title: Attitudes Toward Domestic Violence and Corporal Punishment Among Former Soviet Union Immigrants in Israel.
abstract: The study regards attitudes of Russian immigrants in Israel toward wife abuse and corporal punishment. The sample consisted of 1,028 participants, based on a multistage cluster sampling. The study used a questionnaire related to immigration, acculturation, and attitudinal issues. The findings indicate a dual-causal model, in which corporal punishment attitudes contribute to wife abuse attitudes and vice versa. However, the effect of attitudes supporting corporal punishment was stronger than the effect of wife abuse attitudes, indicating that the attitudinal system as a precursor of violent behavior is already merging the two types of violence.
authors.affiliation: University of Haifa, Israel enosh@research.haifa.ac.il.
authors.forename: Guy
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Enosh
authors.affiliation: Ariel University of Samaria, Israel.
authors.forename: Elazar
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Leshem
authors.affiliation: University of Haifa, Israel.
authors.forename: Eli
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Buchbinder
mesh_terms: D001290:Attitude / Q000208:ethnology*; D002648:Child; D002668:Child Rearing / Q000523:psychology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D017579:Domestic Violence / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology*; D004423:Ear / Q000002:abnormalities; D004427:Ear Diseases; D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007557:Israel; D008297:Male; D011678:Punishment / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014586:USSR / Q000208:ethnology
keywords: attitudes; immigration; physical punishment; wife abuse