Tolerance for Intimate Partner Violence: A Comparative Study of Chinese and American College Students. Issue 21 (November 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Li, Luye; Sun, Ivan Y.; Button, Deeanna M.
• Is Part Of: Journal of interpersonal violence. Volume 35:Issue 21/22(2020)
• Page Start: 4533
• Page End: 4557
• Publication Date: 2020-11
• Subjects: intimate partner violence -- tolerance for IPV -- gender role attitudes -- male dominance ideology -- China; Violence -- Periodicals; Sex crimes -- Periodicals; Violence -- Périodiques; Crimes sexuels -- Périodiques; 364.15
• DOI: 10.1177/0886260517716941
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0886-2605

Abstract

Tolerance for intimate partner violence (IPV) is an important correlate of interpersonal violent behavior. Although a large amount of research on IPV has been conducted in the West and a growing amount of studies on IPV in Chinese societies has been observed in recent years, only a small number of studies have analyzed IPV-related attitudes from an international and comparative perspective. Drawing on survey data collected from 1, 178 college students from two Chinese and two U.S. universities, this study empirically compared and contrasted factors influencing students' levels of tolerance for IPV. The results showed that Chinese college students had a higher level of tolerance for IPV than their U.S. counterparts. Regional variation was only detected in China with students in Beijing having a greater tolerance for IPV than students in Hong Kong. Both Chinese and U.S. students' tolerance for IPV was affected primarily by their attitudes toward gender roles and gender-based violence and perceptions of IPV causes.