title: Correlates of wife assault in Hong Kong Chinese families.
abstract: The objective of this study was the risk factors of wife assault in Hong Kong Chinese families. The sample included 107 battered women from a refuge for battered women. Factor analysis revealed risk factors like dominance, stress, poor anger management, aggressive personality, conflict, lack of empathy, masculine gender role stress, sense of insecurity, relationship distress, and violent socialization. Correlation analysis indicated that dominance, spousal conflict, and sense of insecurity increase the likelihood of carrying out minor physical assault and using psychological aggression, while aggressive personality predicts severe physical assault and injury. The risk factors were explained in terms of traditional Chinese concepts of gender role expectations of men and women and face orientations. The present study provides some evidence relating to the risk factors of wife assault in Chinese families.
authors.affiliation: Department of Social Work and Social Administration, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam. eklchan@hkucc.hku.hk
authors.forename: Ko Ling
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Chan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002681:China / Q000208:ethnology; D003710:Demography; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005190:Family / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006723:Hong Kong; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors; D013179:Spouse Abuse / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires