College Students’ Perceptions of Intimate Partner Violence: A Comparative Study of Japan, China, and the United States

Nguyen, Toan Thanh; Morinaga, Yasuko; Frieze, Irene Hanson; Cheng, Jessica; Li, Manyu; Doi, Akiko; Hirai, Tatsuya; Eunsun, Joo; Cha, Li

doi:10.4119/unibi/ijcv.303

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“…Seven (37%) studies were published from 2010 onward, eight (42%) between 2000 and 2009 (inclusive), three (16%) between 1990 and 1999 (inclusive), and one (5%) before 1990. Twelve (63%) studies (Finn, 1986;Foo & Margolin, 1995;Gabler et al, 1998; Kane et al., 2011;Knickrehm & Teske, 2000;Locke & Richman, 1999;Nayak et al, 2003;Nguyen et al, 2013;Vandello & Cohen, 2003 , Study 1; Vandello & Cohen, 2003, Study 2; Vandello et al, 2009;Yamawaki et al, 2009) collected primary data and seven (37%; Agbayani-Siewert, 2004;Li et al, 2013Li et al, , 2016 ; Sun, Li, & Wu, 2011; Sun, Su, & Wu, 2011; Wu et al, ) including females and other ethnic subgroups. However, females were asked about female-to-male violence, and other ethnic subgroups were not included in statistical comparisons, and are therefore not included here.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Five of the latter studies (Li et al, 2013;Lin et al, 2016;Sun, Li, & Wu, 2011;Sun, Su, & Wu, 2011;Wu et al, 2013) analyzed data from the International Project of Attitudes Toward Criminal Justice (IPACJ), which involved data collection from several universities in China and the United States. While the most recent publication was in 2016, the most recent data collection occurred in 2012 (Nguyen et al, 2013), highlighting a shortage of current data on tertiary students' attitudes toward IPV. The majority (14; 74%) of the studies were cross-sectional in design, while five (26%) employed an experimental design.…”

Section: Study Characteristicsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…All 19 studies used self-report questionnaire instruments to measure attitudes toward IPV, and one study (Vandello & Cohen, 2003, Study 2) also examined real-life communications with a confederate IPV victim. Six (32%) studies (Agbayani-Siewert, 2004;Foo & Margolin, 1995;Locke & Richman, 1999;Nayak et al, 2003;Nguyen et al, 2013;Yick & Agbayani-Siewert, 2000) used or adapted previously developed measures, and five studies (26%; Li et al, 2013;Lin et al, 2016;Sun, Li, & Wu, 2011;Sun, Su, & Wu, 2011;Wu et al, 2013) analyzed data collected with the IPACJ survey instrument. The remaining eight studies used measures specifically developed for the study or did not specify the origin of the measure.…”

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“…The five IPACJ studies examined agreement that IPV should be viewed as a crime, and four also examined tolerance for IPV through contextual justification and normalization of IPV (Li et al, 2013;Sun, Li, & Wu, 2011;Sun, Su, & Wu, 2011;Wu et al, 2013). Two studies (Nayak et al, 2003;Nguyen et al, 2013) exclusively assessed victim blaming and two other studies (Locke & Richman, 1999;Yamawaki et al, 2009) assessed victim blaming, perpetrator excusing, and perceived seriousness of an IPV incident. One of the latter studies (Locke & Richman, 1999) also used a separate measure of attitudes regarding the acceptability of IPV.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…With regard to the type of relationship, 10 (53%) studies exclusively examined attitudes toward marital violence and three (16%) exclusively examined attitudes toward dating violence. Only one study (Nguyen et al, 2013) examined attitudes toward marital and dating violence separately. The remaining five studies (i.e., the IPACJ studies) used measures that did not specify the type of relationship (e.g., specifying only domestic violence or "partners") and/or measures that included a mix of specific and nonspecific items.…”

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Cross-Cultural Differences in Student Attitudes Toward Intimate Partner Violence: A Systematic Review

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Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a major human rights and public health problem which occurs at exceptionally high rates among tertiary students. Attitudes toward IPV are increasingly being recognized as a key risk factor for IPV and targeted in IPV prevention programs on college and university campuses. Understanding the influence of culture on attitudes toward IPV is necessary to change attitudes supportive of IPV and ultimately reduce the occurrence of IPV in the student population. This review sought to systematically identify, appraise, and synthesize research studies examining cross-cultural differences in attitudes toward IPV among tertiary students. A comprehensive search of nine electronic databases was conducted from inception to 15 May 2019. Studies were required to have compared attitudes toward IPV (e.g., acceptance or justification of IPV) among two or more cultural groups (based on country, race, or ethnicity) of tertiary students. Eighteen articles met eligibility criteria for the review, representing over 6,800 students. The studies provide considerable evidence that student attitudes toward IPV differ across cultures. Students in the United States and ethnic majority students in the United States generally showed less accepting attitudes toward IPV than their counterparts in other countries and ethnic minority groups. The particular contexts in which IPV is justified may reflect cultural values and norms. The findings have important implications for prevention and intervention strategies aimed at improving attitudes toward IPV among tertiary students.

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