“…Indeed, research has shown that more positive attitudes toward IPV in particular increase the likelihood of actual IPV perpetration (Eckhardt & Crane, 2014). Moreover, and perhaps not surprisingly, hostile sexism also predicts more positive attitudes toward IPV (Forbes, Adams-Curtis, & White, 2004;Glick, et al, 2002;Gracia, Rodríguez, & Lila, 2015;Sakalli, 2001;Wang, 2016;Yoshikawa, Shakya, Poudel, & Jimba, 2014). However, two limitations characterize these prior studies linking sexist attitudes, positive attitudes toward abuse of partner, and IPV.…”