Title

Domestic Violence Beliefs And Perceptions Among College Students

Keywords

Attitudes; Dating violence; Intimate partner violence; Partner abuse; Public opinions

Abstract

This study builds on current research, investigating the relationships between sociodemographic variables and domestic violence attitudes and beliefs among college students. Data from the Relationship Characteristics Study conducted in 2001, which includes a sample of 1,938 college students, are used to replicate and extend the research of Carlson and Worden (2001, 2005), the developers of the attitudes and beliefs items. In addition, the research portends to analyze factors associated with domestic violence causation endorsement, physical and sexual abuse, stalking, and verbal abuse beliefs, including gender, race and ethnicity, university year, parents' education, family income, parents' marital status, and relationship status. Results are consistent with the rates reported by the item developers. Further, results demonstrate that sociodemographic variables are correlated with physical and sexual abuse and verbal abuse beliefs and causation endorsement. © 2006 Springer Publishing Company.

Publication Date

1-1-2006

Publication Title

Violence and Victims

Volume

21

Issue

6

Number of Pages

779-795

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1891/0886-6708.21.6.779

Socpus ID

33845933912 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/33845933912

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