Help-Seeking in a National Sample of Victimized Latino Women: The Influence of Victimization Types

Autor/inn/en	Sabina, Chiara; Cuevas, Carlos A.; Schally, Jennifer L.
Titel	Help-Seeking in a National Sample of Victimized Latino Women: The Influence of Victimization Types
Quelle	In: Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 27 (2012) 1, S.40-61 (22 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0886-2605
DOI	10.1177/0886260511416460
Schlagwörter	Sexual Abuse; Females; Victims of Crime; Self Esteem; Help Seeking; National Surveys; Womens Studies; Hispanic Americans; Antisocial Behavior; Measures (Individuals); Social Attitudes; Phenomenology; Violence; Interpersonal Relationship; Social Support Groups; Helping Relationship; Resilience (Psychology) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sexueller Missbrauch; Weibliches Geschlecht; Victim; Victims; Crime; Opfer; Verbrechen; Self-esteem; Selbstaufmerksamkeit; Help-seeking behavior; Help-seeking behaviour; Hilfe suchendes Verhalten; Hispanic; Hispanoamerikaner; Messdaten; Social attidude; Soziale Einstellung; Phenomenological psychology; Phänomenologie; Psychologie; Gewalt; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Social support; Soziale Unterstützung; Helfende Beziehung
Abstract	The current study aimed to examine formal and informal help-seeking responses to interpersonal victimization among a national sample of Latino women. In addition, an examination of help-seeking by victimization type was undertaken. Data came from the Sexual Assault Among Latinas (SALAS) study that obtained help-seeking rates among a victimized subsample of Latino women (n = 714; 35.7% of a national sample). Results show a majority (76.6%) of the victimized participants engaged in some form of help-seeking with informal resources (68.9%) more often used than formal (32.5%). Medical attention was the type of formal help-seeking sought most often among victimized women who were injured (34.7%), and parents were the most common source of informal help-seeking (26.6%). However, logistic regression analyses show that help-seeking responses were significantly affected by type of victimization. Latino women who experienced childhood victimization were significantly less likely to engage in formal and informal help-seeking. Latino women who experienced stalking were significantly less likely to engage in formal help-seeking. Victimization with a weapon was significantly related to increased odds of formal help-seeking. Thus, women respond to violence in a way that is shaped by the dynamics of the victimization experience. Practice implications include the need to increase knowledge and availability of formal help-seeking venues. (Contains 5 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10