@article {7fd2bd7e57ce4b0fbc19b87f383c1e1c,
	title = {Toward an integrative theoretical framework for explaining beliefs about wife beating: A study among students of nursing from Turkey},
	journal = {Journal of Interpersonal Violence},
	volume = {26},
	number = {7},
	year = {2011},
	month = {may},
	pages = {1401{\textendash}1431},
	publisher = {SAGE Publications Inc.},
	abstract = {An integrative theoretical framework was tested as the basis for explaining beliefs about wife beating among Turkish nursing students. Based on a survey design, 406 nursing students (404 females) in all 4 years of undergraduate studies completed a self-administered questionnaire. Questionnaires were distributed and collected from the participants during their attendance of core courses. The results revealed that between 8\% and 27\% of the students expressed some level of willingness to justify wife beating, between 8\% and 11\% showed a tendency to believe that battered women benefit from beating, and between 10\% and about 29\% indicated that battered women are responsible for their beating. However, more than 88\% of the students expressed willingness to help battered women, more than 63\% of them indicated that violent husbands are responsible for their behavior, and about 28\% or more showed a tendency to support punishing violent husbands. The results also indicated that significant amounts of the variance in the students{\textquoteright} beliefs about wife beating can be attributed to their patriarchal ideology, to their exposure to family violence during childhood and adolescence, and to their traumatic symptoms. The article concludes with a discussion of the implications of the results for future research on the topic. Emphasis is placed on developing a more integrative theoretical approach for explaining beliefs about wife beating, and on the professional socialization of nursing students.},
	keywords = {beliefs about wife beating, integrative theory of domestic violence, nursing students from Turkey, students of nursing, violence against women},
	issn = {0886-2605},
	doi = {10.1177/0886260510369135},
	author = {Haj-Yahia, Muhammad M. and Aynur Uysal}
}
