The Relationship of Acculturation and Social Integration to Assaults on Intimate Partners Among Mexican American and Non-Mexican White Students

Parental and Cultural Influences on Hispanic College Women's Verbal Intimate Partner Violence Victimization: An Examination of Within-Group Differences

“…verbal IPV victimization in the participants' current romantic relationship, the results should be read with caution given that there are similar inconsistent findings in the literature (e.g., Ramirez, 2007;Sorenson & Telles, 1988;Ulloa, et al, 2004). For the reasons outlined below, there may be effects that were not detected in the current study that warrant additional analysis.…”

“…As noted in the prior research (Ramirez, 2007;Schwartz, 2010;Schwartz, 2013), there is the possibility that effects not detected in the current study affected outcomes.…”

“…Specifically, the ways in which acculturation is measured, both in this study and across the field, has been critiqued by numerous researchers (Ramirez, 2007;Schwartz, 2010;2013). Researchers have been unable to clearly delineate and operationalize a definition of acculturation or a framework for how to measure it within IPV literature The lack of definition is particularly true when examining Hispanic populations, given their complex and diverse patterns of migration and immigration (Gonzalez, 2008;.…”

Perceptions and Experiences of Intimate Partner Violence Among Hispanic College Students

“…Ramirez (2007) investigated the relationship of acculturation and social integration to IPV perpetration in a sample of 348 Mexican American and White students recruited from two southwestern universities. The study was based on two theoretical perspectives of IPV: one, an ethnic perspective that there would be lower rates of IPV among Mexican American students, and second, Hirschi' s (1969) criminologicalsocial-control theory, which suggests IPV would be less common among students who were more socially integrated.…”

“…Moreover, IPV in this population is widespread. Most undergraduate and graduate students are in the age groups at highest risk for IPV (Coker, Sanderson, Cantu, Huerta, & Fadden, 2008;Ramirez, 2007;B. A. M. Smith, Thompson, Tomaka, & Buchanan, 2006).…”