The relationship of sexual and gender-based violence to sexual-risk behaviour among refugee women in Sub-Saharan Africa.
This study utilized the reformulated theory of learned helplessness to investigate the relationships of sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV), learned helplessness, depression and sexual-risk behaviours among refugee women in a camp setting in Botswana. Simultaneous multiple regression analysis showed that past SGBV predicts current sexual-risk behaviour (F = 2.018; p < .011). Although the hypothesized mediating roles of learned helplessness and depression on the relationship between past SGBV and current sexual-risk behaviour were not supported, 55% of participants experienced learned helplessness and 90% were depressed.
John-Langba
Johannes
J
Children's Institute, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, Cape Town 7700, South Africa. johannes.john-langba@uct.ac.za
D017954:Africa South of the Sahara; D018585:Battered Women / Q000523:psychology*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003863:Depression / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006380:Helplessness, Learned; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011902:Rape; D012036:Refugees / Q000523:psychology*; D012725:Sexual Behavior / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology*