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Citation

Hishinuma ES, Chang JY, Goebert DA, Else IR, Nishimura ST, Choi-Misailidis S, Andrade NN, Mayeda DT, Jones LM. Violence Vict. 2005; 20(5): 561-575.

Affiliation

Department of Psychiatry, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii at Manoa Honolulu, HI 96813, USA. earlhish@aol.com

Copyright

(Copyright © 2005, Springer Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

16248491

Abstract

The present research project is the first large-scale study (N = 5,051) that investigated the prevalence of victims of violence for an ethnically diverse Asian/Pacific Islander sample. The rate for the adolescent respondents of "was a victim of violence (was physically harmed by someone)" within the past 6 months was 3.33%. Over twice that rate was found for family members (6.97%) and over three times the adolescent-respondent rate was obtained for close friends (10.75%). Only partial support was found for the hypothesis that Asian groups would have the lowest rates, and Polynesian, African American, Hispanic, and Native American Indian/Alaska Native groups would have the highest rates. Higher rates were found for Whites (adolescent respondents, close friends) and the Portuguese (family members, close friends), suggesting a "minority" effect. There is a need to disaggregate ethnicity, engage in further research that considers risk and protective factors, and investigate culturally appropriate interventions.

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