A Study on Socio-demographic and Cultural Factors of Spousal Violence
- VernacularTitle:夫妻暴力社会人口学及社会文化因素的研究
- Author:
Shaohong ZOU
;
Yalin ZHANG
;
Yong ZHANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Spousal violence;
Demography;
Cultural;
Risk factor
- From:Chinese Journal of Clinical Psychology
2001;0(03):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective: To investigate the socio-demographic and cultural factors of spousal violence(SV) in order to provide systematic basis of SV prevention.Methods: By using multistage stratified sampling methods,3087 households were selected from Chenzhou city in Hunan Province.After screening,384 households had SV.Among them 80 households were randomly selected for study,in which 80 perpetrators were not in the domestic violence(DV) group.For the non-DV group,after matching of family’s structure,96 households without violence behavior were selected,in which after matching of gender and age with perpetrators,96 normal controls were enrolled.Results: The ratio of male perpetrators(81.3%) was more than female(18.7%),but female(81.3%) was more than male(19%) victims(P
