Inventory of Beliefs about Wife Beating (IBWB)
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1987
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Violence and Victims
Abstract
The understanding of the underlying intimate partner violence (or wife beating) is important to understanding that lead to individuals to use violence in their own relationships. The Inventory of Beliefs about Wife Beating (IBWB) is a 31 item scale comprised of five subscales measuring different aspects of beliefs that perpetuate violence against women. An assessment of the inventory's dimensionality and validity was conducted. Data were collected from 675 students, 94 residents of a mid-western city, 7 l men who batter, and 70 advocates for battered women. Five reliable subscales were created: wife beating is justified, wives gain from beatings, help should be given, offenders should be punished, and the offender is responsible. (Author Abstract).
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survey, survey instrument, survey tool, measuring: attitudes about violence against women, intimate partner violence, domestic violence, violence against women, population: adults, victim advocates, victim advocacy, physical abuse
Citation
Saunders, D. G., Lynch, A. B., Grayson, M., & Linz, D. (1987). The inventory of beliefs about wife-beating: The construction and initial validation of a measure of beliefs and attitudes. [Instrument]. Violence and Victims, 2(1),39-58. https://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/handle/2027.42/50455/The+Inventory+of+Beliefs+about+Wife+BeatingSaunders+EtAl+SEC.pdf?sequence=1