Overview
Type: Acceptance of IPV
Citation: Franklin CA and Menaker TA. Feminism, status inconsistency, and women's intimate partner victimization in heterosexual relationships. Violence Against Women. 2014; 20(7): 825-845.
Use of Scale: Measure
Level of Generality: General
# of Items Reported: 2
Availability: Full
Theme: Gender/social norms, Violence
Demographics
Region: North America
Country: USA
Gender: Female
Urban / Rural: nr
Ethnicity: NR
Age Group: Adults only (18+)
Age Range: 18 to 81
Scale Information
# of Subscales: NR
Subscale Name(s): NR
Direction and Meaning:
Response Range: Yes/no
Internal Consistency: Cronbach's alpha: 0.670
Internal Consistency by Subgroup: NA
Test-retest Reliability: NA
Sample Items: "Generally speaking, are there situations that you can imagine in which you would approve of a man slapping his wife's girlfriend's partner's face?"; "Generally speaking, are there situations that you can imagine in which you would approve of a woman slapping her husband's/boyfriend's/partner's face?"
Items
- Generally speaking, are there situations that you can imagine in which you would approve of a man slapping his wife’s girlfriend’s partner’s face?
- Generally speaking, are there situations that you can imagine in which you would approve of a woman slapping her husband’s/boyfriend’s/partner’s face?
Measured Outcome(s): IPV perpetration
Outcome(s)
Any psychological or physical victimization
Detailed Outcome(s) Description
Any psychological or physical victimization
Statistical Method (Most Adjusted)
Logistic regression
Reference group for gender indicator
Accepting vs. unaccepting of violence in relationships
Bivariate or Multivariate Analysis?
Multivariate
Detailed Results
Acceptance of violence in relationships was not significantly associated with IPV victimization.
Summary
Summary association oriented to reflect the following relationships: Positive association: indicates more inequitable gender views/ divisions of power and greater IPV perpetration; Positive association (reverse coded): reflects more equitable gender views/division of power and lower IPV perpetration; Inverse association: reflects more inequitable gender views/division of power and lower IPV perpetration
No association
Covariates
Race/ethnicity, age, relationship status, relationship distress, family-of-origin violence, male or female more educated, male or female employed