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Abstract
This article addresses key issues in ethical and culturally competent research with battered immigrant Latinas. The discussion centers on the importance of having an understanding of the realities of the population studied in a research project as well as a commitment to engage in partnership and collaboration with the communities the participants represent. The objective of this article is to conceptualize how domestic violence should be assessed with underserved populations such as battered immigrant women. We illustrate this approach with examples from ethnographic research on immigrant Latina women experiencing domestic violence in the United States and from oral history research conducted in Mexico.
Notes
1. Personalismo refers to personalized attention and a relationship built on trust and respect.
2. Familismo is a value that underlies the strong Latino identification with members of the extended family and a sense of community.
3. Compadrazgo refers to a reciprocal relationship system based on the Catholic tradition of baptism and children. The compadre is the godfather of the child, while the comadre is the godmother. It is important to point out that men and women, as well, may have different compadres and comadres, even “non-official” ones. Compadres and comadres provide a wide range of concrete forms of assistance to the godchild and take their roles very seriously.