Intimate partner and family violence (IPFV) is highly prevalent among tertiary students in Australia and internationally. Yet, relatively little is known about the help-seeking patterns of student victim-survivors and how these patterns vary cross-culturally. This study examined formal help-seeking needs, behaviors, and barriers among women tertiary students in Australia who had experienced IPFV and cross-cultural differences therein. Cross-sectional survey data were collected from adult women studying at tertiary education institutions across Australia. Those who reported IPFV (physical, sexual, psychological, and/or financial) victimization during their adult lives were included in this study (N = 1,606). Descriptive statistics were calculated for the full sample and by cultural identity. A series of logistic regression analyses was conducted to assess associations between culture and help-seeking, unadjusted and adjusted for sociodemographic factors (gender identity, age, area, employment, and institution type). Less than half (48.7%) of participants had sought formal help, despite a larger proportion (66.2%) perceiving a need for such help. Two thirds (65.5%) of participants reported barriers to help-seeking, which were predominantly attitudinal or normative in nature. Cultural identity was significantly associated with help-seeking in the unadjusted and adjusted analyses. Cultural minority students were generally less likely to perceive a need for help and to seek help than the majority. Continued efforts are needed to promote and facilitate formal help-seeking for IPFV among tertiary students, and particularly among cultural minority students. Further work is needed to understand the factors that contribute to cultural inequalities in help-seeking and to inform culturally responsive support services for student victim-survivors.

亲密伴侣和家庭暴力 (IPFV) 在澳大利亚和国际上的大学生中非常普遍。然而，对于学生受害者-幸存者的求助模式以及这些模式如何在跨文化中发生变化，我们知之甚少。本研究调查了经历过 IPFV 和跨文化差异的澳大利亚女大学生的正式求助需求、行为和障碍。横断面调查数据收集自在澳大利亚高等教育机构学习的成年女性。那些在成年后报告 IPFV（身体、性、心理和/或经济）受害的人被纳入本研究（N = 1,606)。对完整样本和文化认同计算了描述性统计数据。进行了一系列逻辑回归分析以评估文化与寻求帮助之间的关联，未经调整和调整社会人口因素（性别认同、年龄、地区、就业和机构类型）。不到一半 (48.7%) 的参与者寻求过正式帮助，尽管更大比例 (66.2%) 的参与者认为需要此类帮助。三分之二（65.5%）的参与者报告了寻求帮助的障碍，这些障碍主要是态度或规范性的。在未经调整和调整的分析中，文化认同与寻求帮助显着相关。与大多数人相比，文化少数群体的学生通常不太可能认为需要帮助和寻求帮助。需要继续努力促进和促进在高等教育学生中，特别是在文化少数族裔学生中寻求正式的 IPFV 帮助。需要进一步的工作来了解导致寻求帮助的文化不平等的因素，并为学生受害者幸存者提供具有文化响应性的支持服务。