Citation

Yick AG, Oomen-Early J. J. Interpers. Violence 2008; 23(8): 1075-1094.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2008, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/0886260507313973

PMID

18259048

Abstract

Until recently, research studies have implied that domestic violence does not affect Asian American and immigrant communities, or even Asians abroad, because ethnicity or culture has not been addressed. In this content analysis, the authors examined trends in publications in leading scholarly journals on violence relating to Asian women and domestic violence. A coding schema was developed, with two raters coding the data with high interrater reliability. Sixty articles were published over the 16 years studied, most atheoretical and focusing on individual levels of analysis. The terms used in discussing domestic violence reflected a feminist perspective. Three quarters of the studies were empirical, with most guided by logical positivism using quantitative designs. Most targeted specific Asian subgroups (almost a third focused on Asian Indians) rather than categorizing Asians as a general ethnic category. The concept of"Asian culture"was most often assessed by discussing Asian family structure. Future research is discussed in light of the findings.

Language: en