Can people's patriarchal ideology predict their beliefs about wife abuse? The case of Jordanian men

• DOI: 10.1002/jcop.20068
• Publication Date: 2005-07-18T21:48:44Z
• Authors: Muhammad M. Haj-Y...
• Keywords: Wife; Blame

A self-administered questionnaire was filled out by 349 Jordanian men to examine the correlation between their patriarchal ideology and beliefs about wife abuse. The results revealed that high percentages of tended justify abuse, blame women for violence against them, believe benefit from beating. In addition, expressed low levels willingness help battered women, very small them husbands are responsible violent behavior should be punished. findings indicate significant amounts variance in those six can explained predictors investigated this study, which derive ideology, over above amount abuse attributed men's sociodemographic characteristics. implications future research theory development discussed. © 2005 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Comm Psychol 33: 545–567, 2005.