Constructions of local culture and impacts on domestic violence in an Australian rural community

Factors influencing attitude toward intimate partner violence

“…Studies have suggested that intimate partner violence is positively associated with factors such as age (Millett, Seay, & Kohl, 2015;Walker, Bowen, & Brown, 2013), residency (Tang & Lai, 2008), marital duration (Babu & Kar, 2010), education (Shorey, Tirone, & Stuart, 2014;VanderEnde, Yount, Dynes, & Sibley, 2012), occupation (Heath, 2012;Krishnan et al, 2010), economic status (Hines, 2007;Koenig, Stephenson, Ahmed, Jejeebhoy, & Campbell, 2006), problem alcohol use (Chang, Shen, & Takeuchi, 2009;Jewkes, Levin, & Penn-Kekana, 2002), traditional ideas (Lichter & McCloskey, 2004;Taylor, Nair, & Braham, 2013), gender inequity (Gomez, Speizer, & Moracco, 2011), liberal ideas on woman's role (Jewkes et al, 2002), culture (Wendt, 2009), witnessing parental violence in childhood (Abrahams, Jewkes, Laubsher, & Hoffman, 2006;Speizer, 2010) and attitude toward IPV (Fincham, Cui, Braithwaite, & Pasley, 2008;Stith, Smith, Penn, Ward, & Tritt, 2004).…”

Developing Posdaya for Family Empowerment

“…A description of the needs assessment process, the survey instrument, the data collected, data analyses, and implications are discussed (Hochstein and Thurman, 2006). According to Wendt (2009) that studies of domestic violence in rural areas have predominantly focused on barriers that keep women trapped in abusive relationships. The literature has frequently suggested that rural culture influences the incidence of domestic violence, the forms it takes, and how it is experienced.…”

Backward, Dumb, and Violent Hillbillies? Rural Geographies and Intersectional Studies on Intimate Partner Violence

“…Existing research employs both qualitative and quantitative approaches. The work discussed in this article include statistical analyses based on surveys on experiences of rural IPV both among victims themselves and service providers (Bosch & Bergen, 2006;Brownridge, 2009;Grossman, Hinkley, Kawalski & Margrave, 2005;Lanier & Maume, 2009;Logan, Walker, Cole, Ratliff, & Leukefeld, 2003;Logan, Stevenson, Evans, & Leukefeld, C. (2004); Peek-Asa et al, 2011;Shannon, Logan, Cole & Medley, 2006) and studies that use qualitative ethnographic and interview methodologies (Davis, Taylor & Furniss, 2000;DeKeseredy & Schwartz, 2009;Shepherd, 2001;Websdale, 1998, Websdale & Johnson, 1997Wendt, 2009) I also refer to some significant reviews on rural IPV (Adler 1996;Grama 2000;Pruitt 2008). Existing research is predominantly from the United states, Canada and Australia and little discussion exist on the cultural and contextual variability in cases of rural IPV.…”

“…Websdale (1998) and DeKeseredy & Schwartz (2009) argue along the same lines, stating that rural crime is given little attention, which may be a result of a common understanding of rural areas as nonproblematic and peaceful in comparison to the crime rates of urban locations. In this argument, the conception of violence as a problem of the city obfuscates the experiences of rural victims of abuse (also Adler, 1996;Grama, 2000;Wendt, 2009). The invisibility of rural victims of violence has consequently been one of the primary motivations for researchers to focus on rural IPV.…”

“…I do not suggest any one particular methodological approach as the most feasible to study rural IPV. However, one study which I find to successfully explore rural IPV is Wendt's (2009) Feminist social workers' attempts to find effective strategies to work with IPV in rural communities must, moreover, be accompanied with social policies that highlight rural IPV as a potential blind-spot. These social policies should reflect nuanced discussions on geography and IPV, pointing to both similarities and differences between rural and urban IPV.…”