Institutional betrayal (IB) is well-documented among survivors of gender-based violence seeking help and/or reporting incidents of violence in various settings, including college campuses and health care settings. Two of the most common institutions from which survivors seek help are the criminal and civil legal systems; however, less is known about the experiences of IB among survivors interfacing with those systems. Previous studies exploring IB have implemented the Institutional Betrayal Questionnaire (IBQ) and its various adaptations, but this scale has not yet been analyzed in the criminal or civil legal context, nor has it been analyzed among racially marginalized survivors. This paper explores the potential for utilizing the IBQ-Health among a sample of 199 Black and Hispanic survivors of intimate partner violence (IPV) who sought help from the criminal and/or civil legal system(s). An exploratory factor analysis was conducted to explore the fit of the measure to the data. Results suggest that the measure as it has previously been used does not demonstrate strong reliability or fit with this population or institution. Possible explanations and future directions are explored, including support for developing and piloting a new measure to assess IB among Black and Hispanic survivors of interpersonal violence who are seeking help from criminal and civil legal institutions.

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刑事和民事法律系统中的制度背叛：对亲密伴侣暴力的黑人和西班牙裔幸存者样本进行探索性因素分析


机构背叛 （IB） 在各种环境中寻求帮助和/或报告暴力事件的性别暴力幸存者中都有充分的记录，包括大学校园和医疗保健环境。幸存者寻求帮助的最常见两个机构是刑事和民事法律系统;然而，对与这些系统接触的幸存者的 IB 经历知之甚少。以前探索 IB 的研究已经实施了机构背叛问卷 （IBQ） 及其各种改编，但该量表尚未在刑事或民事法律背景下进行分析，也尚未在种族边缘化幸存者中进行分析。本文探讨了在 199 名寻求刑事和/或民事法律系统帮助的亲密伴侣暴力 （IPV） 黑人和西班牙裔幸存者样本中使用 IBQ-Health 的潜力。进行了探索性因子分析以探索该指标与数据的拟合度。结果表明，以前使用的衡量标准并未显示出很强的可靠性或与该人群或机构的拟合度。探讨了可能的解释和未来方向，包括支持开发和试行一项新措施，以评估正在寻求刑事和民事法律机构帮助的人际暴力黑人和西班牙裔幸存者的 IB。