Acceptance of the Use of Violence in Relationships Scale

Overview

Type: Acceptance of IPV

Citation: Franklin CA and Kercher GA. The intergenerational transmission of intimate partner violence: Differentiating correlates in a random community sample. J Fam Viol. 2012; 27(3): 187-199.

Use of Scale: Measure

Level of Generality: General

# of Items Reported: 2

Availability: Full

Theme: Violence

Demographics

Region: North America

Country: USA

Gender: Female

Urban / Rural: nr

Ethnicity: White 59%; Hispanic 26%; African American 9.7%

Age Group: Adults only (18+)

Age Range: 18 to 91

Scale Information

# of Subscales: NR

Subscale Name(s): NR

Direction and Meaning:

Response Range: Yes/no

Internal Consistency: NA

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?

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 victimization

Outcome(s)

Outcome 1: Any victimization Outcome 2: Psychological violence victimization Outcome 3: Physical violence victimization

Detailed Outcome(s) Description

IPV victimization (any, psychological or physical) in past 24 months

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

Outcome 1: Acceptance of violence in relationships was not significantly associated with overall IPV victimization. Outcome 2: Acceptance of violence in relationships was not significantly associated with psychological IPV victimization. Outcome 3: Acceptance of violence in relationships was not significantly associated with physical IPV victimization.

Summary

Outcome 1: No association; Outcome 2: No association; Outcome 3: No association

Covariates

Masculine gender orientation, acceptance of violence in interpersonal relationships, general alcohol consumption, religiosity, sex, age, race, education, employment, marital status

Measured Outcome(s): IPV perpetration

Outcome(s)

Outcome 1: Any IPV perpetration in past 24 months; Outcome 2: Psychological IPV perpetration in past 24 months; Outcome 3: Physical IPV perpetration in past 24 months

Detailed Outcome(s) Description

Logistic regression

Statistical Method (Most Adjusted)

Multivariate

Reference group for gender indicator

Outcome 1: Acceptance of violence was not significantly associated with overall IPV perpetration. Outcome 2: Acceptance of violence was not significantly associated with psychological IPV perpetration. Outcome 3: Acceptance of violence was inconsistently associated with physical IPV perpetration (Wald statistic: 9.43, p < 0.05)

Reference group for gender indicator

Accepting vs. unaccepting of violence in relationships

Detailed Results

Outcome 1: No association; Outcome 2: No association; Outcome 3: Inconsistent positive association

Summary

Masculine gender orientation, acceptance of violence in interpersonal relationships, general alcohol consumption, religiosity, sex, age, race, education, employment, marital status