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.

这项研究旨在探讨如何由于政治冲突引起的强迫流离失所可能导致对妇女的亲密伴侣暴力（IPV）。流离失所的过程可能会通过影响妇女的社交网络，男性在亲密伙伴关系中满足当地对男性气质和男子气概的期望以及相对于其亲密伴侣的妇女经济资源的能力来加剧IPV对妇女的风险。流离失所的社区通常以极端贫困，本地基础设施和弱社交网络为特征。正如许多这样的人群的特征一样，哥伦比亚流离失所的人口往往贫穷和边缘化。这些人群中的许多人被重新安置在大型城市地区，其中70％来自农村农业环境。重新安置到大型城市地区为稳定就业提供了有限的机会。这些困难的生活条件可能会加剧IPV。将在一个流离失所的社区中与哥伦比亚妇女进行定性的深入访谈，以了解她们对与流离失所相关的社会和情境因素如何影响其亲密伙伴关系和IPV经验的观点和经验。三个主要研究问题指导研究：1）与流离失所相关的压力如何有助于妇女患IPV的风险？ 2）流离失所的经验如何影响妇女的社会支持网络，从而影响妇女经历IPV的风险？ 3）流离失所的经历如何以影响IPV风险的方式改变性别角色和期望？这项研究具有重要的智力优点，原因有几个。众所周知，IPV是一个全球问题，但有关其原因的理论在稳定的西方环境中大大涉及研究。这项研究将探讨在非西方环境中流离失所的经验如何塑造女性的社交网络，资源和男子气概如何影响妇女体验IPV的风险。有关上述因素如何影响IPV在这种情况下的信息对美国和国外流离失所人口的政策和预防计划的设计具有更广泛的影响。有可能在社区层面进行干预，以改变女性IPV风险的影响。