Functions of Gender Role Traditionality, Ambivalent Sexism, Injury, and Frequency of Assault on Domestic Violence Perception: A Study Between Japanese and American College Students

• NCJ Number: 228316
• Journal: Violence Against Women Volume: 15 Issue: 9 Dated: September 2009 Pages: 1126-1142
• Author(s): Niwako Yamawaki; Joseph Ostenson; C. Ryan Brown
• Date Published: September 2009
• Length: 17 pages
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

This study examined the mediating influence of gender-role traditionality (GRT), ambivalent sexism, and victim injury and frequency of assault on domestic violence (DV) perception differences between Japanese and American college students.

Abstract

Results indicated that in both groups, GRT was closely related to attitudes toward DV, suggesting that higher GRT may contribute to perceptions that lead to minimizing DV and blaming the victim, as confirmed in a cross-national setting. Both ambivalent sexism and gender are correlated with minimization, victim-blame attribution, and excusing the perpetrator of DV. The purpose of this study was to examine cross-nationally key factors that influence the perception of violence against women. The study included 101 non-Asian American students in the United States and 103 Japanese students in a Japanese university. Participants were informed that the purpose of the study was to examine individuals' responses to an interaction of a couple and how they solved their conflict. Data were collected from responses to a fictitious domestic violence scenario, with a perceived seriousness of violence measure, a victim-blame measure, the excuse-perpetrator measure, the Ambivalent Sexism Inventory, the Sex-Role Ideology Scale, and a demographic survey. Tables, figure, and references