Factors Associated with Attitudes towards Rejecting Intimate Partner Violence among Young Adults in Malaysia
| Autor: | Wan Soliha Wan Mohd Hanafi, Tengku Alina Tengku Ismail, Anis Kausar Ghazali, Zaharah Sulaiman, Aziah Daud |
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| Rok vydání: | 2022 |
| Předmět: |
intimate partner violence
young adults attitudes acceptance disclosure Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis education Malaysia Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Intimate Partner Violence social sciences behavioral disciplines and activities Young Adult Cross-Sectional Studies Attitude Risk Factors Surveys and Questionnaires mental disorders population characteristics Humans Female |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health; Volume 19; Issue 9; Pages: 5718 |
| ISSN: | 1660-4601 |
| DOI: | 10.3390/ijerph19095718 |
| Popis: | Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a serious public health issue, which is health threatening across all age groups, including young adults, and makes them and vulnerable. The rejection of IPV and willingness to disclose IPV as part of the solution are important as they correlate to this concealed violent behavior. This study aimed to investigate determinants of attitudes towards rejecting IPV among young adults. A cross-sectional study was carried out on 405 young adults attending premarital courses who were selected using purposive sampling. A validated questionnaire (MYPAIPVQ) was used as the study instrument. Logistic regression analyses were performed to test for associations between sociodemographic characteristics and relationship status with attitudes towards IPV. Attitudes towards rejecting IPV included not accepting IPV and have the willing to disclose it. About half of the premarital young adults (50.4%) had attitudes towards rejecting IPV. In the regression analysis, age (AdjOR 1.12), female (AdjOR 2.49), self-employed (AdjOR 0.20), and drama as sources of information (AdjOR 3.66) were significantly associated with attitudes towards rejecting IPV. The findings have potentially important implications for interventions aimed at preventing violence among the young adult population as they are vulnerable to being involved in IPV in the future. |
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