TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2020//
TI  - Reporting intimate partner violence and sexual assault: a mixed methods study of concerns and considerations among college women of color
JO  - Journal of transcultural nursing
A1  - Burton, Candace W.
A1  - Guidry, Jeanine D.
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - INTRODUCTION: The purpose of this study was to explore how women of color affiliated with a large public university in the United States evaluated involving authorities in cases of intimate partner violence (IPV) and/or sexual assault (SA) and to discover if structural stressors such as racism or sexism influenced their thinking. <br><br>METHODology: Surveys on perceived ethnic discrimination, depression, trauma history, stress, social support, resilience, and sleep disturbance were completed by 87 self-identified women of color. All women also participated in one of several focus groups on IPV and SA. <br><br>RESULTS: Roughly half of participants had experienced SA and about a third experienced IPV. Participants identifying as Latinx/Hispanic or Black/African American reported the greatest experiences of structural stressors and also felt there was not always a potential safety gain with reporting IPV and/or SA. <br><br>DISCUSSION: The results of this study suggest universities must create more culturally competent environs of safety for women of color.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1043-6596
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1043659620941583
ID  - ref1
ER  -