Attitudes of Palestinian Physicians Toward Wife Abuse
- 1 March 2013
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Violence Against Women
- Vol. 19 (3) , 376-399
Abstract
The article presents results from a larger survey, which examined the attitudes and perceptions of Palestinian physicians (N = 396) toward wife abuse. The instrument was a self-administered questionnaire, with open-ended questions in which participants expressed their definitions of wife abuse, their perceptions of the causes of wife abuse, and their perceptions of appropriate interventions with wife abuse. The relevance of the sociocultural contexts of Palestinian society in particular and Arab societies in general to the participants’ responses is highlighted in the article. The limitations of the study as well as implications for theory development, future research, and professional training are discussed.Keywords
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