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Publication Date: 2012-Jan
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Help-Seeking in a National Sample of Victimized Latino Women: The Influence of Victimization Types
Sabina, Chiara; Cuevas, Carlos A.; Schally, Jennifer L.
Journal of Interpersonal Violence, v27 n1 p40-61 Jan 2012
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.)
Descriptors: 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)
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Education Level: Adult Basic Education; Adult Education
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