The Influence of Palestinian Physicians’ Patriarchal Ideology and Exposure to Family Violence on Their Beliefs about Wife Beating

Haj‐Yahia, Muhammad M.; Sousa, Cindy; Alnabilsy, Raghda; Elias, Haneen

doi:10.1007/s10896-015-9671-4

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“…Given that most previous research on attitudes toward wife beating used all-female samples (Boy & Kulczycki, 2008), only limited data on men's attitudes toward wife beating is available. In addition, the limited available data on gender differences revealed inconsistent findings, with some studies showing more supportive attitudes toward wife beating among ADOLESCENT ATTITUDES TOWARD WIFE BEATING IN JORDAN 11 men than women (e.g., Obeid et al, 2010) and others showing no gender differences (e.g., Haj-Yahia, Sousa, Alnabilsy, & Elias, 2015). Therefore, in this study, we explored whether the general acceptance of wife beating as well as the predictors of attitudes toward wife beating differ between adolescent boys and girls.…”

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Attitudes Toward Wife Beating Among Female and Male Adolescents in Jordan

Schuster

Gul

Eisner

et al. 2020

J Interpers Violence

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Previous research in the Middle East and North Africa has revealed justifying attitudes toward wife beating among adults but little is known about adolescent attitudes and its predictors. Therefore, the purpose of the present study was to examine theoretically relevant predictors of supportive attitudes toward wife beating among adolescents in Jordan. Due to limited evidence on the role of gender, potential differences between girls and boys were explored. A total of 856 students (455 female) from 14 secondary schools in Amman, the capital city of Jordan, participated in the cross-sectional study which was conducted during normal school hours. Religiosity, beliefs regarding control of female sexuality, moral neutralization of aggression, and parental harsh discipline were assessed to predict attitudes toward wife beating, controlling for socio-demographic variables. Acceptance rates of justification for wife beating ranged between 6.1% and 50.5%. Hierarchical regression analysis showed that beliefs supporting control of female sexuality, moral neutralization of aggression, and paternal harsh discipline predicted supportive attitudes toward wife beating, but religiosity and maternal harsh discipline did not. Separate analyses for each gender yielded that maternal harsh discipline was a significant predictor of wife beating attitudes for girls, but not for boys, whereas paternal harsh discipline was a significant predictor for boys, but not for girls. Furthermore, beliefs regarding female sexuality and moral neutralization of aggression mediated the relationship between religiosity and wife beating attitudes. Policy measures and intervention efforts targeting particularly harsh discipline and sociocultural beliefs are sorely needed to address this issue in Jordanian society.

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Section: The Current Studymentioning

confidence: 96%

Attitudes Toward Wife Beating Among Female and Male Adolescents in Jordan

Schuster

Gul

Eisner

et al. 2020

J Interpers Violence

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“…Seeing women as socially inferior and passively dependent on men plays a crucial role in the legitimation and toleration of IPV (Yllö & Straus, ). Several research studies have indeed shown that sexism is associated with the justification of violent male behaviour as well as blaming the battered woman (Haj‐Yahia, ; Haj‐Yahia, Sousa, Alnabilsy, & Elias, ; Valor‐Segura, Expósito, & Moya, ). Thus, in Study 2 we measured individuals’ sexism.…”

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Sexualization reduces helping intentions towards female victims of intimate partner violence through mediation of moral patiency

Pacilli

Pagliaro

Loughnan

et al. 2016

British J Social Psychol

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This paper examines the influence of female sexualization on people's willingness to provide help in cases of intimate partner violence (IPV). We examined how sexualization may make women seem lacking moral patiency and moral virtue both of which may lead to a reduced willingness to help. In the first study, participants read a fictitious newspaper article describing an IPV incident. They were then presented with a picture of the ostensible victim depicting the woman with either a sexualized or non-sexualized appearance. Participants judged both the victim's moral patiency and morality, and then expressed their willingness to provide help to that victim. Although the sexualized victim was viewed as a lesser moral patient (Studies 1 and 2) and as less moral (Study 2), it was seeing the victim as unworthy of moral patiency rather than lacking moral virtue (immoral) that linked sexualization to reduced help. Controlling for participants' sexism and women's admission of infidelity, Study 2 replicated that sexualization reduced helping intentions through a lack of moral patiency. Practical implications are discussed.

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“…These challenges can be met more successfully if such relationships are supportive and friendly; harsh discipline and conflictual relationships are devastating to young people (Hoeve et al, ; Overbeek, Stattin, Vermulst, Ha, & Engels, ). This is particularly meaningful in collectivist societies, such as those of the Arab population, where autonomy and identity formation may be more restricted (Haj‐Yahia, Sousa, Alnabilsy, & Elias, ). In this project, we took the initiative to assist adolescents with their struggles at home, under the assumption that these struggles adversely influence adolescents' schooling, behavior, and general well‐being.…”

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Movies as a Therapeutic Technique in School‐Based Counseling Groups to Reduce Parent–Adolescent Conflict

Tannous-Haddad

Shechtman

2019

Jour of Counseling & Develop

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The authors evaluated a school‐based group counseling program aimed at reducing parent–adolescent conflict and assessing the unique contribution of movie therapy. Participants were 173 Arab adolescents who scored high on conflict with parents. Students were divided among 3 conditions: a treatment intervention with movies, a treatment intervention without movies, and a no‐treatment control group. Results indicated more favorable outcomes in both interventions compared with the control group, with no effect of movies.

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The Influence of Palestinian Physicians’ Patriarchal Ideology and Exposure to Family Violence on Their Beliefs about Wife Beating

Cited by 17 publications

References 42 publications

Attitudes Toward Wife Beating Among Female and Male Adolescents in Jordan

Attitudes Toward Wife Beating Among Female and Male Adolescents in Jordan

Sexualization reduces helping intentions towards female victims of intimate partner violence through mediation of moral patiency

Movies as a Therapeutic Technique in School‐Based Counseling Groups to Reduce Parent–Adolescent Conflict

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