Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan.
J Transcult Nurs. 2012 Jul;23(3):297-305. doi: 10.1177/1043659612441022. Epub 2012 Apr 3.
To explore the perceptions of and attitudes toward violence and beliefs of contextual justification of wife abuse among Syrian medical and nursing students.
A descriptive, cross-sectional design was used. The Perceptions of and Attitudes toward Wife Abuse Questionnaire was used to collect data from a convenience sample of 621 medical and nursing students from three public universities in Syria.
Only 18.4% of the students had positive attitudes toward interpersonal violence reflecting low tolerance to wife beating and use of physical force for problem solving and child discipline, and 16.1% did not justify wife beating. Medical, older, female students, from urban areas, with more educated parents, and those who did not experience violence or witness violence between their parents had significantly more positive attitudes toward wife abuse and significantly less justification of wife beating (p < .05).
Education about violence against women of future medical and nursing students is the responsibility of medical and nursing educators and health policy makers, who have to acknowledge the influence of the sociocultural factors in shaping student's attitudes toward wife abuse and develop strategies to enhance these attitudes at the early stages of professional preparation.
探讨叙利亚医学生和护生对暴力的看法、态度以及对虐待妻子行为的情境正当性的信念。
采用描述性、横断面设计。使用《对虐待妻子行为的认知和态度问卷》，从叙利亚三所公立大学中方便选取了 621 名医学生和护生作为研究对象。
只有 18.4%的学生对人际暴力持积极态度，这反映出他们对打妻子和使用武力解决问题、管教孩子的行为容忍度较低，16.1%的学生不认为打妻子是正当的。医学生、年龄较大的学生、女生、来自城市地区的学生、父母受教育程度较高的学生、以及没有经历过或目睹过父母之间暴力行为的学生，对虐待妻子行为的态度更为积极，对打妻子行为的正当性认识更少（p <.05）。
对未来医学生和护生进行有关暴力侵害妇女行为的教育是医学和护理教育者以及卫生政策制定者的责任，他们必须认识到社会文化因素在塑造学生对虐待妻子行为的态度方面的影响，并制定策略，在专业准备的早期阶段增强这些态度。
