Who are you going to talk to? Help-seeking for partner violence among refugee-background young women in Australia

IF 2 4区 心理学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
Helena de Anstiss
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ABSTRACT Objective Adolescents are reported to be the fastest growing population at risk for intimate partner violence, and yet very few seek help, and those who do are more likely to turn to friends and family before, if at all, professional sources such as the police, mental health practitioners, social workers, health professionals and teachers. Research on refugee-background adolescents is scant despite their growing presence in migration flows to Australia and other western resettlement countries. This article reports on a qualitative investigation of help-seeking among young women from refugee backgrounds who had experienced partner violence during adolescence. Method Interview and focus group data were obtained from 17 cisgender young women and five helping professionals. Results Very few participants voluntarily sought professional help during or after a violent relationship due to a range of individual, interpersonal and sociocultural influences. Conclusions Prevention and intervention efforts should be anchored in a nuanced understanding of the contexts of partner violence for this population group as well as sensitivity to how disclosure and help-seeking may be influenced by age and developmental stage, cultural background, acculturation, and access to support services. KEY POINTS What is already known about this topic: Adolescent partner violence is an important public health problem with significant physical, psychological, and social consequences for adolescents. Preliminary research, mainly from the US, reports that very few adolescents seek professional help when violence occurs. Although adolescents consistently account for a large proportion of the humanitarian intake in Australia, the US and other western resettlement countries, they are underrepresented in research. What this topic adds: This study sheds light on the individual, interpersonal and sociocultural contexts of help-seeking for partner violence in an under-researched population group. Very few participants voluntarily sought professional help during or after a violent relationship. Barriers corresponded with, and diverged from, those reported for adolescents in the general adolescent population. Recommendations are made to enhance the developmental and cultural fit of interventions designed for adolescents.
你要找谁谈?澳大利亚难民背景的年轻女性对伴侣暴力的求助
【摘要】目的据报道,青少年是面临亲密伴侣暴力风险的增长最快的人群,但很少有人寻求帮助,而那些寻求帮助的人更有可能向朋友和家人求助,而不是向警察、精神卫生从业人员、社会工作者、卫生专业人员和教师等专业人士求助。对难民背景的青少年的研究很少,尽管他们越来越多地出现在澳大利亚和其他西方重新安置国家的移民潮中。这篇文章报告了一个质性调查寻求帮助的年轻妇女从难民背景谁经历了伴侣暴力在青春期。方法对17名顺性青年女性和5名帮助者进行访谈和焦点小组调查。结果由于个人、人际和社会文化的影响,很少有参与者在暴力关系期间或之后自愿寻求专业帮助。结论:预防和干预工作应基于对这一人群伴侣暴力背景的细致理解,以及对披露和寻求帮助可能受到年龄和发展阶段、文化背景、文化适应和获得支持服务的影响的敏感性。关于这一主题的已知情况:青少年伴侣暴力是一个重要的公共卫生问题,对青少年造成严重的身体、心理和社会后果。主要来自美国的初步研究报告称,当暴力发生时,很少有青少年寻求专业帮助。尽管在澳大利亚、美国和其他西方移民安置国家,青少年一直在人道主义难民接收中占很大比例,但他们在研究中的代表性不足。本课题补充:本研究揭示了在研究不足的人群中寻求伴侣暴力帮助的个人、人际和社会文化背景。很少有参与者在暴力关系期间或之后自愿寻求专业帮助。这些障碍与一般青少年人群中报告的青少年的障碍一致,但又有所不同。提出了建议,以加强为青少年设计的干预措施的发展和文化契合度。
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Australian Psychologist
Australian Psychologist PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY-
CiteScore
3.70
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5.30%
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32
期刊介绍: The Australian Psychologist is the official applied practice and public policy journal of the Australian Psychological Society. As such, the journal solicits articles covering current issues in psychology, the science and practice of psychology, and psychology"s contribution to public policy, with particular emphasis on the Australian context. Periodically, Australian Psychological Society documents, including but not limited to, position papers, reports of the Society, ethics information, surveys of the membership, announcements, and selected award addresses may appear in the journal.
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