Coping, Stigma, and Barriers to Treatment: A Latent Profile Analysis of Sociocultural Influences on Help Seeking for Intimate Partner Violence Within Hispanic Women

Genevieve M. Jessen, Ariana Cervantes, Craig A. Field, Department of Psychology, The Latino Alcohol and Health Disparities Research and Training Center, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso

Violence Against Women

Published online on July 03, 2026

Abstract

Violence Against Women, Ahead of Print.
This study assessed how barriers to treatment, stigmatization, and coping strategies may be associated with help-seeking for intimate partner violence (IPV) and whether these characteristics could yield profiles to predict differences in informal and ...