence the risk of IPV? The study has significant intellectual merit for several reasons. IPV is known to be a global problem, yet theories about its causes have grown largely out of research in stable Western contexts. This study will explore how the experience of displacement in a non-Western context shapes how women's social networks, resources, and constructs of masculinity affect women's risks of experiencing IPV. Information on how the above factors affect IPV in such settings has broader implications for the design of policies and prevention programs for displaced populations in the U.S. and abroad. It may be possible to intervene at the community level to alter the effect of women's risk of IPV.

本研究旨在探讨政治冲突导致的被迫流离失所可能如何导致针对女性的亲密伴侣暴力（IPV）。流离失所的过程可能会影响女性的社会支持网络、男性在亲密伙伴关系中满足当地对男子气概和男子气概的期望的能力，以及女性相对于其亲密伴侣的经济资源，从而加剧IPV对女性的风险。流离失所社区的特点往往是极端贫困、当地基础设施薄弱和社会网络薄弱。正如许多此类人口的特点一样，哥伦比亚的流离失所人口往往贫穷且被边缘化。其中许多人口在大城市及其周边地区重新定居，其中 70% 最初来自农村农业环境。重新安置到大城市地区提供的稳定就业机会有限。这些困难的生活条件可能会加剧 IPV。我们将对流离失所社区的哥伦比亚妇女进行定性深入访谈，以了解她们对与流离失所相关的社会和背景因素如何影响她们的亲密伙伴关系和 IPV 经历的看法和经历。三个主要研究问题指导本研究： 1) 与流离失所相关的压力如何增加女性经历 IPV 的风险？ 2) 流离失所的经历如何影响女性的社会支持网络，从而影响女性遭受 IPV 的风险？ 3) 流离失所的经历如何改变性别角色和期望，从而影响 IPV 风险？由于多种原因，这项研究具有重要的学术价值。众所周知，IPV 是一个全球性问题，但有关其成因的理论很大程度上是从稳定的西方背景下的研究中发展出来的。本研究将探讨非西方背景下的流离失所经历如何影响女性的社交网络、资源和男性气质结构如何影响女性经历 IPV 的风险。有关上述因素在此类环境中如何影响 IPV 的信息对于针对美国和国外流离失所者的政策和预防计划的设计具有更广泛的影响。或许可以在社区层面进行干预，以改变女性感染 IPV 风险的影响。