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Factors Associated with Attitudes towards Rejecting Intimate Partner Violence among Young Adults in Malaysia

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MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph19095718

Keywords

intimate partner violence; young adults; attitudes; acceptance; disclosure

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  1. Fundamental Research Grant Scheme (FRGS) [FRGS/1/2020/SKK04/USM/02/4]
  2. Ministry of Higher Education

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This study investigated the determinants of attitudes towards rejecting intimate partner violence (IPV) among young adults. The findings showed that age, gender, self-employment, and drama as a source of information were significantly associated with attitudes towards rejecting IPV.
Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a serious public health issue, which is health threatening across all age groups, including young adults, and makes them and vulnerable. The rejection of IPV and willingness to disclose IPV as part of the solution are important as they correlate to this concealed violent behavior. This study aimed to investigate determinants of attitudes towards rejecting IPV among young adults. A cross-sectional study was carried out on 405 young adults attending premarital courses who were selected using purposive sampling. A validated questionnaire (MYPAIPVQ) was used as the study instrument. Logistic regression analyses were performed to test for associations between sociodemographic characteristics and relationship status with attitudes towards IPV. Attitudes towards rejecting IPV included not accepting IPV and have the willing to disclose it. About half of the premarital young adults (50.4%) had attitudes towards rejecting IPV. In the regression analysis, age (AdjOR 1.12), female (AdjOR 2.49), self-employed (AdjOR 0.20), and drama as sources of information (AdjOR 3.66) were significantly associated with attitudes towards rejecting IPV. The findings have potentially important implications for interventions aimed at preventing violence among the young adult population as they are vulnerable to being involved in IPV in the future.

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