Violence Against Women
Volume 18, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1319-1338

Sexual Victimization and Family Violence Among Urban African American Adolescent Women: Do Violence Cluster Profiles Predict Partner Violence Victimization and Sex Trade Exposure? (Article)

Kennedy A.C. , Bybee D. , Kulkarni S.J. , Archer G.
  • a School of Social Work, Michigan State University, 254 Baker Hall, East Lansing, MI 48824, United States
  • b Department of Psychology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, United States
  • c Department of Social Work, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, NC, United States
  • d School of Social Work, Michigan State University, 254 Baker Hall, East Lansing, MI 48824, United States

Abstract

Guided by an intersectional feminist perspective, we examined sexual victimization, witnessing intimate partner violence (IPV) in the family, and familial physical abuse among a sample of 180 urban African American adolescent women. We used cluster analysis to better understand the profiles of cumulative victimization, and the relationships between profiles and IPV victimization and personal exposure to the sex trade. Just under one third of the sample reported sexual victimization, with cooccurrence with both forms of family violence common. The cluster profile with high levels of severe family violence was associated with the highest rate of IPV victimization and sex trade exposure. © The Author(s) 2012.

Author Keywords

Adolescents sexual victimization Family violence Intimate partner violence

Index Keywords

urban population Spouses human sexuality Sexual Partners violence African American Spouse Abuse Young Adult cluster analysis Humans family Adolescent male spouse female feminism prostitution victim Article Child Abuse adult partner violence Sex Offenses sexual crime African Americans Crime Victims
Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84872660581&doi=10.1177%2f1077801212470544&partnerID=40&md5=d52cbdd486c0bf47982220782cde005f
DOI: 10.1177/1077801212470544
ISSN: 10778012
Cited by: 16
Original Language: English