RT Article
T1 Men’s Childhood Exposure to Parental Violence and their Indulgence in IPV: An Empirical Analysis of Wife-Beating Justification as a Moderator Variable
JF Victims & offenders
VO 19
IS 6
SP 1128
OP 1145
A1 Chandra, Rakesh
A2 Srivastava, Sonal
A2 Mukherjee, Saradiya
A2 Singh, Aditya
A2 Patel, Jeetendra Kumar
LA English
YR 2024
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1898483868
AB Men’s childhood exposure to inter-parental violence is linked with their indulgence, as partners and husbands, in Intimate Partner Violence (IPV). However, there is evidence that this linkage is variably moderated by different factors, including men’s attitude toward IPV. This study is based on Domestic Violence Module (DVM) data from National Family and Health Survey (NFHS-5) conducted during 2019–2021. NFHS-5 used a uniform sample design representative at country and state levels, wherein one woman was interviewed face-to-face for DVM from each sampled household across India (N = 47,918). We aim to test the conditional effects of men’s justifying IPV attitudes on the association of their childhood exposure to parental violence and indulgence in IPV. This was achieved by including an interaction term in the regression model. Findings suggest that men’s “justifying attitude toward wife beating” independently associates with their indulgence in IPV and not in combination with “childhood exposure to inter-parental violence”. It suggests that the linkage between men’s childhood exposure to parental violence and indulgence in IPV is modifiable by positive changes in the men’s attitude. We suggest a heightened policy emphasis on transforming men’s attitudes through education, awareness-raising initiatives, and sensitization programs to address the issue of IPV in India.
K1 IPV
K1 Violence against women
K1 Attitude
K1 parental violence
K1 childhood exposure to violence
DO 10.1080/15564886.2023.2218358