This article presents results from the Sexual Assault Among Latinas (SALAS) study, which obtained lifetime prevalence rates of interpersonal violence from a national sample of adult Latino women. Results show that more than half of the women in the study (53.6%) reported at least one victimization experience during their lifetime, with approximately two thirds of the victimized women (66.2%) experiencing more than one victimization incident, pointing to significant levels of polyvictimization and revictimization patterns across all victimization types. The results provide estimates of lifetime interpersonal violence and present a broader scope of the victimization experiences for this population. Keywords interpersonal violence, Latinas, victimizationResearch on the interpersonal victimization of Latino women is still, in large part, a burgeoning field. Despite the rapid growth of the Latino population (Pew Research Center, 2005), studies focusing on the interpersonal victimization of Latino women have lagged. Given that this literature is not fully developed, the study of this specific group is an important step in understanding and documenting the rate of victimization among Latino women. Therefore, this study takes up the task of ascertaining the prevalence rates of victimization, both in childhood and adulthood, by a variety of perpetrators, within a national sample of Latino women. The study overcomes previous limitations and Article
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