Maastricht University, The Netherlands.
University of Cape Town, South Africa.
J Interpers Violence. 2021 Feb;36(3-4):NP2056-2078NP. doi: 10.1177/0886260518756114. Epub 2018 Feb 14.
Sexual intimate partner violence (IPV) is a public health problem worldwide. Research regarding beliefs about perpetrating sexual IPV is, however, limited. This study investigated attitudes, social influence, and self-efficacy beliefs and intentions toward perpetrating sexual IPV among Grade 8 adolescents ( age = 13.73, = 1.04) in the Western Cape Province of South Africa. The study sample was taken from the baseline data of the Promoting sexual and reproductive health among adolescents in Southern and Eastern Africa (PREPARE) study, a cluster-randomized controlled trial. Young adolescents ( = 2,199), from 42 randomly selected high schools, participated in the study and answered a paper-and-pencil questionnaire. Multivariate ANOVA were conducted to assess differences in beliefs and intention toward perpetrating sexual IPV between boys and girls, and between perpetrators and nonperpetrators. Results showed that boys were more frequently perpetrators (11.3% vs. 3.2%) and victims (13.6% vs. 6.4%) of sexual IPV than girls. Boys' attitudes toward perpetrating sexual IPV were more supportive than girls'. Boys perceived their social network to be more likely to think that putting pressure on a boyfriend or girlfriend to have sex is okay, and boys had a lower self-efficacy to refrain from pressuring a boyfriend or girlfriend to have sex compared with girls. Both boys and girls, who have perpetrated sexual IPV, had more tolerant attitude, social influence, and self-efficacy beliefs toward sexual IPV perpetration, compared with nonperpetrators. Intention not to perpetrate sexual IPV did not differ between boys and girls, or between perpetrators and nonperpetrators. Our findings suggest that interventions should address attitude and social influence beliefs regarding sexual IPV perpetration. More attention should be given to sexual IPV perpetration among boys. Given that sexual IPV victimization and perpetration are significantly linked, prevention of sexual IPV perpetration seems to be of utmost importance.
性亲密伴侣暴力（IPV）是一个全球性的公共卫生问题。然而，关于性 IPV 实施的信仰研究是有限的。本研究调查了南非西开普省八年级青少年（年龄=13.73，=1.04）对性 IPV 实施的态度、社会影响、自我效能信念和意图。该研究样本来自南部和东部非洲促进青少年性和生殖健康研究（PREPARE）的基线数据，这是一项集群随机对照试验。来自 42 所随机选择的高中的 2199 名年轻青少年参加了这项研究，并回答了一份纸笔问卷。多元方差分析用于评估男孩和女孩、实施者和非实施者之间对性 IPV 实施的信念和意图的差异。结果表明，男孩比女孩更频繁地成为性 IPV 的实施者（11.3%比 3.2%）和受害者（13.6%比 6.4%）。男孩对性 IPV 实施的态度更为支持。男孩认为他们的社交网络更有可能认为对男朋友或女朋友施加性压力是可以的，而且男孩比女孩更难避免对男朋友或女朋友施加性压力。与非实施者相比，实施过性 IPV 的男孩和女孩对性 IPV 实施的态度、社会影响和自我效能信念更为宽容。不打算实施性 IPV 的意图在男孩和女孩之间，或在实施者和非实施者之间没有差异。我们的研究结果表明，干预措施应针对性 IPV 实施的态度和社会影响信念。应更加关注男孩中的性 IPV 实施。鉴于性 IPV 受害和实施之间存在显著关联，预防性 IPV 实施似乎至关重要。
