Attitudes toward Intimate Partner Violence and Intimate Partner Acceptance-Rejection among Cape Verdean students living in Portugal

Abstract

This research sought to determine the prevalence of intimate partner violence, characterize attitudes toward violence, analyse relations between perceptions of intimate partner acceptance-rejection and practices of violence and examine relations between intimate partner acceptance-rejection and beliefs and attitudes toward intimate partner violence among Cape Verdean students that lives in Portugal. One hundred and sixteen participants, aged 15 to 25 years, from three professional schools, four secondary schools and one university, completed the Scale of Beliefs about Marital Violence, Marital Violence Inventory, Dating Violence Scales and Intimate Partner Acceptance-Rejection Questionnaire. Significant positive correlations were found between beliefs about marital violence, dating violence attitudes and intimate partner rejection. Regressions showed intimate partner rejection predicted marital violence beliefs and dating violence attitudes.

Development and validation of the acceptance of dating violence questionnaire

“…Behind these differences there would be not only differences in physical size, which would make men more likely to attempt to subdue their partner physically in a situation of conflict, but also social discourses and norms (the “scripts”) that might be used as justification for men’s dominance over women in the context or sexual or romantic relationships. Historically, violence perpetrated by adult men has been considered a somehow socially accepted way of dealing with what is considered women’s “misconduct” (i.e., departure from the socially expected norms) in order to restore “normality,” particularly when it comes to a romantic partner’s sexual behavior (Neves et al, 2019; DeKeseredy & Schwartz, 2013). Nonetheless, studies of prevalence in younger samples showed that teenage girls are often perpetrators too (Courtain & Glowacz, 2021; Del Ángel & Rodríguez Barraza, 2015), engaging in milder forms of physical aggression (i.e., pushing and shoving).…”

“…Research has shown that some ideals of romantic love associate controlling or even aggressive practices (i.e., showing jealousy and restricting a partner’s personal space) with strong, passionate feelings of love and/or romantic attraction that could influence attitudes and acceptance toward such practices (Lara & Gómez-Urrutia, 2019; Vannier & O’Sullivan, 2011; OXFAM, 2018). Although these practices could be adopted by either men or women, dominance by the former over the latter is more consistent with the gendered nature of these beliefs, whose pervasiveness might be such that both men and women accept them, but in differentiated roles (perpetrator/victim) (Neves et al, 2019; DeKeseredy & Schwartz, 2013). To explore possible differences between the perpetrator/victim perspective and their potential association with sex and age is also important in order to assess how young people might understand aggressive behavior in romantic relationships at different developmental levels.…”

Escala de Crenças Sobre Violência Conjugal (ECV): Versão Brasileira

“…O terceiro fator, Legitimação da violência pela atribuição a causas externas, está relacionado com crenças que tiram a responsabilidade da violência cometida pelo homem autor da violência, atribuindo-a a causas externas como o uso do álcool, desemprego e relações extraconjugais. Já o quarto fator, Legitimação da violência pela preservação da privacidade familiar, diz respeito a crenças que legitimam as violências em função da manutenção da unidade tradicional familiar, bem como da preservação da privacidade das famílias (Neves et al, 2019).…”