A5062072990- Intimate Partner and Family Violence
- Migration, Health and Trauma
- Child Abuse and Trauma
- Sex work and related issues
- Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies
- Resilience and Mental Health
- Homelessness and Social Issues
- Social Work Education and Practice
- Gender, Security, and Conflict
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies
- Family Dynamics and Relationships
- Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
- Homicide, Infanticide, and Child Abuse
- Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
- Social and Intergroup Psychology
- Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression
- Family Support in Illness
- Cultural Differences and Values
- Health and Conflict Studies
- Education Discipline and Inequality
- Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence
- Religion, Society, and Development
- Children's Rights and Participation
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
2016-2025
Marymount University
2008
Washington University in St. Louis
2003
Hebrew College
2002
Bethlehem University
1994
Despite increasing public, professional, and scientific interest in the problem of wife abuse battering, little has been written about importance sociocultural sensitivity intervention with abused battered women Arab society. In this article, I describe central family values that society discuss their relevance to battering. Specifically, discussion focuses on such as mutual support interdependence, reputation, women's inferiority male supremacy, cohesion those addition, present perspectives...
This article documents a study conducted among 291 Arab women from Israel using self administered questionnaire that examined their attitudes toward varying patterns of coping with wife abuse. The findings revealed the more participants were characterized by negative and traditional perceptions women, stereotyped gender roles, high levels religiosity, strong orientations familism, greater tendency to expect battered wives change behavior husbands, assume responsibility for husbands' violent...
Based on a patriarchal perspective, the article presents pioneer study of Palestinian husbands' beliefs in following areas: justifying wife beating, holding violent husbands responsible for their behavior, and blaming battered wives violence against them. The results revealed trends: (a) High percentages respondents tend to justify beating under different circumstances (e.g., wife's “sexual unfaithfulness”); (b) although majority held there was concomitant tendency understand husband; (c)...
The purpose of this study was to examine Palestinian women's beliefs about wife beating and the extent which these are influenced by their patriarchal ideology. A self-administered questionnaire completed a systematic random sample 425 women from West Bank Gaza Strip. results indicate that although one third believed there is no excuse for man beat his wife, substantial percentage still justified under several conditions (e.g., when perceived as sexually unfaithful or challenging her...
This study assessed the effects of ongoing violence on mental health Palestinian and Israeli youths. Parallel instruments were developed adapted, as part a collaborative project, in order to assess, each society: (1) differential rates exposure conflict, (2) association between severity posttraumatic symptoms (PTS), (3) inter‐relationships among PTS, functional impairment, somatic complaints, coping strategies. Participants 1,016 1,235 adolescents. A self‐report questionnaire exposure. PTS...
The beliefs of 356 Jordanian women about wife-beating were investigated, using a self-administered questionnaire. participants showed strong tendency to justify wife-beating, believe that benefit from violence against them, and blame for their beating. Furthermore, the expressed clear opposition formal assistance battered governmental agencies. In this vein, they considered wife abuse personal problem should be treated within family. results also revealed while weak violent husbands abuse,...
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...
The authors conducted an exploratory study among a convenience sample of 260 Jordanian men and women, using self-administered open closed questions to examine the participants' approach toward wife abuse. In general, there was high awareness abuse different types (mainly physical psychological), general tendency oppose abuse, blame victim for lesser on husband, marital problems, as well familial societal conditions. There also strong consider personal issue rather than social legal problem....
Normative socio-cultural influences may lead to parent–child value similarity over and above familial processes. Such influences, in which the mainstream position taken by people a given culture leads an average between unrelated members of culture, have been investigated for most part considering one country at time. This has, however, left several questions open; among these is question whether matter societal homogeneity values. In attempt answer this query, current study intends examine...
This study examines the influence of patriarchal ideology on women's beliefs about wife beating. A convenience sample 701 married Palestinian women from Israel was obtained, and a self-report questionnaire administered. The findings revealed that large percentages expressed some tendency to justify beating in certain instances. In addition, participants blame battered for violence against them, believe they benefit As hypothesized, endorsing found all three held by Israel, over above amount...
The article focuses on the incidence of wife abuse and battering some its psychological consequences, as revealed in First Palestinian National Survey, which was conducted with a national systematic random sample 2,410 women from West Bank Gaza Strip. findings indicate that had experienced high levels abuse, physical violence, sexual economic during 12 months preceding study. In addition, analysis variance who those patterns expressed higher distress, anger, fear than did nonabused women....
The article focuses on the incidence of different patterns wife abuse and battering some their mental health consequences. Data are based findings from Second Palestinian National Survey conducted among a systematic random sample 1,334 women West Bank Gaza Strip. results reveal that 87.2%, 54%, 40%, 44% indicated they had experienced one or more acts psychological abuse, physical violence, sexual economic respectively, at least once by husbands during 12 months preceding survey. Also,...