Predictors of Dating Violence among Chinese Adolescents: The Role of Gender-Role Beliefs and Justification of Violence

Autor/inn/en	Shen, April Chiung-Tao; Chiu, Marcus Yu-Lung; Gao, Jianxiu
Titel	Predictors of Dating Violence among Chinese Adolescents: The Role of Gender-Role Beliefs and Justification of Violence
Quelle	In: Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 27 (2012) 6, S.1066-1089 (24 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0886-2605
DOI	10.1177/0886260511424497
Schlagwörter	Violence; Adolescents; Foreign Countries; Probability; Victims of Crime; Dating (Social); Gender Differences; Sexual Harassment; Sex Role; Adolescent Attitudes; Sexuality; Prediction; Prevention; Beliefs; Incidence; Predictor Variables; China (Shanghai); Hong Kong; Taiwan + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Gewalt; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Ausland; Wahrscheinlichkeitsrechnung; Wahrscheinlichkeitstheorie; Victim; Victims; Crime; Opfer; Verbrechen; Geschlechterkonflikt; Sexuelle Belästigung; Geschlechterrolle; Sexualität; Vorhersage; Prävention; Vorbeugung; Belief; Glaube; Vorkommen; Prädiktor; Hongkong
Abstract	In Chinese societies, violence among adolescent dating partners remains a largely ignored and invisible phenomenon. The goal of this study is to examine the relationships among gender-role beliefs, attitudes justifying dating violence, and the experiences of dating-violence perpetration and victimization among Chinese adolescents. This study has used self-reporting measures to collect data from a probability sample of 976 adolescents (mean age = 15.9) in three Chinese societies: Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Shanghai. Research results reveal a high prevalence of dating violence (including physical violence, sexual violence, and controlling behavior) among Chinese adolescents with dating experience: the perpetration rate is 27.3% and the victimization rate is 39%. Study results demonstrate that adolescents who endorse traditional gender-role beliefs tend to view dating violence as acceptable behavior. Boys' endorsement of traditional gender roles, boys' attitudes justifying boy-on-girl violence, and boys' attitudes against girl-on-boy violence predict boys' actual sexual-violence behavior. Moreover, boys' attitudes justifying boy-on-girl dating violence is the strongest predictor of boys' perpetration of physical and sexual dating violence. This study also shows that boys' hostility is a significant predictor of boys' controlling behavior. Programs for preventing dating violence should include components designed to challenge traditional gender-role beliefs and attitudes justifying dating violence. (Contains 4 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10