A Multilevel Analysis of Partner Violence

伴侣暴力的多层次分析

基本信息

批准号：
9097756
负责人：
KATHRYN M YOUNT
金额：
$ 7.82万
依托单位：
EMORY UNIVERSITY
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
财政年份：
2015
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2015-06-24 至 2018-05-31
项目状态：
已结题

项目摘要

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Globally, research on intimate partner violence (IPV) is based on women's reported exposure, with little known about the determinants of men's perpetration. Nascent evidence in poorer settings suggests that childhood experiences and local gender norms may synergistically influence men's risks of perpetration, but these risk factors have not been studied together. In historically patriarchal settings like Bangladesh, norms among senior men about equity-inequity in gender relations and violence against women may influence those of lower-status community members, including younger men. Compared to more senior men, younger men are more likely to be establishing patterns of behavior in marriage, and their behaviors, including the perpetration of IPV, may be more amenable to change. AIMS. Using data from a population- based survey of men in Bangladesh, we will develop and test a novel measurement model for senior men's community-level gender norms. We will use this measure in a multilevel analysis to explore whether living amidst local norms among senior men favoring gender equity and disfavoring violence against women lowers the risk of perpetrating physical IPV among younger men, either directly, and/or by buffering the influence of younger men's exposure to violence in childhood. DATA. The sample includes 961 senior men 35-49 years (y) and 564 ever-married men 18-34 y nested in 50 urban and 65 rural communities who took part in the survey of Men's Attitudes and Practices Regarding Gender and Violence Against Women in Bangladesh. METHODS. We will use 3-level item response theory (IRT) methods to explore and refine the measurement of community- level gender norms among senior men, including an assessment of the measure's dimensionality, reliability, measurement invariance across urban and rural communities, and within-community heterogeneity. We will use multilevel logistic regression to assess (1) the relationship between community gender norms and a younger ever-married man's probability of perpetrating any prior-year physical IPV and (2) whether the association of a younger man's exposure to violence in childhood with his probability of perpetrating recent physical IPV depends on community-level gender norms. Sensitivity analyses will test the robustness of the findings. INNOVATION. Globally, research is lacking on (1) men's perpetration of IPV and (2) the measurement of community-level gender norms among men using advanced methods. Thus, little is known about the associations of community-level gender norms (developed through such measurement models) with younger men's perpetration of IPV, directly and by buffering the potentially adverse influence of childhood exposure to violence. These data offer a rare occasion to explore these understudied relationships. Our novel analytic strategy will advance the fields of study on community gender norms among men and the multilevel determinants of men's IPV perpetration. Our results will inform national policies and community programs to reduce men's perpetration of IPV in Bangladesh, with implications for research and policy in similar settings.

描述（由申请人提供）：在全球范围内，对亲密伴侣暴力（IPV）的研究是基于女性所报告的遭受暴力的情况，而对于男性施暴的决定因素知之甚少。在较贫困的环境中，新的证据表明，童年经历和当地的性别规范可能会产生协同影响。男性的犯罪风险，但这些风险因素尚未一起研究，在孟加拉国等历史悠久的父权环境中，高级男性关于性别关系中的公平和不平等以及针对妇女的暴力行为的规范可能会产生影响。与年长男性相比，年轻男性更有可能在婚姻中建立行为模式，并且他们的行为（包括 IPV 的实施）可能更容易改变。利用对孟加拉国男性进行的人口调查数据，我们将开发并测试一种新的老年男性社区层面性别规范测量模型，我们将在多层次分析中使用该测量方法来探讨老年人是否生活在当地规范中。男性主张性别平等，不赞成针对女性的暴力行为可直接降低年轻男性实施身体 IPV 的风险，和/或通过缓冲年轻男性在童年时期遭受暴力的影响。 DATA 样本包括 961 名 35-49 岁的老年男性。来自 50 个城市和 65 个农村社区的 564 名 18-34 岁已婚男性参与了男性对性别和性别的态度和做法调查。孟加拉国针对妇女的暴力行为。我们将使用三级项目反应理论（IRT）方法来探索和完善老年男性社区层面性别规范的测量，包括评估测量的维度、可靠性和测量不变性。我们将使用多级逻辑回归来评估（1）社区性别规范与年轻的已婚男性犯下任何前一年的身体IPV和的可能性之间的关系。 (2) 年轻人在童年时期遭受暴力行为与近期实施身体暴力的可能性之间的关联是否取决于社区层面的性别规范，目前尚缺乏对这一研究结果的稳健性的检验。 1) 男性实施 IPV 的情况；(2) 使用先进方法测量男性社区层面的性别规范因此，人们对社区层面的性别规范（通过此类测量模型制定）与年轻男性之间的关系知之甚少。这些数据为探索这些未被充分研究的关系提供了一个难得的机会，将推动男性社区性别规范和多层次决定因素的研究领域。我们的研究结果将为孟加拉国减少男性 IPV 实施的国家政策和社区计划提供信息，并对类似环境中的研究和政策产生影响。