O'Neal M F, Dorn P W
Department of Psychology, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27858, USA.
Violence Vict. 1998 Summer;13(2):149-57.
To determine if a public outreach educational presentation on domestic violence would produce change in attitudes toward wife-beating and if the attitude change would persist over time, 36 female and male university students were quasi-randomly assigned to groups. Half of the subjects received a 20-minute presentation on domestic violence (Group P), and half did not receive a presentation (Group NP). Groups were then tested on their responses on the Inventory of Beliefs about Wife Beating (IBWB). Three weeks later, groups were retested on their responses to the scale. MANOVA revealed that attitudes of Group P were significantly more negative toward wife-beating than attitudes of Group NP on three of the five IBWB subscales and on three of the 31 IBWB items subsumed under the subscales. Data supported the prediction that public outreach efforts would produce more negative attitudes toward wife-beating and that attitude change would not deteriorate over time.
为了确定一场关于家庭暴力的公众宣传教育演讲是否会改变对殴打妻子行为的态度，以及这种态度改变是否会随时间持续，36名男女大学生被 quasi-随机分配到不同组。一半的受试者接受了一场20分钟的关于家庭暴力的演讲（P组），另一半没有接受演讲（非P组）。然后对两组在《关于殴打妻子行为的信念量表》（IBWB）上的反应进行测试。三周后，再次对两组在该量表上的反应进行测试。多变量方差分析显示，在IBWB五个子量表中的三个以及这些子量表所包含的31个IBWB项目中的三个上，P组对殴打妻子行为的态度明显比非P组更负面。数据支持了这样的预测，即公众宣传努力会对殴打妻子行为产生更负面的态度，并且态度改变不会随时间恶化。
