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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.; Wilson, Rula M.; Naqvi, Syed Agha M. – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2012
The purpose of this study was to examine the perceptions of Palestinian adults toward different dimensions of wife abuse. A cross-sectional survey, using a combination of self-administered questionnaires and interviews, was conducted among a systematic random sample of 624 adult Palestinian men and women from the West Bank and Gaza Strip (18 years…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Family Violence, Place of Residence, Marital Status
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Steinmetz, Simona; Haj-Yahia, Muhammad M. – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2006
This article presents a study conducted among 148 men from the ultra-Orthodox Jewish community in Israel. A self-administered questionnaire was utilized to examine their definitions of and beliefs about wife abuse. The definitions provided by the majority of the participants were highly consistent with definitions that are accepted in the…
Descriptors: Spouses, Males, Judaism, Foreign Countries
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Haj-Yahia, Muhammad M. – Psychology of Women Quarterly, 2002
The beliefs of 356 Jordanian women about wife-beating were investigated, using a self-administered questionnaire. The participants showed a strong tendency to justify wife-beating, to believe that women benefit from violence against them, and to blame women for their beating. Furthermore, the participants expressed clear opposition to formal…
Descriptors: Family Violence, Females, Arabs, Attitude Measures