Urban Young Women’s Experiences of Discrimination and Community Violence and Intimate Partner Violence |
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Authors: | Ann Stueve PhD Lydia O’Donnell |
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Institution: | (1) Health and Human Development, Education Development Center, 96 Morton Street, 7th Floor, New York, NY 10014, USA;(2) Health and Human Development, Education Development Center, Newton, MA, USA |
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Abstract: | This paper examines the interrelationships between urban young adult women’s experiences of discrimination and community violence
and their reports of involvement in intimate partner violence (IPV). We explore whether such experiences are independent risk
factors for IPV victimization and perpetration, even when accounting for aggressive behaviors and related risk taking, including
drinking and sexual initiation, during early adolescence. We use data from the Reach for Health study, in which a sample of
550 urban African American and Latina women was followed from recruitment in economically distressed middle schools into young
adulthood, over approximately 7 years. At the last wave, respondents were 19–20 years old; 28% were raising children. More
than 40% reported experiencing at least one form of racial/ethnic discrimination sometimes or often over the past year. About
75% heard guns being shot, saw someone being arrested, or witnessed drug deals within this time period; 66% had seen someone
beaten up, 26% had seen someone get killed, and 40% knew someone who was killed. Concurrent reports of lifetime IPV were also
high: about a third reported being a victim of physical violence; a similar proportion reported perpetration. Results of multivariate
regression analyses indicate that discrimination is significantly associated with physical and emotional IPV victimization
and perpetration, controlling for socio-demographic characteristics, including ethnic identity formation, and early adolescent
risk behaviors. Community violence is correlated with victimization, but the relationship remains significant only for emotional
IPV victimization once early behaviors are controlled. Implications for violence prevention are discussed, including the importance
of addressing community health, as well as individual patterns of behavior, associated with multiple forms of violence victimization
and perpetration.
Stueve is with the Health and Human Development Center, 96 Morton Street, 7th Floor, New York, 10014, New York NY, USA. O`Donnell
is with the Health and Human Development, Education Development Center, Newton, MA, USA. |
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Keywords: | Domestic violence Community health Community violence Discrimination Intimate partner violence Urban Female |
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