University of Missouri-St. Louis, USA.
Netherlands Institute for the Study of Crime and Law Enforcement, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
J Interpers Violence. 2021 Feb;36(3-4):NP1412-1440NP. doi: 10.1177/0886260517746945. Epub 2017 Dec 14.
Knowledge on young adults' perceptions of intimate partner violence (IPV) is important as these are the ages at which most people form their first serious intimate relationships and begin to develop norms about how to communicate within a relationship. This study uses an experimental vignette design to examine whether the type of violence employed and the gender dynamics within the couple (male perpetrator and female victim vs. female perpetrator and male victim) affect young adults' perceptions of IPV normality. Gender differences in these perceptions are assessed and moreover, we explore whether these differences can be attributed to respondents' prior IPV experiences. Young adults ( = 599) were recruited from various schools and universities throughout the Netherlands. They were randomly assigned to one of 10 experimental vignettes. Findings demonstrate that, generally, scenarios describing more serious types of IPV as well as those describing a male perpetrator and a female victim received lower ratings of normality. Gender differences in perceptions were found and, moreover, the of these gender differences appeared to depend on the actual described in the IPV scenario. Prior IPV experiences increased perceptions of IPV normality among female respondents in particular. Moreover, the suggestion that respondents' prior IPV experiences may better explain respondents' IPV perceptions than respondents' gender, was only partly supported. Our findings suggest that this is true for respondents' prior psychological, but not physical IPV experiences and for the manipulations of the gender dynamics within the couple, but not so much for the type of violence employed. Implications of these findings are discussed. From a prevention perspective, greater insight into these perceptions is relevant as they have been shown to be related to help-seeking and reporting behavior in the case of experiencing or witnessing IPV.
关于年轻人对亲密伴侣暴力（IPV）的看法的知识很重要，因为这是大多数人形成第一次认真的亲密关系并开始发展关于如何在关系中沟通的规范的年龄。本研究使用实验情景设计来检验所使用的暴力类型和夫妻中的性别动态（男性施害者和女性受害者与女性施害者和男性受害者）是否会影响年轻人对 IPV 正常性的看法。评估了这些看法中的性别差异，而且，我们还探讨了这些差异是否可以归因于受访者的先前 IPV 经历。从荷兰各地的各种学校和大学招募了年轻人（n=599）。他们被随机分配到 10 个实验情景中的一个。研究结果表明，通常情况下，描述更严重类型的 IPV 以及描述男性施害者和女性受害者的情景得到的正常性评分较低。发现了看法中的性别差异，而且，这些性别差异的程度似乎取决于 IPV 情景中描述的实际暴力类型。女性受访者的先前 IPV 经历增加了对 IPV 正常性的看法。此外，受访者的先前 IPV 经历比受访者的性别更能解释他们的 IPV 看法的观点，只是部分得到了支持。我们的研究结果表明，对于受访者的先前心理而非身体的 IPV 经历以及对夫妻中性别动态的操纵来说确实如此，但对于所使用的暴力类型来说并非如此。讨论了这些发现的意义。从预防的角度来看，更深入地了解这些看法很重要，因为它们已被证明与经历或目睹 IPV 时的寻求帮助和报告行为有关。
