Who should play a major role in responding to intimate partner violence? A comparison of Chinese and American college students’ preferences

Li, Jessica C. M.; Wu, Yuning; Sun, Ivan Y.

doi:10.1177/0020872811433136

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“…Furthermore, Chinese attitudes toward appropriate responses to IPV differ from those in Western countries. Chinese students are less likely to support a law enforcement approach to IPV than American students (Li et al, 2013; Wu et al, 2013). Chinese students were also more supportive of a traditional police response (nonintervening, belief that intervention is ineffective) to IPV and less supportive of a proactive police response (use of arrest, sympathetic to victim; see Sun, Li, & Wu, 2011; Sun, Su, & Wu, 2011).…”

Section: Ipv In the United States And Chinamentioning

confidence: 97%

“…Although some emerging research suggests that tolerance for IPV varies tremendously across cultural contexts (Allen & Devitt, 2012; García-Moreno et al, 2005; Hester, 2005; Nguyen et al, 2013; Speizer, 2010), little is known about the causal mechanisms of tolerant attitudes toward IPV in any particular culture. Given that tolerance for IPV and IPV perpetration and victimization are highly correlated (Archer & Graham-Kevan, 2003), and tolerance for IPV influences victims’ willingness to seek professional help (Li, Wu, & Sun, 2013), social service (Wu et al, 2013), and legal intervention (Giordano, Johnson, Manning, Longmore, & Minter, 2015; Sun et al, 2012), more research to identify the cultural-specific correlates of tolerance for IPV is warranted.…”

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Tolerance for Intimate Partner Violence: A Comparative Study of Chinese and American College Students

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J Interpers Violence

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Tolerance for intimate partner violence (IPV) is an important correlate of interpersonal violent behavior. Although a large amount of research on IPV has been conducted in the West and a growing amount of studies on IPV in Chinese societies has been observed in recent years, only a small number of studies have analyzed IPV-related attitudes from an international and comparative perspective. Drawing on survey data collected from 1,178 college students from two Chinese and two U.S. universities, this study empirically compared and contrasted factors influencing students' levels of tolerance for IPV. The results showed that Chinese college students had a higher level of tolerance for IPV than their U.S. counterparts. Regional variation was only detected in China with students in Beijing having a greater tolerance for IPV than students in Hong Kong. Both Chinese and U.S. students' tolerance for IPV was affected primarily by their attitudes toward gender roles and gender-based violence and perceptions of IPV causes.

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Tolerance for Intimate Partner Violence: A Comparative Study of Chinese and American College Students

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J Interpers Violence

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“…Understanding similarities and differences in attribution of blame for partner violence and attitudes toward partner violence across cultures has implications for international transfer of effective measures and policies for combating relationship violence. For example, in comparing responses of Chinese and American university students, Li, Wu, and Sun (2013) found that Chinese students endorsed a "parochial" approach to addressing partner violence, in contrast to endorsement of a "criminal justice system" approach by students in the United States. By drawing attention to pervasive cross-cultural differences, the current findings enhance understanding of these differences in perceived causes of partner violence across cultures.…”

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Attribution of Blame to Victim and Attitudes toward Partner Violence: Cross-National Comparisons across the United States, South Africa, and Nigeria

Fakunmoju¹,

Bammeke²,

Oyekanmi³

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Although knowledge about attribution of blame and partner violence has increased over the past decades, comparative knowledge across countries is sparse. This cross-sectional survey examined cross-national differences in attribution of blame and attitudes toward partner violence among 363 respondents in the United States, South Africa, and Nigeria. Results suggest that female respondents were less likely than male respondents to attribute blame to the female victim or endorse partner violence. Respondents in Nigeria were more likely than respondents in the other countries to attribute blame to the female victim. Similarly, respondents in the United States or South Africa were less likely than respondents in Nigeria to endorse partner violence. Age, gender, race, and attitudes toward partner violence were associated with attribution of blame. Country moderated the relation between attitudes toward partner violence and attribution of blame. For respondents in South Africa, high attitudes toward partner violence were related to greater attribution of blame; however, for respondents in the United States there was a much smaller difference in blame attribution between low and high attitudes toward partner violence. In general, findings suggest that differences in gender and country are relevant to understanding blame attribution to female victim and attitudes toward partner violence.

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“…Public attitudes toward wife beating, however, vary considerably across different cultures and nations (Li, Wu, & Sun, 2013;Nayak, Byrne, Martin, & Abraham, 2003). The existing empirical literature on attitudes about wife beating in both Arab (e.g.…”

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Beliefs about wife beating among Palestinian women from Israel: The effect of their endorsement of patriarchal ideology

Zaatut

Haj‐Yahia

2016

Feminism & Psychology

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This study examines the influence of patriarchal ideology on women's beliefs about wife beating. A convenience sample of 701 married Palestinian women from Israel was obtained, and a self-report questionnaire was administered. The findings revealed that large percentages of Palestinian women expressed some tendency to justify wife beating in certain instances. In addition, some of the participants expressed some tendency to blame battered women for violence against them, and to believe that they benefit from beating. As hypothesized, endorsing patriarchal ideology was found to influence all three beliefs about wife beating held by Palestinian women in Israel, over and above the amount of variance in the women’s socio-demographic characteristics (e.g. age, education, employment, place of residence, and religion). The limitations of the study as well as the implications of the results for future research are discussed.

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Who should play a major role in responding to intimate partner violence? A comparison of Chinese and American college students’ preferences

Cited by 15 publications

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Tolerance for Intimate Partner Violence: A Comparative Study of Chinese and American College Students

Tolerance for Intimate Partner Violence: A Comparative Study of Chinese and American College Students

Attribution of Blame to Victim and Attitudes toward Partner Violence: Cross-National Comparisons across the United States, South Africa, and Nigeria

Beliefs about wife beating among Palestinian women from Israel: The effect of their endorsement of patriarchal ideology

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