Attitudes Toward Domestic Violence and Corporal Punishment Among Former Soviet Union Immigrants in Israel. (October 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Enosh, Guy; Leshem, Elazar; Buchbinder, Eli
• Is Part Of: Violence against women. Volume 22:Number 11(2016)
• Page Start: 1326
• Page End: 1342
• Publication Date: 2016-10
• Subjects: wife abuse -- physical punishment -- immigration -- attitudes; Abused women -- Periodicals; Women -- Crimes against -- Periodicals; Violent crimes -- Periodicals; Femmes victimes de violence -- Périodiques; Femmes, Crimes contre les -- Périodiques; Crimes violents -- Périodiques; 362.8292
• DOI: 10.1177/1077801215623382
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1077-8012

Abstract

The study regards attitudes of Russian immigrants in Israel toward wife abuse and corporal punishment. The sample consisted of 1, 028 participants, based on a multistage cluster sampling. The study used a questionnaire related to immigration, acculturation, and attitudinal issues. The findings indicate a dual-causal model, in which corporal punishment attitudes contribute to wife abuse attitudes and vice versa. However, the effect of attitudes supporting corporal punishment was stronger than the effect of wife abuse attitudes, indicating that the attitudinal system as a precursor of violent behavior is already merging the two types of violence.