Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada.
Far Eastern Federal University, Vladivostok, Russia.
J Interpers Violence. 2021 Aug;36(15-16):NP7942-NP7970. doi: 10.1177/0886260519839421. Epub 2019 Apr 3.
Cultural spillover theory asserts that the prevalence of socially legitimate violence to attain ends for which there is widespread social approval is part of the explanation for the prevalence of illegitimate violence. This study was a test of the cultural spillover theory as it applies to intimate partner violence (IPV). Based on data from the International Dating Violence Study (IDVS) in 32 countries, we tested the proposition that agreement with socially approved forms of violence "spills over" into violence against an intimate partner. Two versions of an index to measure legitimate violence were constructed: (a) An individual-level legitimate violence index based on the beliefs and behavior of 14,252 university students in 32 nations in the IDVS and (b) a nation-level legitimate violence index consisting of the mean of the student scores on the legitimate violence index for each of the 32 nations in the IDVS. We used the revised Conflict Tactics Scales to obtain the data on physical violence and injuries inflicted by the students in the IDVS. Analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) was used to test the hypothesized relation of the individual student legitimate violence index to IPV. Socioeconomic status, limited disclosure scale, respondent's age, and length of the relationships were included as covariates. Multiple regression analyses were conducted to further investigate the associations between legitimate violence index obtained from the aggregated student data and the nation-level IPV, controlling for the gross domestic product (GDP) index and limited disclosure scale. Both individual- and nation-level analyses consistently supported cultural spillover theory's explanation of IPV. The association between legitimate violence and IPV at both levels of analysis was stronger for women than men, which is consistent with some previous studies. The results suggest that reducing legitimate violence can make an important contribution to reducing IPV.
文化溢出理论认为，为广泛社会认可的目的而普遍存在的社会认可的暴力行为是非法暴力行为普遍存在的部分原因。本研究检验了文化溢出理论在亲密伴侣暴力（IPV）中的应用。基于来自 32 个国家的国际约会暴力研究（IDVS）的数据，我们检验了以下假设，即对社会认可的暴力形式的认同“溢出”到对亲密伴侣的暴力行为。构建了两种合法暴力指数的版本：（a）基于 IDVS 中 32 个国家的 14,252 名大学生的信念和行为的个体层面的合法暴力指数，以及（b）由 32 个国家中每个国家的学生在合法暴力指数上的平均分数组成的国家层面的合法暴力指数。我们使用修订后的冲突策略量表获得了来自 IDVS 的学生的身体暴力和伤害数据。协方差分析（ANCOVA）用于检验个体学生合法暴力指数与 IPV 的假设关系。社会经济地位、有限披露量表、受访者年龄和关系长度被纳入协变量。进行多元回归分析以进一步调查从聚合学生数据获得的合法暴力指数与国家层面的 IPV 之间的关联，同时控制国内生产总值（GDP）指数和有限披露量表。个体和国家层面的分析都一致支持文化溢出理论对 IPV 的解释。在这两个分析层面上，合法暴力与 IPV 之间的关联对于女性比男性更强，这与一些先前的研究一致。研究结果表明，减少合法暴力可以为减少 IPV 做出重要贡献。
