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Public Attitudes Toward Reporting Partner Violence Against Women and Reporting Behavior
Author(s) -
Gracia Enrique,
Herrero Juan
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
journal of marriage and family
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.578
H-Index - 159
eISSN - 1741-3737
pISSN - 0022-2445
DOI - 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2006.00288.x
Subject(s) - psychology , sample (material) , social psychology , test (biology) , population , suicide prevention , human factors and ergonomics , domestic violence , injury prevention , poison control , medicine , environmental health , paleontology , chemistry , chromatography , biology
Drawing from attitude‐behavior research tradition, this study used a national probabilistic sample of the Spanish adult population ( N = 2,432) to test hypotheses regarding correlates of public attitudes toward reporting partner violence against women, and the relationship between attitudes toward reporting and actual reporting behavior. Results show the importance of several correlates of public attitudes toward reporting. Also, our results have suggested a potential disconnect between attitudes and behavior because failure to intervene appears to be a common response of those aware of incidents of partner violence against women.