@article{ref1,
title="Prevalence of victims of violence among ethnically diverse Asian/Pacific Islanders",
journal="Violence and victims",
year="2005",
author="Hishinuma, Earl S. and Chang, Janice Y. and Goebert, Deborah A. and Else, Iwalani R. N. and Nishimura, Stephanie T. and Choi-Misailidis, Soojean and Andrade, Naleen N. and Mayeda, David T. and Jones, Lisa M.",
volume="20",
number="5",
pages="561-575",
abstract="The present research project is the first large-scale study (N = 5,051) that investigated the prevalence of victims of violence for an ethnically diverse Asian/Pacific Islander sample. The rate for the adolescent respondents of "was a victim of violence (was physically harmed by someone)" within the past 6 months was 3.33%. Over twice that rate was found for family members (6.97%) and over three times the adolescent-respondent rate was obtained for close friends (10.75%). Only partial support was found for the hypothesis that Asian groups would have the lowest rates, and Polynesian, African American, Hispanic, and Native American Indian/Alaska Native groups would have the highest rates. Higher rates were found for Whites (adolescent respondents, close friends) and the Portuguese (family members, close friends), suggesting a "minority" effect. There is a need to disaggregate ethnicity, engage in further research that considers risk and protective factors, and investigate culturally appropriate interventions.",
language="en",
issn="0886-6708",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}