This study sought to examine help-seeking behaviors among Nigerian women who had experienced intimate partner violence (IPV). Out of 3,802 women who reported that they had experienced IPV in the past year, two-thirds (67%) of the women did not seek any help, 31% sought informal help, and only 1.9% sought formal help. A multinomial regression was run in order to examine factors associated with seeking formal help or informal help, with seeking no help used as the reference group. Higher education, witnessing their father hit their mother, husband’s controlling behaviors, experiencing physical IPV, and having a physical injury were all related to informal help-seeking compared to seeking no help. Witnessing their father hit their mother, experiencing physical IPV, and physical injury were associated with formal help-seeking. The results of this study can potentially be used to reduce barriers to help-seeking among women who have experienced IPV in Nigeria. Implications are discussed.

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了解尼日利亚亲密伴侣暴力受害者的寻求帮助行为


本研究旨在调查遭受过亲密伴侣暴力 (IPV) 的尼日利亚妇女寻求帮助的行为。在 3,802 名报告过去一年经历过 IPV 的女性中，三分之二 (67%) 的女性没有寻求任何帮助，31% 的女性寻求非正式帮助，只有 1.9% 的女性寻求正式帮助。进行多项回归以检查与寻求正式帮助或非正式帮助相关的因素，并将不寻求帮助用作参考组。与不寻求帮助相比，高等教育、目睹父亲打母亲、丈夫的控制行为、经历身体 IPV 以及身体受伤都与非正式寻求帮助有关。目睹父亲殴打母亲、经历身体 IPV 和身体伤害都与正式寻求帮助有关。这项研究的结果有可能用于减少尼日利亚经历过 IPV 的妇女寻求帮助的障碍。讨论了影响。