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- Title
Intimate Partner Violence and Help-seeking Behavior Among College Students Attending A Historically Black College and University.
- Authors
An, Soonok; Welch-Brewer, Chiquitia; Tadese, Helen
- Abstract
This study provides critical evidence of the diversity of college students' experiences with intimate partner violence (IPV) and their informal and formal help-seeking behaviors at a historically Black college and university (HBCU). The study collected data on college students (N = 266) in fall 2021 using a one-site cross-sectional survey data. Findings revealed that many students at the HBCU reported IPV victimization (68.4%), IPV perpetration (68.0%), and coexperience of IPV victimization and perpetration (61.3%) in the past 12 months, but a few student survivors of IPV sought help from formal or informal support systems. Further, we found that IPV victimization types (e.g., physical, psychological, sexual abuse, and injury) with different severity levels (e.g., less severe or more severe) were differently related to the student survivor's help-seeking behaviors from formal and informal support systems. The findings of this study highlight the importance of supporting students attending HBCUs by addressing their perceptions of IPV help-seeking and coping with different types of IPV victimization via culturally tailored IPV prevention programs. HBCU campuses should promote physical health and mental health services for Black/African American survivors in HBCUs.
- Subjects
SOUTHERN States; CROSS-sectional method; VICTIMS; SEXUAL orientation; INTIMATE partner violence; GENDER identity; RESEARCH funding; UNDERGRADUATES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAMPLE size (Statistics); FISHER exact test; HELP-seeking behavior; CHI-squared test; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; SURVEYS; HISTORICALLY Black colleges &; universities; RESEARCH; INFORMED consent (Medical law); TRUST; SOCIAL support; HEALTH equity; SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC factors; DATA analysis software; DATING violence
- Publication
Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2024, Vol 39, Issue 13/14, p3239
- ISSN
0886-2605
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/08862605241227982