Department of Psychology, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel.
J Interpers Violence. 2010 Jul;25(7):1284-97. doi: 10.1177/0886260509340540. Epub 2009 Dec 9.
This study examines the effect of acculturation on the attitudes held by Ethiopian Jews in Israel toward domestic violence (DV). The study findings revealed the following: Ethiopians who immigrated to Israel (n = 31) held more lenient attitudes toward DV than Israeli born Jews (n = 62), which supported the hypothesis that culture influences attitudes toward DV; in addition, Ethiopians born in Israel (n = 29) held attitudes closer to those of Israeli-born Jews who were not from Ethiopian origin, thus supporting the hypothesis that integration into the host country results in changes in DV attitudes. These are important findings due to the extremely high number of DV episodes among immigrant populations in general and Ethiopian Jews living in Israel in particular. This study may provide optimism in that it is probable that the younger generation will prove to be less violent than the first-generation immigrants. Perhaps one conclusion that can be drawn is the importance of expediting the integration process of the second-generation Ethiopian Jews in Israel.
本研究考察了文化适应对以色列埃塞俄比亚犹太人对家庭暴力（DV）态度的影响。研究结果表明：与以色列出生的犹太人（n=62）相比，移民到以色列的埃塞俄比亚人（n=31）对 DV 的态度更为宽容，这支持了文化影响 DV 态度的假设；此外，在以色列出生的埃塞俄比亚人（n=29）的态度更接近非埃塞俄比亚裔以色列出生的犹太人的态度，因此支持了融入东道国导致 DV 态度发生变化的假设。鉴于移民群体中 DV 事件发生率极高，尤其是在以色列的埃塞俄比亚犹太人，这些发现非常重要。由于年轻一代可能比第一代移民暴力程度更低，因此这一研究可能带来一些乐观情绪。也许可以得出的一个结论是，加速以色列第二代埃塞俄比亚犹太人融入的进程非常重要。
