Citation

Enosh G, Leshem E, Buchbinder E. Violence Against Women 2016; 22(11): 1326-1342.

Affiliation

University of Haifa, Israel.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2016, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/1077801215623382

PMID

26834146

Abstract

The study regards attitudes of Russian immigrants in Israel toward wife abuse and corporal punishment. The sample consisted of 1,028 participants, based on a multistage cluster sampling. The study used a questionnaire related to immigration, acculturation, and attitudinal issues. The findings indicate a dual-causal model, in which corporal punishment attitudes contribute to wife abuse attitudes and vice versa. However, the effect of attitudes supporting corporal punishment was stronger than the effect of wife abuse attitudes, indicating that the attitudinal system as a precursor of violent behavior is already merging the two types of violence.

Language: en