UNH SOC 695 - THE INTERNATIONAL DATING VIOLENCE STUDY 07

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OBJECTIVES TODAYTHE CONCEPT OF A “RISK FACTOR” SOME ILLUSTRATIVE FINDINGS * RATES OF ASSAULT AND INJURY * TESTS OF THEORIES ABOUT THE CAUSESPHYSICAL ASSAULT SCALE OF THE CTS2TOTAL INJURY SEVERE INJURYCONCLUSIONS LIMITATIONS OF THE IDVSIDV study 1•The work was supported by National Institute of Mental Health grant T32MH15161 and the University of New Hampshire.•A STUDY OF UNIVERSITY STUDENTSIN 32 COUNTRIESSoc 695 Family Violence Research In World Perspective Murray A. StrausTHE INTERNATIONALDATING VIOLENCE STUDY (IDVS)*IDV study 2OBJECTIVES TODAY¾AN OVERVIEW OF THE INTERNATIONAL DATING VIOLENCE STUDYYou will be using this data for lab projects all semester¾UNDERSTAND THE IDEA OF THEORY AND HOW IT APPLIES TO THE STUDY OF FAMILY VIOLENCE¾UNDERSTAND HOW THE CONFLICT TACTICS SCALES MEASURES FAMILY VIOLENCE* Shows the importance of measurement in science* Illustrates some aspects of the sociology of scienceIDV study 3IDV study 4PURPOSE 1: ESTIMATE THE PREVALENCE OF KINDS OF PARTNER “VIOLENCE” * PHYSICAL ASSAULT * INJURY FROM ASSAULT * SEXUAL COERCION * PSYCHOLGICAL AGGRESSION FOR EACH TYPE • PREVALENCE (%) • SEVERITY • CHRONICITY (How often) MAIN PURPOSES OF THE IDVSIDV study 5PURPOSE 2: TEST THEORIES ABOUT THE CAUSES OF VIOLENCE AGAINST PARTNERSWHAT IS A THEORY?¾For purposes of this course:* An explanation of why something is the way it is.* Can be:1. As yet untested – a set of ideas 2. Tested but not yet widely accepted3. Conclusive in the sense of the evidence is accepted by almost all scientists in that filedBut even category 3 is always open to question¾Example of theory to be tested in the next two labs:* Spanking is part of the explanation of violence* Falls in category 2IDV study 6SOCIAL INTEGRATION OF MEXICAN AMERICAN AND NON-MEXICAN WHITE STUDENTS AND ASSAULTS ON DATING PARTNERS Ignacio Luis Ramirez Texas Technological University 00.050.10.150.20.250.30.3521 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39Social Integration ScoreProbability of AssaultNon-Mexican Mexican American ANOTHER EXAMPLE * WHAT IS THE THEORY TESTED FOR THIS GRAPH?* WHAT ARE TWO THEORIES OF DATING VIOLENCE THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE TESTED?IDV study 7OTHER EXAMPLES OF THEORIES THAT CAN BE TESTED WITH INTERNATIOAL DATING VIOLENCE STUDY DATAANTI-SOCIAL PERSONALITYALCOHOL ABUSEANGER MANAGEMENT SKILLDOMINANCE OF ONE PARTNERCOMMUNICATION PROBLEMSCRIMINALITYGENDER HOSTILITYGENDER INEQUALITYSELF-CONTROLSOCIAL INTEGRATIONSOCIAL STRESSVIOLENT CHILD REARINGVIOLENT CULTURAL NORMSIDV study 8IDV study 9THE CONCEPT OF A “RISK FACTOR”“RISK FACTOR” IS A SYNONYM FOR THE INDEPENDENT VARIABLE WHEN IT REFERS TO•A CONDITION WHICH IS ASSOCIATED WITH AND INCREASED PROBABILITY OF A DISEASE OR PROBLEM• EXAMPLES:–SMOKING AND DEATH FROM SMOKING RELATED DISEASE (33% chance)–MALE DOMINANCE AND WIFE BEATING(20% chance - 7 fold increase) –SPANKING AND DELINQUENCY(24% chance - 5 fold increase)–BINGE DRINKING AND WIFE BEATING(19% chance - 3 fold increase)IDV study 10SOME ILLUSTRATIVE FINDINGS* RATES OF ASSAULT AND INJURY* TESTS OF THEORIES ABOUT THE CAUSESIDV study 11PHYSICAL ASSAULT SCALE OF THE CTS2MINOR PHYSICAL ASSAULT• Slapped my partner• Grabbed my partner• Threw something at my partner that could hurt• Twisted my partner’s arm or hair• Pushed or shoved my partnerSEVERE PHYSICAL ASSAULT• Punched or hit my partner with something that could hurt• Kicked my partner• Slammed my partner against a wall• Choked my partner• Beat up my partner• Burned or scalded my partner• Used knife or gun on my partnerIDV study 12SITE TOTAL FEM/MALE% SITE TOTAL FEM/MALE%USA-LOUISIAN 44.7 (38.1 48.2) 126.5% IND-PUNE 22.2 (12.5 25.8) 206.4%MEX-JUAREZ 42.0 (30.8 44.3) 143.8% USA-LOUISIAN 21.0 (18.0 22.5) 125.0%IND-PUNE 39.0 (33.3 41.2) 123.7% USA-MISSISSP 20.5 (20.0 20.6) 103.0%CAN-LONDON 36.3 (25.9 44.2) 170.7% KOR-PUSAN 17.4 (9.9 22.2) 224.2%USA-MISSISSP 34.5 (24.0 35.7) 148.8% CAN-LONDON 15.6 (13.8 16.9) 122.5%KOR-PUSAN 33.7 (24.739.4) 159.5% MEX-JUAREZ 15.4 (12.8 15.9) 124.2%USA-INDIANA 33.5 (39.0 31.5) 80.8% USA-INDIANA 13.4 (18.6 11.5) 61.8%USA-TX-MEX 33.1 (34.0 32.4) 95.3% CAN-TORONTO 12.4 (8.5 14.4) 169.4%USA-TX NCDCHS 31.3 (42.4 26.8) 63.2% USA-TX-N MEX 12.3 (11.8 12.8) 108.5%BEL-FLEMISH 31.0 (26.0 32.5) 125.0% HKG-HONGKONG 11.4 (5.8 15.0) 258.6%CAN-TORONTO 30.6 (23.8 34.2) 143.7% USA-CINCINN 11.3 (12.1 10.5) 86.8%USA-TX-N MEX 30.6 (31.1 30.2) 97.1% NZL-CHRISTCH 10.6 (4.2 12.4) 295.2%NDL-AMSTRDAM 30.2 (31.4 29.7) 94.6% USA-TX NCDCHS 10.4 (21.2 6.1) 28.8%DEU-FREIBURG 29.5 (37.1 24.0) 64.7% CAN-HAMILTON 9.6 (5.4 10.3) 190.7%CAN-WINNIPEG 29.0 (38.5 27.7) 71.9% USA-TX-MEX 9.6 (10.8 8.9) 82.4%HKG-HONGKONG 28.6(19.5 34.6) 177.4% ISR-EMEKZYRL 9.4 (9.7 9.4) 96.9%USA-NH 1 28.5 (24.7 30.2) 122.3% AUS-ADELAIDE 9.2 (9.5 9.1) 95.8%NZL-CHRISTCH 26.6 (16.7 29.2) 174.9% USA-NH 2 9.0 (9.0 9.1) 101.1%USA-NH 2 26.5 (26.1 26.6) 101.9% CAN-WINNIPEG 8.9 (16.7 8.0) 47.9%CHE-FRENCH 24.5 (30.2 22.5) 74.5% CAN-MONTREAL 8.8 (7.9 9.1) 115.2%USA-CINCINN 24.5 (22.8 26.1) 114.5%CHE-GERMAN 8.7 (7.4 9.0) 121.6%CHE-GERMAN 23.9 (18.5 25.2) 136.2% USA-NH 1 8.2 (4.3 10.0) 232.6%BRA-SAOPAULO 23.3 (22.4 23.8) 106.3% BEL-FLEMISH 8.1 (6.0 8.7) 145.0%CAN-HAMILTON 23.0 (13.5 24.5) 181.5% PRT-BRAGA 7.6 (9.45.0) 53.2%CAN-MONTREAL 22.8 (20.6 23.4) 113.6% DEU-FREIBURG 7.3 (10.3 5.2) 50.5%SGP-SINGAPORE 22.7 (11.6 27.8) 239.7% BRA-SAOPAULO 6.8 (8.4 6.1) 72.6%USA-PENNSLVNA 21.9 (14.0 24.3) 173.6% USA-UTAH 6.1 (4.5 7.0) 155.6%AUS-ADELAIDE 21.3 (19.1 21.8) 114.1% SGP-SINGAPORE 5.0 (1.5 6.6) 440.0%ISR-EMEKZYRL 20.8 (22.6 20.4) 90.3% USA-PENNSLVNA 4.9 (4.7 5.0) 106.4%USA-UTAH 17.7 (16.4 18.4) 112.2% CHE-FRENCH 4.5 (8.0 3.3) 41.3%PRT-BRAGA 17.1 (17.4 16.7) 96.0% NDL-AMSTRDAM 4.4 (8.6 3.0) 34.9%R: Tot-Male = 0.67, Tot-Female = 0.93, Male-Fem = 0.39 R: Tot-Male = 0.61, Tot-Female = 0.96, Male-Fem = 0.37Table 4A. Overall Assault Perpetration (%) Table 4B. Severe Assault Perpetration (%)(MALE FEMALE) (MALE FEMALE)PHYSICAL ASSAULT RATESIDV study 13CTS2IDV study 14TOTAL INJURY SEVERE INJURYSITE TOTAL FEM/MALE% SITE TOTAL FEM/MALE %IND-PUNE 20.0 (13.0 22.4) 171.7% IND-PUNE 12.5 (8.7 13.9) 159.2%CAN-LONDON 19.3 (13.8 23.4) 169.5% CAN-LONDON 8.9 (10.3 7.8) 75.3%USA-LOUISIAN 18.0 (17.1 18.5) 108.5% USA-LOUISIAN 7.6 (15.4 3.8) 24.7%USA-INDIANA 14.8 (25.4 10.8) 42.3% USA-INDIANA 7.4 (13.6 5.1) 37.6%USA-WASH DC 12.1 (15.4 11.4) 74.3% USA-TX NCDCHS 5.3 (9.7 3.7) 37.8%USA-TX-N MEX 11.5 (9.9 12.8)


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