The Functions of gender role traditionality, ambivalent sexism, injury, and frequency of assault on domestic violence perception: A study between Japanese and American college students

Violence Against Women

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1126-1142

  Yamawaki, Niwako ^a   Ostenson, Joseph ^a   Brown, C Ryan ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross culture; Domestic violence; Frequency of assault; Gender roles; Injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS; STUDENT; UNITED STATES; VICTIM;

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CRIME VICTIMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREJUDICE; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIAL VALUES; SPOUSE ABUSE; STEREOTYPING; STUDENTS; UNITED STATES; WESTERN WORLD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69149110928     PISSN: 10778012     EISSN: 15528448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077801209340758     Document Type: Article

References (49)

1. Abrams, D., Viki, T., Masser, B., & Bohner, G. (2003). Perceptions of stranger and acquaintance rape: The role of benevolent and hostile sexism in victim blame and rape proclivity. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 84, 111-125.
2. Arrindell, W.A., Eisemann, M., Richter, J., Oei, T.P.S., Caballo, V.E., van der Ende, J., et al. (2003). Masculinity-femininity as a national characteristic and its relationship with national agoraphobic fear levels: Fodor's sex role hypothesis revitalized. Behavior Research and Therapy, 41, 795-807.
3. Babior, S. (1993). Women of a Tokyo shelter: Domestic violence and sexual exploitation in Japan. Dissertation Abstracts International, 54(3-A), 986.
4. Baron, R., & Kenny, D. (1986). The moderator-mediator variable distinction in social psychological research: Conceptual, strategic, and statistical considerations. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 51, 1173-1182.
5. Berkel, L.A., Vandiver, B.J., & Bahner, A.D. (2004). Gender role attitudes, religion, and spirituality as predictors of domestic violence attitudes in white college students. Journal of College Student Development, 45, 119-133.
6. Bornstein, R. (2006). The complex relationship between dependency and domestic violence. American Psychologist, 61, 595-606.
7. Browne, A. (1993). Violence against women by male partners: Prevalence, outcomes, and policy implications. American Psychologist, 48, 1077-1087.
8. Bryant, S.A., & Spencer, G.A. (2003). University students' attitudes about attributing blame in domestic violence. Journal of Family Violence, 18, 369-376.
9. Chamberlain, L., & Perham-Hester, K. (2002). The impact of perceived barriers on primary care physicians' screening practices for female partner abuse. Women & Health, 35, 55-69.
10. Craig, M., Robyak, J., Torosian, E., & Hummer, J. (2006). A study of male veterans' beliefs toward domestic violence in a batterers intervention program. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 21, 1111-1128.
11. Eades, R. (2003). Ambivalent sexism as a predictor of severity of domestic violence by male offenders. Dissertation Abstracts International: Section B: The Sciences and Engineering, 64(6-B), 2913.
12. Glick, P., & Fiske, S. (1996). The Ambivalent Sexism Inventory: Differentiating hostile and benevolent sexism. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 70, 491-512.
13. Glick, P., & Fiske, S. (2001). An ambivalent alliance: Hostile and benevolent sexism as complementary justifications for gender inequality. American Psychologist, 56, 109-118.
14. Glick, P., Sakall-Ugurlu, N., Ferreira, M., & Aguiar de Souza, M. (2002). Ambivalent sexism and attitudes toward wife abuse in Turkey and Brazil. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 26, 292-297.
15. Greenberg, M., & Ruback, B. (1992). After the crime: Victim decision making. New York: Plenum.
16. Gunn, R., & Minch, C. (1988). Sexual assault: The dilemma of disclosure, the question of conviction. Winnipeg, Canada: University of Manitoba Press.
17. Gustafson, A.L. (2005). Seminarians' response to domestic violence: Sex role attitudes, just world beliefs, and formal training. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Alliant International University, Los Angeles.
18. Harris, R., Firestone, J., & Vega, W. (2005). The interaction of country of origin, acculturation, and gender role ideology on wife abuse. Social Science Quarterly, 86, 463-483.
19. Harris, R.J., & Cook, C.A. (1994). Attributions about spouse abuse: It matters who the batterers and victims are. Sex Roles, 30, 553-565.
20. Hillier, L., & Foddy, M. (1993). The role of observer attitudes in judgments of blame in cases of wife assault. Sex Roles, 29, 629-644.
21. Jaccard, J., Turrisi, R., & Wan, C.K. (1990). Interaction effects in multiple regression. London: Sage.
22. Kalin, R., & Tilby, P.J. (1978). Development and validation of a sex-role ideology scale. Psychological Reports, 42, 731-738.
23. LaBine, A.L. (2000). Distribution of domestic violence blame and traditional/egalitarian sex-role orientation: A clinical vs. non-clinical population comparison. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville.
24. Lane, B., & Knowles, A. (2000). Community attitudes to domestic violence: Attributions of responsibility and suggested punishments related to alcohol consumption and level of violence. Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, 7, 51-58.
25. Langhinrichsen-Rohling, J., Shlien-Dellinger, R.K., Huss, M.T., & Kramer, V.L. (2004). Attributions about perpetrators and victims of interpersonal abuse. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 19, 484-498.
26. Levinson, D. (1989). Family violence in cross-cultural perspective. Newbury Park, CA: Sage.
27. Mangold, W.D., & Koski, P.R. (1990).Gender comparisons in the relationship between parental and sibling violence and nonfamily violence. Journal of Family Violence, 5, 225-235.
28. Napier, N., & Taylor, S. (2002). Experiences of women professionals abroad: Comparisons across Japan, China and Turkey. International Journal of Human Resource Management, 13, 837-851.
29. Nicholas, K.B., & Bieber, S.L. (1994). Perceptions of mothers'and fathers'abusive and supportive behaviors. Child Abuse & Neglect, 18, 167-178.
30. Pierce, M.C., & Harris, R.J. (1993). The effect of provocation, race, and injury description on men's and women's perceptions of a wife-battering incident. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 23, 767-790.
31. Rosenthal, R. (1991). Meta-analytic procedures for social research. Newbury Park, CA: Sage.
32. Sakalh, N. (2001). Beliefs about wife beating among Turkish college students: The effects of patriarchy, sexism, and sex differences. Sex Roles, 44, 599-610.
33. Samuelson, S., & Campbell, C. (2005). Screening for domestic violence: Recommendations based on a practice survey. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 36, 276-282.
34. Schimel, J., Pyszczynski, T., Greenberg, J., O'Mahen, H., & Arndt, J. (2000). Running from the shadow: Psychological distancing from others to deny characteristics people fear in themselves. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 78, 446-462.
35. Schuller, R., Smith, V., & Olson, J. (1994). Jurors' decisions in trials of battered women who kill: The role of prior beliefs and expert testimony. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 24, 316-337.
36. Shiu-Thornton, S., Senturia, K., & Sullivan, M. (2005). Like a bird in a cage: Vietnamese women survivors talk about domestic violence. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 20, 959-976.
37. Sobel, S. (1982). Difficulties experienced by women in prison. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 7, 107-118.
38. Taylor, C., & Sorenson, S. (2005). Community-based norms about intimate partner violence: Putting attributions of fault and responsibility into context. Sex Roles, 53, 573-589.
39. Thorndike, R.M. (1997). Measurement and evaluation in psychology and education (6th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.
40. Viki, T., & Abrams, D. (2002). But she was unfaithful: Benevolent sexism and reactions to rape victims who violate traditional gender role expectations. Sex Roles, 47, 289-293.
41. Viki, T., Chiroro, P., & Abrams, D. (2006). Hostile sexism, type of rape, and self-reported rape proclivity within a sample of Zimbabwean males. Violence Against Women, 12, 789-800.
42. Walker, L. (1999). Psychology and domestic violence around the world. American Psychologist, 54, 21-29.
43. West, A., & Wandrei, M.L. (2002). Intimate partner violence: A model for predicting interventions by informal helpers. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 17, 972-986.
44. Willis, C., Hallinan, M., & Melby, J. (1996). Effects of sex role stereotyping among European American students on domestic violence culpability attributions. Sex Roles, 34, 475-491.
45. WomensLaw.org. (n.d.). Retrieved May 12, 2007 from http://womenslaw.org/more_info.htm
46. World Health Organization. (2005). Multi-country study on women's health and domestic violence against women: Summary report of initial results on prevalence, health outcomes and women's responses. Geneva: Author.
47. Yakushko, O. (2005). Integrating psychology, spirituality, and law in addressing the worldwide problem of violence against women and girls. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 29, 450-451.
48. Yamawaki, N. (2007). Rape-perception and function of ambivalent sexism and gender traditionality. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 22, 1-18.
49. Yamawaki, N., & Tschanz, B. (2005). Rape perception differences between Japanese and American college students: On the mediating influence of gender role traditionality. Sex Roles, 52, 379-392.