A relational perspective on women’s empowerment: Intimate partner violence and empowerment among women entrepreneurs in Vietnam
Autor: | Sabine Otten, Nina Hansen, Marloes Huis, Robert Lensink |
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Přispěvatelé: | Social Psychology, Research programme EEF |
Jazyk: | angličtina |
Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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OWNERSHIP intimate partner violence 050109 social psychology WASS Ontwikkelingseconomie self‐esteem Women's empowerment POSITIVE ROLE DECISIONS Empowerment media_common CROSS-CULTURAL PSYCHOLOGY 05 social sciences Self-esteem Middle Aged Vietnam Original Article Female women OFFER Psychology Social psychology Adult financial intra‐household decision‐making Social Psychology media_common.quotation_subject Decision Making POWER 050105 experimental psychology Power (social and political) Cross-cultural psychology Young Adult Development Economics Humans 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences financial intra-household decision-making Spouses Aged self-esteem Perspective (graphical) Collectivism Entrepreneurship Original Articles Self Concept empowerment Domestic violence gender inequity GENDER RURAL CREDIT PROGRAMS |
Zdroj: | British Journal of Social Psychology, 59(2):12348, 365-386. Wiley-Blackwell British journal of social psychology, 59(2), 365-386 The British Journal of Social Psychology British journal of social psychology 59 (2020) 2 |
ISSN: | 0144-6665 |
Popis: | Research has mainly studied women's empowerment assessing personal (e.g., self-esteem) or relational (e.g., decision-making) empowerment indicators. Women are not isolated individuals; they are embedded in social relationships. This is especially relevant in more collectivist societies. The current research provides a relational perspective on how husbands may hamper women's empowerment by inflicting intimate partner violence (IPV) assessing women's self-reported experience. We tested the link between self-esteem and experienced IPV on financial intra-household decision-making power among women entrepreneurs (N = 1,347) in Northern Vietnam, a collectivistic society undergoing economic development. We report two measurement points. As expected, self-esteem (and not IPV) was positively related to more power in intra-household decision-making on small expenditures, which are traditionally taken by women. However, IPV (and not self-esteem) was related to less decision-making power on larger expenditures, traditionally a domain outside women's power. We test and discuss the directionality of the effects and stress the importance of considering women's close relationship when investigating signs of women's empowerment. |
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