Homicide is the leading cause of death among women in the
workplace and, depending on the geographic area, the first,
second, or third leading cause of death among all workers.
Sixteen percent of female workplace homicides are caused by
an intimate partner.The purpose of this study is to
investigate the prevalence of workplace and domestic
violence among female long-haul truck drivers and the
effects of violence on their mental and physical health. The
specific aims are to: (1) Identify the types of violence and
the risks of exposure to violence that women experience as a
result of being a long-haul trucker; (2) Determine the
prevalence of domestic violence and the effects of domestic
violence on the mental and physical health of female
long-haul truck drivers; and (3) Identify other stressors of
female long-haul truck drivers that place the health and
safety of these women at risk.
Survey and interview data will be
collected from a pool of 500 female long-haul truck drivers.
An estimated 50 percent response rate is expected based on the
women’s interest in previous research participation.
Cross-sectional data will be collected using the: Conflict
Tactics Scale; the Perceived Stress Scale; and the
Perception of Job Safety Scale. Women truckers who
participated in a previous study and agreed to be contacted
for future projects and subscribers to Women in Trucking
magazine will be recruited.
Data will be analyzed using
descriptive statistics (means and standard deviations or
frequency distributions) to summarize the survey results.
The relationships among the continuous variables collected
will be investigated using Pearson’s product moment
correlation. Narrative data from the personal interviews
will be transcribed verbatim and analyzed using content
analysis methods. The findings of this study will provide
the foundation for an R01 proposal to be submitted June
2002.
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