The Effects of Acculturation on Intimate Partner Violence Among Chinese Immigrants in New York City

Kim, C.; Sung, Hyunran

doi:10.1007/s10896-015-9761-3

Cited by 27 publications

(32 citation statements)

References 79 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…If an immigrant victim must seek employment to become financially independent of the abusive partner, the ability to speak English can affect the type of employment she can obtain. Limited-English proficiency can seriously constrain a victim's ability to escape from or recover from intimate partner violence (Kim and Sung 2016;Postmus et al 2012). An inability to communicate in English may prevent immigrant victims from seeking supportive shelter, advocacy, legal, or emergency services (Runner et al 2009).…”

Section: Language Barriersmentioning

confidence: 99%

How Domestic Violence Impacts Immigrant Victims

Huang

2019

Handbook of Interpersonal Violence and Abuse Across the Lifespan

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Immigrant victims, like all intimate partner violence victims, experience physical violence, emotional abuse, coercion, threats and intimidation, isolation, economic abuse, and sexual abuse. (A critical element of safety planning with intimate partner violence victims, in addition to addressing the abuse, is working with them to address other life and community-generated risks, which abusers frequently exploit to further perpetrate abuse). For immigrant victims of intimate partner violence, abusers may exploit their lack of English proficiency, isolation from their family and other helping systems, lack of understanding or familiarity with the American legal system, and religious and cultural customs to further threaten, isolate, and abuse them. In addition, abusers often use the victim's lack of secure immigration status as a tool of coercion and control, by threatening detention and deportation alongside separation from children or other family members. When immigrant victims do seek help, helping "systems" may lack the capacity to address the unique barriers facing immigrants. Some may have not implemented practices and policies to facilitate limited-English proficient victims in communicating their needs; others may be unfamiliar with the unique legal issues facing immigrant victims, and some systems impose restrictions on eligibility for services based on immigration status. At the same time, immigrant victims of intimate partner violence and their advocates have worked to implement policies and practices to support victim safety. This chapter provides an overview of abuser risks, community-generated, and system-generated risks impacting immigrant victims of intimate partner violence and summarizes resources intended to mitigate those risks.

show abstract

Section: Language Barriersmentioning

confidence: 99%

How Domestic Violence Impacts Immigrant Victims

Huang

2019

Handbook of Interpersonal Violence and Abuse Across the Lifespan

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…The language barrier, limited economic resources, lack of support from extended family and friends, and social isolation may lead to increased levels of stress, which may in turn cause marital conflict and contribute to the risk of IPV. Taken together, the risk of IPV occurrence among Chinese immigrant women may be complicated by the effects of cultural and patriarchal values from the home country as well as immigration and acculturative stress in the USA (Kim & Sung, 2016a,b; Lee & Hadeed, 2009).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Prevalence and risk factors of intimate partner violence among Chinese immigrant women

Bloom

Herbell

et al. 2020

Journal of Advanced Nursing

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a serious social and health issue that affects women around the world (Ellsberg et al., 2008; Garcia-Moreno et al., 2006). The World Health Organization (WHO) multi-country study on women's health and domestic violence reported that the lifetime prevalence of sexual or physical partner violence varied from 15-71% in 10 countries (Garcia-Moreno et al., 2006). In a study that synthesized findings from 19 empirical studies conducted in mainland China or Hong Kong between 1987-2006, the aggregated lifetime

show abstract

“…Low adaptation levels may limit a migrant woman's language acquisition, education, and occupational opportunities and reduce her access to social capital and social networks, which may increase her dependency on her husband, who in turn may exert more control over his wife (Harris, Firestone, & Vega, 2005;C. Kim & Sung, 2015).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Correlates of Domestic Violence Victimization Among North Korean Refugee Women in South Korea

Kim

Palinkas

2016

J Interpers Violence

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Although many North Korean (NK) refugee women are victims of domestic violence (DV) in North Korea, face sexual exploitation during migration, and remain at risk of DV while adapting to life in South Korea, there is no empirical evidence about risk factors for DV in this population. To fill this gap, this study examined whether gender role beliefs, child abuse history, and sociocultural adaptation were associated with past-year physical, emotional, sexual, and economic abuse, and whether they were associated with multiple forms of abuse. We also explored whether these associations were similar or different across different types of DV among NK refugee women. A sample of 180 ever-married NK refugee women in South Korea from the 2010 National Survey on Family Violence was used for analysis. Physical abuse was associated with more traditional gender role beliefs; emotional abuse and multiple forms of abuse were associated with lower levels of sociocultural adaptation; and sexual and economic abuse were associated with an increased likelihood of childhood abuse and poor sociocultural adaptation. Our study findings underscore the importance of

show abstract

The Effects of Acculturation on Intimate Partner Violence Among Chinese Immigrants in New York City

Cited by 27 publications

References 79 publications

How Domestic Violence Impacts Immigrant Victims

How Domestic Violence Impacts Immigrant Victims

Prevalence and risk factors of intimate partner violence among Chinese immigrant women

Correlates of Domestic Violence Victimization Among North Korean Refugee Women in South Korea

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About