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Direct linkHaj-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
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
Haj-Yahia, Muhammad M. – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2010
The article presents the results of a study that examined Palestinian physicians' misconceptions about abused wives and abusive husbands and the extent to which Palestinian physicians approve of wife abuse. Self-administered questionnaires were completed by 396 physicians. The results revealed that between 10% and 49% of the Palestinian physicians…
Descriptors: Spouses, Family Violence, Physicians, Misconceptions
Btoush, Rula; Haj-Yahia, Muhammad M. – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2008
The authors conducted an exploratory study among a convenience sample of 260 Jordanian men and women, using self-administered open and closed questions to examine the participants' approach toward wife abuse. In general, there was high awareness of wife abuse and the different types of abuse (mainly physical and psychological), a general tendency…
Descriptors: Marital Instability, Legal Problems, Family Violence, Coping
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
Haj-Yahia, Muhammad M.; Tishby, Orya; de Zoysa, Piyanjali – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2009
The article presents the results of a study on the association between exposure to family violence (i.e., witnessing interparental violence and experiencing parental violence) during childhood and adolescence and adult posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The study was conducted among a self-selected convenience sample of 476 students from Sri…
Descriptors: Siblings, Family Violence, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Foreign Countries
Haj-Yahia, Muhammad M.; de Zoysa, Piyanjli – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2008
Objectives: The study had two objectives: to examine the rates of exposure to family violence among students in a non-Western society, with Sri Lanka as a case study and to examine the psychological effects of their exposure. Method: Four hundred seventy six medical students in Sri Lanka were surveyed. A self-administered questionnaire was…
Descriptors: Medical Students, Family Violence, Student Attitudes, Safety
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
Peer reviewedHaj-Yahia, Muhammad M. – Journal of Family Issues, 1998
Husbands' beliefs regarding justifying wife beating, holding violent husbands responsible for their behavior, and blaming battered wives for violence against them are investigated among Palestinian men. Patriarchal ideology provides a conceptual framework for presentation and discussion of the findings from multiple regression analyses.…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Battered Women, Family Violence, Foreign Countries
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
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
