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Title: Public Attitudes towards Intimate Partner Violence against Women and Influential Factors in China and Spain
Other Titles: Las actitudes públicas hacia la violencia de pareja contra la mujer y los factores influyentes en China y España
Author: Yang, Menglu
Beybutyan, Ani
Pina Ríos, Rocío  
Soria-Verde, Miguel Ángel
Others: East China Normal University
Universitat de Barcelona (UB)
Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC)
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB)
Citation: Yang, M., Beybutyan, A., Pina, R. & Soria-Verde, M.A. (2021). Public attitudes towards intimate partner violence against women and influential factors in China and Spain. Anuario de Psicología Jurídica, 31(1), 101-108. doi: 10.5093/apj2021a13
Abstract: Intimate partner violence against women is a social problem affecting the rights of women in different countries. The present study aimed to compare the public attitudes toward intimate partner violence against women and their influencing factors in China and Spain. A sample of 506 participants completed questionnaires related to attitudes toward intimate partner violence against women. Chinese participants demonstrated less awareness of the existence and seriousness of the issue, but more proactive attitudes than Spanish participants did. We also found that culture, gender, and age affected these attitudes directly and indirectly through gender equality attitudes. Our findings suggest that promotion of legal reforms can improve social awareness and gender equality attitudes, which in turn changes public attitudes toward intimate partner violence against women, while traditional gender roles and patriarchal society lead to cultural legitimization of the violence, resulting in remained conservative attitudes.
Keywords: cross-national comparison
domestic violence
intimate partner violence
gender-based violence
gender equality attitudes
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5093/apj2021a13
Document type: info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Version: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Issue Date: 1-Jan-2021
Publication license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.es_ES  
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