Empirical Research on Domestic Violence in Contemporary China: Continuity and Advances

Zhang, Hongwei; Zhao, Ruohui

doi:10.1177/0306624x18801468

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“…The victims of family violence thus remain a relatively neglected group despite the clear need for further help and assistance during the pandemic. Another reason that family violence remains a “non-” or minor issue is the deeply embedded patriarchy that exists in Chinese society, which remains pervasive despite the developments in gender equality made in the Zhang and Zhao 2018 ). Indeed, continued family violence in China is the result of a variety of risk factors, including patriarchal family values, conservative notions of marriage, economic inequality, and underestimated legal rights (Zhang 2014 ).…”

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The Influence of the Ongoing COVID-19 Pandemic on Family Violence in China

2020

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The unprecedented outbreak and continuous spread of the COVID-19 virus starting in December 2019 resulted in a strict lockdown and nationwide long-term home isolation, which has possibly led to increased levels of family violence in China. This commentary aims to explore two issues related to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on family violence in China, with intimate partner violence as its most common form. These two issues are whether the COVID-19 pandemic has indeed had a negative impact on family violence and, if so, what its specific influences upon family violence in China have been. This commentary is largely descriptive and based upon previously published literature and public statistical reports from newspaper, government, and criminal justice sources on family violence during the COVID-19 pandemic in China. Despite the lack of relevant and accurate nationwide statistics on family violence in China, multiple reports seem to suggest that family violence has surged during the COVID-19 pandemic. This increase in family violence may be primarily due to the large-scale lockdown that aggravates family conflicts, economic distress and tension caused by the pandemic among family members, and inadequate support for victims of family violence during the pandemic. Family violence has become an important social issue that needs to be dealt properly and swiftly during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Both governmental and non-governmental organizations (NGOs), as well as agencies and service sectors, need to be aware of the needs of family violence victims and provide appropriate and immediate assistance to the victims during the pandemic. A detailed discussion of the policy implications and suggestions for future research are provided at the end of this commentary. Keywords Family violence. COVID-19 pandemic. Lockdown. China This commentary explores the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic upon family violence in China. In doing so, it aims to answer the following two questions: Has the COVID-19 pandemic had a negative impact on family violence, with intimate partner violence as its most common form? If so, what specific influence has the pandemic had on family violence in China?

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The Influence of the Ongoing COVID-19 Pandemic on Family Violence in China

2020

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“…However, in mainland China and Macau, IPV has always been an overlooked issue in nursing, and IPV research is limited in quantity, quality, and diversity [ 27 ]. The research content of Chinese scholars mainly focuses on the popularity and characteristics, risks and protective factors, legal responses, attitudes, and beliefs related to IPV [ 28 , 29 , 30 ]. With the promulgation of the “China Anti-Domestic Violence Law”, IPV has also received increasing attention from academic circles in mainland China, such as the impact of COVID-19 on domestic violence in China [ 1 ], police response to IPV [ 31 , 32 ], and a study of college students’ attitudes towards intimate partner violence [ 33 ].…”

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Public Attention and Sentiment toward Intimate Partner Violence Based on Weibo in China: A Text Mining Approach

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Tai

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The mobile internet has resulted in intimate partner violence (IPV) events not being viewed as interpersonal and private issues. Such events become public events in the social network environment. IPV has become a public health issue of widespread concern. It is a challenge to obtain systematic and detailed data using questionnaires and interviews in traditional Chinese culture, because of face-saving and the victim’s shame factors. However, online comments about specific IPV events on social media provide rich data in understanding the public’s attitudes and emotions towards IPV. By applying text mining and sentiment analysis to the field of IPV, this study involved construction of a Chinese IPV sentiment dictionary and a complete research framework. We analyzed the trends of the Chinese public’s emotional evolution concerning IPV events from the perspectives of a time series as well as geographic space and social media. The results show that the anonymity of social networks and the guiding role of opinion leaders result in traditional cultural factors such as face-saving and family shame for IPV events being no longer applicable, leading to the spiral of an anti-silence effect. Meanwhile, in the process of public emotional communication, anger often overwhelms reason, and the spiral of silence remains in effect in social media. In addition, there are offensive words used in the IPV event texts that indicate misogyny in emotional, sexual, economic and psychological abuse. Fortunately, mainstream media, as crucial opinion leaders in the social network, can have a positive role in guiding public opinion, improving people’s ability to judge the validity of network information, and formulating people’s rational behaviour.

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“…Male dominance and rigid gender norms contribute to the occurrence of IPV and even increase women's acceptance and tolerance of violence, viewing IPV as a private matter (Shen, Chiu, & Gao, 2012; Xu et al., 2005). Moreover, the advocacy of ‘family harmony’ emphasizes a strong traditional belief in family unity over separation and the Chinese public has negative attitudes towards divorced women, exacerbating women's tolerance of abuse (Zhang & Zhao, 2018). For Chinese immigrant women in the USA, their risk of IPV may also be influenced by immigration and adaptation to the USA culture.…”

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Prevalence and risk factors of intimate partner violence among Chinese immigrant women

Bloom

Herbell

et al. 2020

Journal of Advanced Nursing

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Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a serious social and health issue that affects women around the world (Ellsberg et al., 2008; Garcia-Moreno et al., 2006). The World Health Organization (WHO) multi-country study on women's health and domestic violence reported that the lifetime prevalence of sexual or physical partner violence varied from 15-71% in 10 countries (Garcia-Moreno et al., 2006). In a study that synthesized findings from 19 empirical studies conducted in mainland China or Hong Kong between 1987-2006, the aggregated lifetime

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Empirical Research on Domestic Violence in Contemporary China: Continuity and Advances

Cited by 20 publications

References 27 publications

The Influence of the Ongoing COVID-19 Pandemic on Family Violence in China

The Influence of the Ongoing COVID-19 Pandemic on Family Violence in China

Public Attention and Sentiment toward Intimate Partner Violence Based on Weibo in China: A Text Mining Approach

Prevalence and risk factors of intimate partner violence among Chinese immigrant women

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