title: Chinese Women's Experience of Intimate Partner Violence: Exploring Factors Affecting Various Types of IPV.
abstract: Using a sample of 553 married and divorced women in a large city in southern China, this study tested the effects of demographic characteristics, risk behaviors, patriarchal ideology, and personal mentality and skills on women's experience of physical violence, psychological violence, controlling behavior, and sexual abuse. Divorced women were more likely than married women to experience all types of IPV. Risk behaviors were consistently related to IPV incidents, whereas the impact of patriarchal ideology and personal mentality and skills was equivocal. Limitations of the study and implications for future research and policy are discussed.
authors: 1 University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA.
authors: Kai
authors: K
authors: Lin
authors: 1 University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA.
authors: Ivan Y
authors: IY
authors: Sun
authors: 2 University of Macau, Zhuhai, China.
authors: Jianhong
authors: J
authors: Liu
authors: 2 University of Macau, Zhuhai, China.
authors: Xuan
authors: X
authors: Chen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002681:China; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D000066511:Intimate Partner Violence / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008016:Life Change Events; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors; D012747:Sexual Partners / Q000523:psychology*
keywords: China; intimate partner violence; risk factors for IPV; types of IPV; violence against women