Attitudes Toward Violence and Gender as Predictors of Interpersonal Violence Interventions

Willis-Esqueda, Cynthia; Delgado, Rosa Hazel

doi:10.1177/0886260517690872

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“…Secondly, the comparison by gender in each of the IBIPV and IPDMV subscales showed a gender gap, as expected [ 19 , 23 – 27 , 29 , 31 , 43 ]. Thus, women expressed a stronger rejection towards IPVAW in all cases, which is consistent with previous research [ 16 , 43 , 47 , 50 , 60 , 61 , 63 , 64 ].…”

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Measurement of supportive attitudes towards intimate partner violence against women among a Spanish-speaker sample

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Intimate partner violence is the most common type of violence against women. Attitudes towards this violence are increasingly recognized as key to understanding this social and public health problem because a social environment that accepts or even supports it creates a climate that breeds further violence and encourages their perpetration. The evidence available shows that these attitudes are influenced by different individual, organizational and community factors, and that the supportive attitudes are generally more common among males, and among older and less educated people. This paper presents two cross-sectional studies which aim to obtain a deeper understanding of supportive attitudes towards intimate partner violence against women in a Spanish-speakers context. Results obtained show that the two questionnaires used may be useful for evaluating supporting attitudes towards this violence in Spanish-speaking samples. Thus, the Inventory of Distorted Thoughts about Women and Violence (IPDMV), one of the one of the most widely used tools to this aim among Spanish-speakers, includes information regarding the minimization of this violence and the responsibility of perpetrators, and it seems better able to capture the effect of previous training, which would be consistent with the fact that it was initially designed to detect the effects of interventions; and the Inventory of Beliefs about Intimate Partner Violence (IBIPV), a new tool recently designed to this aim, is more focused on supportive attitudes and seems more effective for capturing differences between men and women in blaming victims and exonerating perpetrators. Additionally, the results obtained allow us to complement previous studies on the effects that factors such as gender, age, or previous training have on supportive attitudes towards intimate partner violence against women.

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Measurement of supportive attitudes towards intimate partner violence against women among a Spanish-speaker sample

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“…Multiple comparisons between groups yielded two homogeneous sets for all dimensions: lower acceptance [Set 1] and higher acceptance [Set 2]. Adolescents (<18) and older adults (≥60) performed in higher acceptance, whereas middle-aged adults and young adults (18)(19)(20)(21)(22)(23)(24)(25)(26)(27)(28)(29) performed in lower acceptance, except in F3-VP, where young adults performed in the higher acceptance set with adolescents and older adults. 1 Set 1 = lower acceptance of IPVAW; Set 2 = higher acceptance of IPVAW.…”

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“…Here again, two homogeneous sets are identified for the variables whose differences are statistically significant: lower acceptance [Set 1, i.e., higher perceived frequency] and higher acceptance [Set 2, i.e., lower perceived frequency]. Regarding perceived frequency of psychological abuse, attitudes differ between age groups by adopting a U-shape distribution: adolescents (<18) and older adults (≥60) performed in Set 2, whereas young adults (18)(19)(20)(21)(22)(23)(24)(25)(26)(27)(28)(29) and middle-aged adults (30-59) performed in Set 1. In the case of violent threats, only older adults performed in Set 2 whereas all the other groups performed in Set 1.…”

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“…The available findings show that these attitudes are modulated by individual, organizational, community and social factors [4,14], including gender, age, educational level, political orientation, income level, marital status, place of residence, country of origin and experiences of victimization, in addition to the country's level of development, its location on equal terms, its culture or its level of religiosity [15][16][17][18]. However, cross-cultural analyses show that there are regional and cultural differences in these attitudes [2,8,10,16,17,[19][20][21][22].…”

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Psychosocial Implications of Supportive Attitudes towards Intimate Partner Violence against Women throughout the Lifecycle

Sánchez-Prada

Álvarez

Fiol

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Supportive attitudes towards intimate partner violence against women (IPVAW) normalize and promote these aggressive behaviors. As a result, more and more research is proposing the identification, analysis and intervention of these attitudes. However, the vast majority of this research focuses on students. The main objective of this paper is to analyze these supportive attitudes throughout the lifecycle. An opportunity sample of 200 Spanish participants, by age and sex fixed quotas, took part in this study. Attitudes were measured using the Inventory of Distorted Thoughts about Women and Violence, the Inventory of Beliefs about Intimate Partner Violence and the Gender Violence Implicit Association Test, a personalized form of Implicit Association Test (IAT). The results show that explicitly measured supportive attitudes towards intimate partner violence against women differ between age groups, adopting a U-shape distribution: lower acceptance among middle-aged-adults and young-adults and higher acceptance among adolescents and older adults. However, when these attitudes were implicitly measured, the IPVAW rejection increased with age, which is a counter-intuitive result and inconsistent with previous theoretical evidence. In summary, these results support an age effect that differs according to the measure of attitudes used and highlight some difficulties related to based-on-reaction-time measures among older people. This suggests the need for further research on the topic, especially among the older population.

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“…During the last decade, studies focused on the search for explanatory and predictive indicators of violence in teenager dating relationships have multiplied [ 19 , 36 , 37 , 38 ]. However, most have focused on the description and analysis of the role of aggressor, with the victims being once again the great forgotten [ 5 , 21 , 39 ].…”

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Synergy between Acceptance of Violence and Sexist Attitudes as a Dating Violence Risk Factor

Antelo

Gordillo

Parra

2020

IJERPH

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The normalization of aggressive behavior in teenage couples when they are dating is a phenomenon that is currently reaching very worrying proportions. The consequences are creating a serious public health problem and have hence aroused the interest of many researchers as to its causes. Most have centered on the role of the aggressor. However, the processes of aggression and victimization are inseparable, and relegating the victims to the background only contributes to increasing the prevalence, severity, and perdurability of the problem. The objectives of this study were to: (i) identify the types and frequency of abuse that adolescents suffer in their relationships; (ii) analyze the relationship between sexist attitudes, acceptance of violence, and victimization; and (iii) determine predictors of the violence suffered in adolescent dating relationships. The sample comprised 2577 adolescents (55.2% girls) of 14 to 18 years in age (M = 15.9, SD = 1.2). The instruments used were the dating violence questionnaire (Cuestionario de Violencia de Novios, CUVINO) and the Scale of detection of sexism in adolescents (Escala de Detección de Sexismo en Adolescentes, DSA). The results indicate that victims showed high tolerance towards gender violence. Acceptance was greater the more frequent the abuse or aggressions suffered. Regarding sexist attitudes, only those belonging to the benevolent dimension had predictive value. The results also show that the interaction between acceptance of the abuse suffered and the manifestation of benevolent sexist attitudes predicted victimization involving specific forms of aggression.

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Attitudes Toward Violence and Gender as Predictors of Interpersonal Violence Interventions

Cited by 8 publications

References 60 publications

Measurement of supportive attitudes towards intimate partner violence against women among a Spanish-speaker sample

Measurement of supportive attitudes towards intimate partner violence against women among a Spanish-speaker sample

Psychosocial Implications of Supportive Attitudes towards Intimate Partner Violence against Women throughout the Lifecycle

Synergy between Acceptance of Violence and Sexist Attitudes as a Dating Violence Risk Factor

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