Public Helping Reactions to Intimate Partner Violence against Women in European Countries: The Role of Gender-Related Individual and Macrosocial Factors
Public helping reactions are essential to reduce a victim’s secondary victimization in intimate partner violence against women (IPVAW) cases. Because gender-related characteristics have been linked widely to IPVAW prevalence, the study aimed to examine individual attitudes and perceptions toward dif...
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doaj-4992eb1a168447749ccfcc38b9684fa32020-11-25T03:54:22ZengMDPI AGInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health1661-78271660-46012020-08-01176314631410.3390/ijerph17176314Public Helping Reactions to Intimate Partner Violence against Women in European Countries: The Role of Gender-Related Individual and Macrosocial FactorsCelia Serrano-Montilla0Inmaculada Valor-Segura1José-Luis Padilla2Luis Manuel Lozano3Department of Methodology for Behavioral Sciences, University of Granada, 18011 Granada, SpainDepartment of Social Psychology, University of Granada, 18011 Granada, SpainDepartment of Methodology for Behavioral Sciences, University of Granada, 18011 Granada, SpainDepartment of Methodology for Behavioral Sciences, University of Granada, 18011 Granada, SpainPublic helping reactions are essential to reduce a victim’s secondary victimization in intimate partner violence against women (IPVAW) cases. Because gender-related characteristics have been linked widely to IPVAW prevalence, the study aimed to examine individual attitudes and perceptions toward different forms of violence against women, as well as gender-related macrosocial ideological and structural factors, in explaining helping reactions to IPVAW across 28 European countries. We performed multilevel logistic regression analysis, taking measures from the Eurobarometer 2016 (<i>N</i> = 7115) and the European Institute for Gender Equality datasets. Our study revealed a greater individual perceived IPVAW prevalence, positive perception about the appropriateness of a legal response to psychological and sexual violence against women partners, and less VAW-supportive attitudes predicted helping reactions (i.e., formal, informal), but not negative reactions to IPVAW. Moreover, individuals from European countries with a greater perceived IPVAW prevalence and gender equality preferred formal reactions to IPVAW. Otherwise, in the European countries with lesser perceived IPVAW prevalence and negative perceptions about the appropriate legal response to psychological and sexual violence, people were more likely to provide informal reactions to IPVAW. Our results showed the role of gender-related characteristics influenced real reactions toward known victim of IPVAW.https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/17/17/6314intimate partner violence against womenhelping reactiongender-related factors |
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Celia Serrano-Montilla Inmaculada Valor-Segura José-Luis Padilla Luis Manuel Lozano Public Helping Reactions to Intimate Partner Violence against Women in European Countries: The Role of Gender-Related Individual and Macrosocial Factors International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health intimate partner violence against women helping reaction gender-related factors |
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Celia Serrano-Montilla Inmaculada Valor-Segura José-Luis Padilla Luis Manuel Lozano |
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Celia Serrano-Montilla |
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Public Helping Reactions to Intimate Partner Violence against Women in European Countries: The Role of Gender-Related Individual and Macrosocial Factors |
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Public Helping Reactions to Intimate Partner Violence against Women in European Countries: The Role of Gender-Related Individual and Macrosocial Factors |
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Public Helping Reactions to Intimate Partner Violence against Women in European Countries: The Role of Gender-Related Individual and Macrosocial Factors |
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Public Helping Reactions to Intimate Partner Violence against Women in European Countries: The Role of Gender-Related Individual and Macrosocial Factors |
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Public Helping Reactions to Intimate Partner Violence against Women in European Countries: The Role of Gender-Related Individual and Macrosocial Factors |
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public helping reactions to intimate partner violence against women in european countries: the role of gender-related individual and macrosocial factors |
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International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health |
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1661-7827 1660-4601 |
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Public helping reactions are essential to reduce a victim’s secondary victimization in intimate partner violence against women (IPVAW) cases. Because gender-related characteristics have been linked widely to IPVAW prevalence, the study aimed to examine individual attitudes and perceptions toward different forms of violence against women, as well as gender-related macrosocial ideological and structural factors, in explaining helping reactions to IPVAW across 28 European countries. We performed multilevel logistic regression analysis, taking measures from the Eurobarometer 2016 (<i>N</i> = 7115) and the European Institute for Gender Equality datasets. Our study revealed a greater individual perceived IPVAW prevalence, positive perception about the appropriateness of a legal response to psychological and sexual violence against women partners, and less VAW-supportive attitudes predicted helping reactions (i.e., formal, informal), but not negative reactions to IPVAW. Moreover, individuals from European countries with a greater perceived IPVAW prevalence and gender equality preferred formal reactions to IPVAW. Otherwise, in the European countries with lesser perceived IPVAW prevalence and negative perceptions about the appropriate legal response to psychological and sexual violence, people were more likely to provide informal reactions to IPVAW. Our results showed the role of gender-related characteristics influenced real reactions toward known victim of IPVAW. |
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intimate partner violence against women helping reaction gender-related factors |
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