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Family Violence and Dating Violence in Korea

  • MULTICULTURAL RESEARCH OF INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE
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Abstract

The purpose of this study is to examine the antecedents of dating violence. The paper hypothesizes that the relationship between family of origin violence and dating violence will be mediated by neutralizing beliefs. To test this hypothesis, a survey was conducted of 510 college students in Seoul and Kyung-gi provinces in South Korea. Partner violence and child abuse in the family of origin were associated with college students’ perpetration of dating violence. That relationship was mediated by neutralizing beliefs. The same results were found for both male and female students. Based on the findings, this study presents practical suggestions for intervening in dating violence.

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  1. Of course, if one replaces the words “worldview” with “norms” and “justifies and legitimizes” with “neutralizes” these ideas look nearly identical to Matza (1964/1990). It is a very different thing, however, to say that an individual neutralizes norms against violence than to say that he justifies and legitimizes violence. The latter case implies that criminal violence is desirable, right, and ought to be perpetrated. It is to be hoped that the latter type of result is very rare.

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Kim, J.Y., Kim, H.J., Choi, J.W. et al. Family Violence and Dating Violence in Korea. J Fam Viol 29, 23–33 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10896-013-9556-3

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