在女同性恋,男同性恋和双性恋退伍军人中,亲密伴侣暴力
Allison R Warren1, Mark R Relyea1, Georgina M Gross1
1VA Connecticut Healthcare System.
Psychological services
|August 21, 2023
概括
亲密伴侣暴力 (IPV) 在女同性恋,同性恋和双性恋退伍军人中很普遍,超过一半的人报告犯罪行为,近四分之一的人报告受害. 双向心理IPV与年轻的年龄和增加的PTSD和抑郁症状有关.
科学领域:
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 军人卫生保健 军人卫生保健
背景情况:
- 亲密伴侣暴力 (IPV) 是一个重要的公共卫生问题.
- 在老兵群体中对IPV的研究往往忽视了各种性取向.
- 女同性恋,同性恋和双性恋 (LGB) 个人可能面临独特的IPV经历和支持的障碍.
研究的目的:
- 在LGB退伍军人的样本中检查IPV犯罪和受害的普遍性.
- 确定与IPV犯罪和受害相关的变量,包括人口统计,军事性创伤,酒精使用和心理健康症状.
- 探索经历双向心理IPV的LGB退伍军人的特征.
主要方法:
- 使用了双变量分析,包括奇平方测试和独立的t测试.
- 从69名LGB退伍军人那里收集了关于IPV犯罪和受害的数据.
- 相关变量包括人口特征,军事性创伤,酒精使用和心理健康症状.
主要成果:
- 超过一半 (55.1%) 的LGB退伍军人报告了过去一年的IPV行为,23.2%报告了过去一年的IPV受害者.
- 在那些报告心理IPV的人中,48.9%报告了双向IPV,39.5%仅犯下罪行,11.6%仅受害.
- 报告双向心理IPV的LGB退伍军人更年轻,患PTSD和抑郁症状的比例更高.
结论:
- 在LGB退伍军人中,IPV犯罪和受害者是常见的.
- 建议所有退伍军人进行IPV的普遍查,以确保准确的评估和干预.
- 包容性,性别规范性干预是必要的,以满足所有退伍军人的需求,无论性别或性取向.
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