Neighborhood Norms, Disadvantage, and Intimate Partner Violence Perpetration

Copp, Jennifer E.; Giordano, Peggy C.; Manning, Wendy D.; Longmore, Monica A.

doi:10.1111/socf.12516

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“…Fourteen and seven studies, respectively, examined the influence of social norms on men’s IPV perpetration and women’s victimization. Finally, excluding one article (Copp et al, 2019), all included studies found at least one notable relationship between the proxy measure of norms and the violence-related outcome of interest.…”

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“…Only six studies performed due diligence to assess the share of variance observed in the outcome that could be attributed to the variance between groups. In all cases, this was achieved by estimating the ICC in an empty model, where no other covariates besides the reference groups were included in the regression analysis predicting the outcome (Beckmann et al, 2019; Benebo et al, 2018; Clark et al, 2018; Copp et al, 2019; Linos et al, 2013; Vyas & Heise, 2016). However, despite calculating the ICC for the outcome, the value was not always correctly interpreted.…”

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“…The 26 studies reviewed were international in scope, with 10 studies from sub-Saharan African (Antai & Adaji, 2012;Benebo et al, 2018;Cau, 2017;Cofie, 2020;Kadengye et al, 2019;Linos et al, 2013;Mulawa et al, 2018;Sandberg et al, 2018;Vyas & Heise, 2016;Weber et al, 2019), 10 from South Asia (Ahmad et al, 2019;Clark et al, 2018;Jesmin, 2015Jesmin, , 2017Koenig et al, 2003Koenig et al, , 2006Mogford & Lyons, 2014;Nadeem & Malik, 2019;Yount, James-Hawkins, et al, 2018;Yount, Roof, et al, 2018), one from East Asia (Kim & Emery, 2003), two from the Middle East and North African region (McCleary-Sills, 2013;Schuster et al, 2019), two from North America and western Europe (Beckmann et al, 2019;Copp et al, 2019), and one from Latin America (Shakya et al, 2016; see Table 1). Ever-partnered women aged 15-49 or 18-49 were the most studied population, with more than half of studies assessing outcomes among this population.…”

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Social Norms Sustaining Intimate Partner Violence: A Systematic Review of Methodologies for Proxy Measures

Seff

2021

Trauma, Violence, & Abuse

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In light of the many robust quantitative data sets that include information on attitudes and behaviors related to intimate partner violence (IPV), and in an effort to expand the evidence base around social norms and IPV, many researchers construct proxy measures of norms within and across groups embedded in the data. While this strategy has become increasingly popular, there is no standardized approach for assessing and constructing these norm proxies, and no review of these approaches has been undertaken to date. This study presents the results of a systematic review of methods used to construct quantitative proxy measures for social norms related to IPV. PubMed, Embase, Popline, and Scopus, and PsycINFO were searched using Boolean search techniques. Inclusion criteria comprised studies published since 2000 in English that either (i) examined a norm proxy related to gender or IPV or (ii) analyzed the relationship between a norm proxy and perpetration of, experiences of, or attitudes toward IPV. Studies that employed qualitative methods or that elicited direct measures of descriptive or injunctive norms were not included. Twenty-six studies were eligible for review. Evidence from this review highlights inconsistencies in how proxies are constructed, how they are assessed to ensure valid representation of norms, and how researchers acknowledge their respective method’s limitations. Key processes and reflections employed by some of the studies are identified and recommended for future research inquiries.

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Social Norms Sustaining Intimate Partner Violence: A Systematic Review of Methodologies for Proxy Measures

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2021

Trauma, Violence, & Abuse

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“…Attitudes towards intimate partner violence also influenced these same-sex IPV cases. They were closely linked to factors such as gender, gender roles, behaviors, cultural norms, and familial and societal views (Copp et al, 2019 ). Minority stressors are relevant in understanding IPV in same-sex relationships (Longobardi & Badenes-Ribera, 2017 ).…”

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Minority Stressors and Attitudes Toward Intimate Partner Violence Among Lesbian and Gay Individuals

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Alday

Aurellano

et al. 2022

Sexuality & Culture

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Sexual minority individuals experience more intimate partner violence (IPV) than those in heterosexual relationships. Issues of mistrust, stigma, and anticipation of abuse contribute to these rates. Lesbian and gay IPV victims have distinct experiences from their abuses with exposure to homophobia, heterosexism, discrimination, and threats of sexual disclosure, among others. These unique and additive minority stressors can lead to adverse health concerns, increase vulnerability to victimization, and elevate abuse perpetration. This study aimed to investigate whether experiences of minority stressors are associated with attitudes toward intimate partner violence among a sample of 240 lesbian and gay Filipinos (155 lesbian and 85 gay participants) aged 20 to 40. Through convenience sampling, lesbian and gay Filipinos completed the Sexual Minority Stress Scale (SMSS) and Intimate Partner Violence Attitude Scale-Revised (IPVAS-Revised). Comparing the minority stressors levels among the participants, lesbians expressed higher expectations of rejection, while gay men experienced more sexual minority adverse events. Lesbians also reported higher satisfaction with outness. Regarding IPV, gay men expressed slightly more favorable attitudes toward abuse, which could make them at risk of becoming victims or perpetrators. Internalized homophobia was associated with more favorable attitudes toward abuse and control, indicating its contribution to more favorable IPV attitudes, although the explanatory power was modest.

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“…However, exploiting the fact that many survey questionnaires ask respondents about their attitudes toward and perpetration or experiences of IPV, a growing number of studies have used some aggregate measure of attitudes or behaviors to serve as a proxy for a norm. For example, recent studies from Nigeria, Mozambique, and the U.S., created a community-level norm proxy—by aggregating a measure of individual-level attitudinal acceptance of IPV for each community—to assess the relationship between the community-level “norm” and a women’s likelihood of experiencing IPV (Antai & Adaji, 2012; Benebo, Schumann, & Vaezghasemi, 2018; Cau, 2017; Copp et al, 2019; Linos et al, 2013). Similar analyses have been conducted in the U.S., the West Bank, and Honduras using non-community-based reference groups, such as classrooms, families, or municipalities (Beckmann et al, 2019; Schuster et al, 2019; Shakya et al, 2016).…”

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Quantitative Proxies for Social Norms: A Proposed Approach for Interrogating Clustering, Reference Groups, and Validity

Seff

Cislaghi

Levtov³

et al. 2022

J Interpers Violence

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A growing number of researchers studying intimate partner violence (IPV) employ aggregate measures of relevant attitudes to serve as proxy measures for norms around IPV. However, there is a lack of consistency in how these measures are constructed and how their validity is confirmed. The first aim of this study is to demonstrate and validate innovative techniques for exploring social norms proxies in quantitative data and identifying the relative appropriateness of different available reference groups. The second aim is to demonstrate how such an approach can contribute to IPV research. The analysis employed data from the 2016 Tanzania International Men and Gender Equality Survey, including 1008 men and 1008 women ages 15–49 years. An attitudinal score measuring acceptance of IPV and two measures for individual-level descriptive and injunctive norms were constructed. The intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) was used to assess the extent of clustering for the attitudinal score within several sets of groupings. Bivariate multi-level Ordinary Least Squares regressions estimated the predictive effect of an individual’s group norm proxy on their descriptive or injunctive norms. Attitudinal clustering was most significant for reference groups defined as males only across villages and males only across a combination of villages and marital status, with ICCs of 0.229 and 0.236, respectively. Men’s social norms were found to be correlated with reference groups comprised of both men only and women only, though men’s norms were substantially more correlated with the attitudes of men in their reference group than with women’s. Results highlight the importance of critically examining the validity of proxy measures for social norms prior to their inclusion in analysis. Findings also underscore the importance of collecting attitudinal data from men to better understand norms around IPV.

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Neighborhood Norms, Disadvantage, and Intimate Partner Violence Perpetration

Cited by 9 publications

References 88 publications

Social Norms Sustaining Intimate Partner Violence: A Systematic Review of Methodologies for Proxy Measures

Social Norms Sustaining Intimate Partner Violence: A Systematic Review of Methodologies for Proxy Measures

Minority Stressors and Attitudes Toward Intimate Partner Violence Among Lesbian and Gay Individuals

Quantitative Proxies for Social Norms: A Proposed Approach for Interrogating Clustering, Reference Groups, and Validity

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