ABSTRACT

Immigrant and refugee women may experience considerable multifaceted and interrelated barriers that place them at heightened risk for intimate partner violence (IPV). The objective of this analysis was to increase our understanding of immigrant and refugee women’s responses to abuse. We conducted in-depth interviews with 84 women who immigrated from Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Engendering Resilience to Survive emerged as the core category explaining women’s strength to stay safe and survive IPV experiences. In the face of the violence they experienced, women in this sample demonstrated remarkable resilience and the ability to harness their strength to survive. Resilience as a process and outcome could facilitate empowerment, and self-directedness to access health services and resources to stay safe. The developed Engendering Resilience to Survive Model can be utilized as a framework to inform research, policy, and practice to support abused women.

摘要

移民和难民妇女可能会遇到相当多的、相互关联的障碍，使她们面临更高的亲密伴侣暴力 (IPV) 风险。这项分析的目的是增加我们对移民和难民妇女对虐待的反应的理解。我们对来自非洲、亚洲和拉丁美洲的 84 名女性进行了深入访谈。培养生存的韧性成为解释女性保持安全和在 IPV 经历中幸存下来的力量的核心类别。面对她们所经历的暴力，该样本中的女性表现出非凡的韧性和利用自身力量生存的能力。复原力作为一个过程和结果可以促进赋权和自主获取卫生服务和资源以保持安全。开发的“生成生存韧性模型”可用作框架，为支持受虐待妇女的研究、政策和实践提供信息。