Filipino American Dating Violence
| Autor: | Pauline Agbayani Siewert, Alice Yick Flanagan |
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| Rok vydání: | 2000 |
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| Zdroj: | Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment. 3:115-133 |
| ISSN: | 1540-3556 1091-1359 |
| DOI: | 10.1300/j137v03n03_09 |
| Popis: | Summary This study examined 171 Filipino American undergraduate students on physical, sexual, and psychological definitions and contextual justifications of and experiences with dating violence. A blended methodology that combined survey and focus group data was used. Filipino Americans tended to define dating violence as physical and sexual abuse. Perceptions of psychological abuse were more narrowly defined than physical and sexual violence. Conversely, focus group data indicated that Filipino American students are very cognizant of what comprises psychological abuse. Scaled score findings showed no significant differences between Filipino males and females. However, closer examination of the items comprising the scales revealed significant gender differences in contextual justifications and definitions of psychological abuse. Contextual justification was the only variable to have a significant effect on experiences of dating violence. Filipino American culture and history are used to assist in explaini... |
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