South Asians and the Role of Bystanders in Domestic Violence Prevention: Results from a Pilot Study.

Abha Rai, Nathan H Perkins, Ahyun Moon, Farzana Farzam
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Purpose: Domestic violence manifests in unique ways in South Asian immigrant communities. Given the need to uphold family honor, formal help-seeking remains minimal within this community. Individuals experiencing victimization rely on friends and family members as informal sources of support. These friends and family members may also be bystanders who witness victimization. Therefore, the goal of this study was to examine differences in participant responses to an online interactive bystander intervention developed for South Asians.

Methods: To get community response to the intervention, B.R.A.K.E. The Cycle, a Qualtrics link with all the intervention scenarios was posted on 21 sub-Reddit pages. Screeners to ensure that participants were of South Asian origin, 18 or older and currently residing in the United States (US) were added. True to the study purpose, to examine differences across gender and generational position, we conducted descriptive analysis and chi-square tests.

Results: There were differences in scenarios by gender and immigration position. Some of the main findings point to the need to report domestic violence, seek help (formal or informal) as well as surprisingly some responses justified the use of force by a male partner. We discuss these in-depth by scenarios.

Discussion: This is the first study to examine differences in bystander preference and response to using an intervention that was developed specifically for the South Asian community. Social workers can utilize this intervention to create dialogue around domestic violence prevention and the role of bystander within the South Asian and potentially other immigrant communities.

南亚人和旁观者在家庭暴力预防中的作用:一项试点研究的结果。
目的:家庭暴力在南亚移民社区有其独特的表现形式。鉴于维护家庭荣誉的需要,在这个社区中,正式的求助仍然很少。受害的个人依靠朋友和家人作为非正式的支持来源。这些朋友和家庭成员也可能是目睹受害的旁观者。因此,本研究的目的是考察参与者对针对南亚人开发的在线互动旁观者干预措施的反应差异:为了了解社区对 "B.R.A.K.E. The Cycle "干预措施的反应,我们在 21 个子 Reddit 页面上发布了包含所有干预情景的 Qualtrics 链接。还添加了筛选器,以确保参与者为南亚裔、18 岁或以上且目前居住在美国。根据研究目的,我们进行了描述性分析和卡方检验,以考察不同性别和不同代际之间的差异:结果:不同性别和不同移民身份的人所面临的情景存在差异。一些主要研究结果表明,有必要报告家庭暴力、寻求帮助(正式或非正式的),以及令人惊讶的是,一些反应证明男性伴侣使用武力是合理的。我们将按情景对这些问题进行深入讨论:这是首次研究旁观者在使用专为南亚社区开发的干预措施时的偏好和反应差异。社会工作者可以利用这一干预措施,在南亚社区和可能的其他移民社区中开展有关家庭暴力预防和旁观者角色的对话。
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