Dating Violence Perpetration and Victimization Among South Korean College Students: A Focus on Gender and Childhood Maltreatment

Abstract

Unlike the attention given to intimate partner violence among adolescents and young adults in western societies, dating violence is not currently recognized in South Korea as a social phenomenon in terms of research, prevention, and intervention. Childhood maltreatment has been identified in previous research as a risk factor for violence in a later dating relationship. This study examines the relationship between childhood maltreatment and physical and psychological dating violence perpetration and victimization among 1,399 college students in South Korea, with a specific focus on gender. Poisson regression models and tests of equivalent parameters were conducted to determine whether the observed relationships were invariant across gender. Findings indicated that childhood maltreatment is a consistent predictor of involvement in dating relationships characterized by violence for males and females. The implications of the current research within a cultural context are discussed.

Intimate Partner Violence Victimization and Associated Factors among Male and Female University Students in 22 Countries in Africa, Asia and the Americas

“…Moreover, in university students from Kyrgyzstan physical partner violence victimization was significantly higher in women than men, and in Thailand sexual partner violence victimization was significantly higher in male than in female students. These findings are in concordance with previous studies indicating similar proportions of IPV between females and males, and a preponderance of female gender IPV victimization, especially sexual violence victimization 16,20,24,25 . This study found that being in a higher study year at university was associated with a higher prevalence of IPV, which may be explained by the possibility that at older ages more sexual partnerships are engaged into than at younger ages or earlier study years.…”

“…In terms of risk factors, this study found in multivariate logistic regression analyses, in agreement with a number of studies 14,[16][17][18][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31] , that having experienced childhood physical and sexual abuse, tobacco use, alcohol use in the context of sex, PTSD symptoms and depression symptoms were associated with IPV. In addition, sexual risk behaviour (having had two or more sexual partners in the past year) and having a history of an STI in bivariate analysis was found to be associated with IPV.…”

“…Sociodemographic factors for IPV among university students may include, female gender (although some report similar proportions of IPV between females and males) 16,20,24,25 earlier year of study 18 being single 17,19 and residing in a campus residence 19 . Individual risk factors for IPV may include childhood physical or sexual abuse or other prior victimization as well as history of interparental violence 17,18,25,26 substance use (alcohol and tobacco use) 17,[27][28][29] posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression, and suicidal behaviour 14,16,24,30,31 and sexual risk behaviour, including sexually transmitted infections (STI) and HIV [32][33][34] . Protective factors may include lack of peer and parental social support 22 lack of life satisfaction 20,24 high religiosity 35 low perceived control 36 lower Gross national income but not family income 37 .…”

Predictors of dating violence in college girls and differences from non-dating violence in psychiatric outcomes

“…6 Başka bir çalışmanın sonuçları ile uyumlu olarak çalışma-mızda çocukluk döneminde fiziksel şiddete uğra-yanlarda uğramayanlara göre flört şiddeti anlamlı oranda daha yüksek bulunmuş, ancak flört şiddeti açısından bir risk etkeni olarak göste-rilememiştir. 15 Sigara içenlerde şiddete uğrama ve şiddet uygulamanın, sigara içmeyenlere göre daha yüksek olduğunu bildiren çalışmaların aksine, çalışmamızda sigara ve alkol kullanan öğren-cilerde kullanmayanlara göre flört şiddetine uğrama açısından anlamlı farklılık bulunmamış-tır. 16,17 Bir gözden geçirme çalışmasında depresif bozukluk, anksiyete bozukluğu ve travma sonrası stres bozukluğu olan kadınlarda ruhsal bozukluğu olmayanlara göre flört şiddetinin daha yüksek olduğu bildirilmiştir.…”

Acceptance of Dating Violence Scale: Checking its psychometric properties

“…An individual who was exposed to violence as a child tends to view violent behavior in a relationship as acceptable (Oliveira & Sani, 2009;Gover, Park, Tomsich, & Jennings, 2011).…”