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

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 formal help-seeking. Hispanic females ( N = 236) completed an online questionnaire assessing IPV, barriers to treatment, stigmatization, coping strategies, and help-seeking behaviors. A Latent Profile Analysis generated four profiles based on background characteristics (e.g., stigmatization) to predict informal and formal help-seeking. The results from pairwise comparison tests indicated significant differences between profile membership and informal and formal help-seeking behaviors for IPV among Hispanic women.