TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2005//
TI  - Prevalence of victims of violence among ethnically diverse Asian/Pacific Islanders
JO  - Violence and victims
A1  - Hishinuma, Earl S.
A1  - Chang, Janice Y.
A1  - Goebert, Deborah A.
A1  - Else, Iwalani R. N.
A1  - Nishimura, Stephanie T.
A1  - Choi-Misailidis, Soojean
A1  - Andrade, Naleen N.
A1  - Mayeda, David T.
A1  - Jones, Lisa M.
SP  - 561
EP  - 575
VL  - 20
IS  - 5
N2  - 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.
LA  - en
SN  - 0886-6708
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -