title: Women from different ethnic groups and their experiences with victimization and seeking help.
abstract: For women who experience abuse in childhood or adulthood, the assumptions are that surviving includes seeking help. This article presents an exploratory study on the prevalence of victimization in the lives of Caucasian, African American, and Latina women, if and to whom they disclosed their victimization, and where they turned for services and support. The results indicate Caucasian women turn more to traditional, therapeutic sources compared with African American women, who tend to use tangible supports. However, when controlling for a number of key variables, the ethnic differences disappear. Implications for further research and practice conclude this article.
authors: Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA Postmus@ssw.rutgers.edu.
authors: Judy L
authors: JL
authors: Postmus
mesh_terms: D001741:Black or African American / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D019548:Crime Victims / Q000523:psychology*; D005006:Ethnicity / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D000066505:Help-Seeking Behavior; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D015995:Prevalence; D014754:Violence / Q000208:ethnology; D044465:White People / Q000706:statistics & numerical data
keywords: child abuse; ethnic differences; intimate partner violence; seeking help; sexual assault