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Haj-Yahia, Muhammad M.; Uysal, Aynur – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2011
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…
Descriptors: Nursing Students, Family Violence, Females, Spouses
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Haj-Yahia, Muhammad M.; de Zoysa, Piyanjali – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2007
The article presents the results of a study on beliefs about wife beating conducted among 476 Sri Lankan medical students. Participants fill out a self-administered questionnaire, which examines six beliefs about wife beating. Most students tend to justify wife beating, to believe women benefit from wife beating, and to believe the wife bears more…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Family Violence, Beliefs, Medical Students
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Haj-Yahia, Muhammad M. – Journal of Community Psychology, 2005
A self-administered questionnaire was filled out by 349 Jordanian men to examine the correlation between their patriarchal ideology and their beliefs about wife abuse. The results revealed that high percentages of Jordanian men tended to justify wife abuse, to blame women for violence against them, and to believe that women benefit from beating.…
Descriptors: Spouses, Family Violence, Questionnaires, Correlation