Saint Joseph's University, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Dongguk University, Seoul, South Korea.
J Interpers Violence. 2022 Jul;37(13-14):NP10862-NP10882. doi: 10.1177/0886260521990837. Epub 2021 Feb 1.
Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a serious social problem in South Korea, but the IPV reporting rate to the police is not high enough. To reduce violence and further victimization, it is important for IPV (potential) victims to report to police. Thus, this study aimed to examine the factors associated with willingness to report IPV to police if they experience it using the 2013 Korean National Domestic Violence Survey data. A representative sample of 5,000 Korean participants, of whom 1,668 were males and 3,332 were females, were recruited using a stratified multistage sampling design. We found that the willingness to report IPV to the police was statistically significant when the participants were young, had strong knowledge of IPV-related laws, had lower levels of acceptance of violence, had lower levels of conservative gender role values, and when the seriousness of violence was higher for both male and female participants. However, having children and having experienced child abuse only affected women's willingness to report IPV to the police. Based on this study's findings, we then discussed policy implications to prevent further victimization, focusing on factors that are associated with willingness to report violence to the police.
亲密伴侣暴力（IPV）是韩国的一个严重社会问题，但向警方报告的 IPV 率还不够高。为了减少暴力和进一步的受害，IPV（潜在）受害者向警方报案非常重要。因此，本研究旨在使用 2013 年韩国全国家庭暴力调查数据，探讨如果经历 IPV，与向警方报告 IPV 的意愿相关的因素。采用分层多阶段抽样设计，从 5000 名韩国参与者中抽取了一个有代表性的样本，其中 1668 名男性和 3332 名女性。我们发现，当参与者年轻、对与 IPV 相关的法律有较强的了解、对暴力的接受程度较低、对保守的性别角色价值观的接受程度较低，以及当男性和女性参与者的暴力严重程度较高时，向警方报告 IPV 的意愿具有统计学意义。然而，有孩子和经历过儿童虐待只影响了女性向警方报告 IPV 的意愿。基于本研究的结果，我们进一步讨论了预防进一步受害的政策意义，重点关注与向警方报告暴力的意愿相关的因素。
