Intimate Partner Violence in Sexual Minority Female Adolescents and Young Adults

性少数女性青少年和年轻人中的亲密伴侣暴力

基本信息

批准号：
9272271
负责人：
SARAH W WHITTON
金额：
$ 54.84万
依托单位：
UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
财政年份：
2016
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2016-05-12 至 2021-03-31
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9272271
关键词：
21 year old Address Adolescence Adolescent Adolescent and Young Adult Adult Affect Age Alcohol or Other Drugs use Area Basic Science Biological Models Bisexual Buffers Communities Coupled Data Depression and Suicide Development Discrimination Domestic Violence Emotional Event Evidence based intervention Face Feeling suicidal Female Female Adolescents Frequencies Fright Gays Goals Health Heterosexuals Homophobia Individual Injury Intervention Interview Knowledge Lesbian Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Literature Mental Health Methods Minority Modeling Nature Neighborhoods Outcome Parents Participant Persons Population Preventive Intervention Provider Psychopathology Public Health Recruitment Activity Reporting Research Resources Risk Running Same-sex Sampling Services Severities Sex Behavior Sex Orientation Sexual Health Sexual abuse Sexual and Gender Minorities Shelter facility Social support Stigmatization Stress Substance abuse problem Suicide Survivors System Teenagers Testing Time Victimization Violence Vulnerable Populations Woman Youth cohort contextual factors cultural competence data modeling emotional abuse ethnic diversity evidence base experience health care service health disparity help-seeking behavior high risk high risk sexual behavior innovation intimate partner violence longitudinal design multilevel analysis novel physical abuse physical conditioning pressure prevent prospective prospective test public health relevance revictimization same-sex partnership sex sexual minority social exclusion violence perpetration violence victimization young adult

项目摘要

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Young female sexual minorities (YFSM) are at exceptionally high risk for intimate partner violence (IPV), with over half of YFSM reporting physical or sexual abuse by a dating partner. These young IPV victims may be particularly vulnerable to the negative physical and mental health consequences of IPV, including substance abuse, depression, and suicide, due to minority stress and diminished protective resources (e.g., parent support, community connectedness). In addition, YFSM may be less likely to report and to seek or receive help for IPV because they are not "out" about their sexual orientation or they fear stigmatization and discrimination. Women who seek help for same-sex IPV are often denied services (e.g., two-thirds of LGBT IPV survivors were denied access to domestic violence shelters) and feel marginalized and unsupported by domestic violence service systems. Basic research is clearly needed to inform development of culturally sensitive, evidence-based interventions to prevent IPV in YFSM and to support female sexual minority IPV victims. The existing literature, however, has almost exclusively focused on IPV in heterosexuals. Because LGBT teens and young adults face unique issues surrounding their relationships and sexual behaviors (e.g., pressures to deny or conceal sexual identity and activities), the risk and protective factors for IPV, help-seeking behaviors, and consequences of IPV in sexual minority youth are likely quite different from those observed in heterosexual youth. The overarching goal of this project is to begin to address these disparities by conducting an innovative study of IPV in female sexual minority adolescents and young adults (YFSM). We propose a novel, minority stress-informed dynamic developmental systems perspective of IPV in YFSM, which we will test using a mixed-methods, accelerated longitudinal design. Building upon the longest running study of LGBT youth, we will collect quantitative data from two ethnically diverse cohorts of YFSM (N= 530; ages 16-26) every six months for two years, as well as qualitative data from 50 selected participants. We will accomplish the overarching goal with four primary specific aims: (1) Describe the nature and trajectories of IPV in YFSM across adolescence and young adulthood; (2) Identify risk and protective factors for IPV among YFSM, including factors that differentiate violent vs. non-violent/healthy relationships; (3) Examine factors that affect YFSM's reporting of IPV, help-seeking for IPV, and ability to benefit from help provided (e.g., cultural competence of providers); and (4) Evaluate the consequences of IPV in YFSM, identifying factors that raise risk for or protect YFSM victims from revictimization and negative health consequences of IPV. Integration of the resulting quantitative and qualitative data will be used to inform the development of evidence-based interventions to prevent IPV among YFSM and better serve those who experience IPV. 1

描述（由申请人提供）：年轻女性性少数群体 (YFSM) 遭受亲密伴侣暴力 (IPV) 的风险极高，超过一半的 YFSM 报告称受到约会伴侣的身体虐待或性虐待，这些年轻的 IPV 受害者可能特别容易受到伤害。由于少数群体压力和保护资源（例如父母支持、社区联系）减少，IPV 对身心健康产生负面影响，包括药物滥用、抑郁和自杀。此外，YFSM 可能不太可能发生这种情况。报告并寻求或接受 IPV 帮助，因为她们对自己的性取向不“坦然”，或者担心受到污名和歧视为同性 IPV 寻求帮助的女性常常被拒绝提供服务（例如，三分之二的 LGBT IPV 幸存者）。被拒绝进入家庭暴力庇护所）并感到孤独且得不到家庭暴力服务系统的支持，显然需要基础研究来为制定文化敏感的、基于证据的干预措施提供信息，以预防 YFSM 中的 IPV 并支持女性性少数 IPV 受害者。然而，现有文献几乎只关注异性恋者中的 IPV，因为 LGBT 青少年和年轻人在其关系和性行为方面面临着独特的问题（例如，否认或隐瞒性身份和活动的压力），因此 IPV 的风险和保护因素。性少数青少年中 IPV 的寻求帮助行为和后果可能与异性恋青少年中观察到的情况截然不同。该项目的总体目标是通过对女性性少数青少年中的 IPV 进行创新研究来开始解决这些差异。我们在 YFSM 中提出了一种新颖的、少数群体压力告知的 IPV 动态发展系统观点，我们将使用混合方法、加速纵向设计来测试该观点。将在两年内每六个月收集来自两个不同种族的 YFSM 群体（N = 530；年龄 16-26）的定量数据，以及来自 50 名选定参与者的定性数据。有四个主要具体目标：(1) 描述青春期和青年期中 IPV 的性质和轨迹；(2) 确定 YFSM 中 IPV 的风险和保护因素，包括区分暴力与非暴力/健康关系的因素(3) 检查影响 YFSM 报告 IPV、寻求 IPV 帮助以及从帮助中受益的能力的因素 (例如，提供者的文化能力)；以及 (4) 评估 IPV 在 YFSM 中的后果，确定增加 YFSM 受害者风险或保护其免受 IPV 再次伤害和负面健康影响的因素，并将由此产生的定量和定性数据进行整合。用于为制定基于证据的干预措施提供信息，以预防 YFSM 中的 IPV 并更好地为经历过 IPV 的人提供服务 1。