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A cross‐culture study of wife abuse
Author(s) -
Lester David
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
aggressive behavior
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.223
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 1098-2337
pISSN - 0096-140X
DOI - 10.1002/1098-2337(1980)6:4<361::aid-ab2480060404>3.0.co;2-w
Subject(s) - wife , cruelty , incidence (geometry) , suicide prevention , poison control , domestic violence , psychology , human factors and ergonomics , injury prevention , demography , medical emergency , criminology , medicine , sociology , political science , law , physics , optics
A study of correlates of the incidence of wife beating in primitive societies indicated that it was found to be more common in societies in which brutality and cruelty were more common. In addition, wife beating was more common in societies in which the status of women was considerably inferior to the status of males. Societies with a high incidence of wife beating also had a high divorce rate.