Citation

Lin K, Sun IY, Liu J, Chen X. Violence Against Women 2018; 24(1): 66-84.

Affiliation

University of Macau, Zhuhai, China.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/1077801216671221

PMID

27784758

Abstract

Using a sample of 553 married and divorced women in a large city in southern China, this study tested the effects of demographic characteristics, risk behaviors, patriarchal ideology, and personal mentality and skills on women's experience of physical violence, psychological violence, controlling behavior, and sexual abuse. Divorced women were more likely than married women to experience all types of IPV. Risk behaviors were consistently related to IPV incidents, whereas the impact of patriarchal ideology and personal mentality and skills was equivocal. Limitations of the study and implications for future research and policy are discussed.

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Language: en