Type:	Journal Article
Title:	Attitudes towards violence against women in men of south Asian ancestry: are acculturation and gender role attitudes important factors?
Other Titles:	Journal of family violence
Authors:	Bhanot, Surbhi Senn, Charlene Y
Keywords:	Cross-cultural
Year:	2007
Publisher:	Kluwer Academic Plenum Publishers
Citation:	22 (1), January 2007
Notes:	The purpose of this study was to examine attitudes toward violence against women in men of South Asian ancestry. Studies conducted on other cultural groups have examined separately the influence of gender role attitudes and acculturation on violence against women. In the current study, we proposed that acculturation and attitudes towards violence against women were related through the mediation of gender role attitudes. One hundred male South Asian university students were administered questionnaires that measured their acculturation, gender role attitudes and attitudes towards wife beating. Results indicated that gender role attitudes fully mediated the relationship between acculturation and attitudes towards violence against women. This means that lower acculturation is only related to higher acceptance of wife assault because lower levels of acculturation are related to more restrictive and conservative beliefs about the roles of men and women. [?2007 Springer. All rights reserved. For further information, visit SpringerLink.]
URI:	https://anrows.intersearch.com.au/anrowsjspui/handle/1/13523
ISSN:	0885-7482
Appears in Collections:	Journal Articles

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