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BMC WOMENS HEALTH
卷 22, 期 1, 页码 -出版社
BMC
DOI: 10.1186/s12905-022-01724-y
关键词
Intimate partner violence; Social norms; Gender norms; Niger; Dyadic data; Couples data
资金
- Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation [OPP1066462]
- NICHD [K01HD087551-01]
- Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation [OPP1066462] Funding Source: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
The attitudes of both men and women towards intimate partner violence (IPV) are predictive of women's experience of IPV, although the relationship can vary by context. Social norms also play a role in perpetration and reporting of IPV, with community beliefs and gender norms influencing individuals' behaviors.
Background Prior cross-sectional research suggests that both men's and women's attitudes towards intimate partner violence (IPV) are predictive of women's IPV experience, although this can vary greatly by context. In general, women who have experienced IPV are likely to report attitudes accepting of it. Men who perpetrate IPV may also report attitudes accepting of it, although some research has found that there is not always an association. Studies that investigate these dynamics often conflate attitudes with social norms, or use attitudes as a proxy for social norms, given that valid measures on social norms are usually lacking. Here we conduct a secondary data analysis to ask how are men's and women's IPV-related attitudes associated with women's reports of IPV and how are men's and women's perceived social norms associated with women's reports of IPV. Methods Dyadic data were collected from a representative sample of married adolescent girls and their husbands in 48 rural villages of the Dosso region of Niger (N = 1010). Assessments included logistic regression analyses of husbands' and wives' reports of individual attitudes towards IPV, and social norms based on husbands' and wives' perceptions of their communities' beliefs related to gender roles and acceptability of IPV. Results Eight percent of women in this sample reported IPV. We found that, consistent with other research, wives who have reported IPV are more likely to report attitudes in support of IPV, while for husbands whose wives report IPV, that relationship is insignificant. On the other hand, husbands who report that people in their community believe there are times when a woman deserves to be beaten are more likely to have perpetrated IPV, while for wives there is no association between the community norm and IPV reporting. Finally, wives who report that people in their community hold inequitable gender norms in general are more likely to have experienced IPV, while for husbands, community gender norms are not predictive of whether their wives have reported IPV. Conclusions Our results are evidence that IPV prevention interventions focused solely on individual attitudes may be insufficient. Targeting and assessment of social norms are likely critical to advancing understanding and prevention of IPV.
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