title: Rural Mexican-American and non-Hispanic white women: effects of abuse on self-concept.
abstract: This research arose from clinical practice in a rural Mexican-American and non-Hispanic white community in Southwest Texas. The practice focused on individual and group counseling for these women in abusive relationships. Effects of type of abuse (physical, sexual, psychological) on self-concept were identified. Rural Mexican-American and non-Hispanic white women experiencing sexual abuse versus other forms of abuse were found to have significantly lower perceptions of competency on a multi-dimensional measure of self-concept. Ethnic differences in self-concept were also found between groups of abused, rural Mexican-American and non-Hispanic white women.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dimmitt
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D018585:Battered Women / Q000523:psychology*; D003376:Counseling; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017058:Mexican Americans / Q000523:psychology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012424:Rural Population; D012649:Self Concept; D044465:White People / Q000523:psychology*