A measurement development and validation study of the Strong Black Woman Schema in Intimate Partnerships Scale (SBWS-IP)

项目摘要/摘要 黑人女性报告的终生IPV患病率高于白人和拉丁裔女性。这些经历 对黑人妇女的身心健康造成了一些后果，包括更高的 抑郁、焦虑、创伤后应激障碍、自杀和自卑。此外，他们还面临着 由于消极的性别种族歧视的盛行和持续存在而造成的独特形式的歧视 刻板印象，将他们描述为性欲超强的Jezebels，言语上咄咄逼人的蓝宝石，或弹性和 情感坚韧的坚强黑人女性(SBW)。当黑人女性谈判社会文化期望的时候 这些刻板印象，他们的投资和能力，在他们经历了 IPV可能会明显受阻。然而，人们对文化上认可的求助行为知之甚少 被IPV的黑人女性幸存者利用。目前的方案采用了探索性的序贯混合方法 研究设计以了解体现SBW图式如何不仅影响黑人妇女的帮助 寻求行为，但他们的整体心理健康。在目标1中，研究小组将对 关于强黑人女性刻板印象图式特征的定性和定量文献 为亲密关系中的强黑人女性模式(SBWS)生成初始项目池 IP)规模。在Aim 2中，将对年轻的黑人女性进行焦点小组和认知访谈，以探索 开发的SBWS-IP量表的内容效度，并确保项目清晰度。AIM 3将利用在线调查 使用条目对SBWS-IP进行评估，并检验测量的信度和结构效度 反应理论、探索性和验证性因素分析。最终的研究目标将使用来自在线的数据 评估和结构方程模型以测试内部化所通过的中介路径 SBW图式与IPV求助策略和心理健康相关。完成拟议的 研究将产生一种量化工具，将提供对特定文化的更细微的理解 防止黑人女性参与与IPV相关的帮助寻求行为的性别规范 复原力和促进心理健康。

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT Black women report higher prevalence rates of lifetime IPV than White and Latina women. These experiences result in a number of physical and mental health consequences for Black women, including greater rates of depression, anxiety, posttraumatic stress disorder, suicidality, and low self-esteem. In addition, they face unique forms of discrimination as a result of the prevalence and persistence of negative gendered-racial stereotypes that characterize them as hypersexual Jezebels, verbally aggressive Sapphires, or resilient and emotionally tough Strong Black Women (SBW). As Black women negotiate the socio-cultural expectations of these stereotypes, their investment in and capacity to effectively seek help and support when they experience IPV may be significantly hampered. Yet, little is known about the culturally sanctioned help-seeking behaviors utilized by Black female survivors of IPV. The current proposal uses an exploratory sequential mixed methods research design to understand how embodying the SBW schema influences not only Black women’s help seeking behaviors, but their overall mental health. In Aim 1, the research team will perform a scoping review of the qualitative and quantitative literature on schematic characteristics of the strong Black woman stereotype to generate an initial pool of preliminary items for Strong Black Woman Schema in Intimate Partnerships (SBWS- IP) scale. Focus groups and cognitive interviews will be conducted with young Black women in Aim 2 to explore the content validity of the developed SBWS-IP scale and ensure item clarity. Aim 3 will utilize an online survey assessment of the SBWS-IP and examine the reliability and construct validity of the measure, using item response theory, exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis. The final study aim will use data from the online assessment and structural equation modeling to test the intermediary pathways through which internalization of the SBW schema is linked with IPV help seeking strategies and mental health. Completion of the proposed study will result in a quantitative tool that will provide a more nuanced understanding of the culturally specific gender norms that prevent Black women from engaging in IPV related help seeking behaviors that foster resilience and promote mental health.