Intimate Partner Violence: A Multinational Test of Cultural Spillover Theory

What is it about?

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. We found support for the tested theory with the stronger association for women than men.

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Why is it important?

Found that at both individual- and nation-level analyses, agreement with socially approved forms of violence “spilled over” into violence against an intimate partner, and the association between legitimate violence and IPV at both levels of analysis was stronger for women than men.

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