title: Enculturation and attitudes toward intimate partner violence and gender roles in an asian Indian population: implications for community-based prevention.
abstract: This study examined the relationships among enculturation, attitudes supporting intimate partner violence (IPV-supporting attitudes), and gender role attitudes among one of the largest Asian Indian population groups in the US. Data were collected via computer-assisted telephone interviews with a random sample of Gujarati men and women aged 18-64 in Metropolitan Detroit. Using structural equation modeling, we modeled the effects of three components of enculturation (behavior, values, and community participation) on gender role attitudes and IPV-supporting attitudes among married respondents (N = 373). Analyses also accounted for the effects of respondent age, education, religious service attendance, perceived financial difficulty, and lengths of residence in the US. The second-order, overall construct of enculturation was the strongest predictor of IPV-supporting attitudes (standardized B = 0.61), but not gender role attitudes. Patriarchal gender role attitudes were positively associated with IPV-supporting attitudes (B = 0.49). In addition to the overall effect of the enculturation construct, two of the components of enculturation had specific effects. "Enculturation-values" had a specific positive indirect association with IPV-supporting attitudes, through its relationship with patriarchal gender role attitudes. However, "enculturation-community participation" was negatively associated with IPV-supporting attitudes, suggesting the importance of community-based prevention of IPV among this immigrant population group.
authors: School of Social Work, University of Michigan, 1080 S. University, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109-1106, USA, miekoy@umich.edu.
authors: Mieko
authors: M
authors: Yoshihama
authors: Juliane
authors: J
authors: Blazevski
authors: Deborah
authors: D
authors: Bybee
mesh_terms: D000069:Acculturation; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001213:Asian / Q000523:psychology*; D001290:Attitude / Q000208:ethnology*; D019058:Community Networks; D017579:Domestic Violence / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D005783:Gender Identity; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008824:Michigan; D008875:Middle Aged; D012737:Sex Factors; D018454:Spouses / Q000523:psychology*; D014505:Urban Population; D055815:Young Adult