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Testing women's propensities to leave their abusive husbands using structural equation modeling.
Myunghan Choi1, Michael Belyea, Linda R Phillips
1The College of Nursing and Health Innovation, Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ 85069-7100, USA. mchoi7@asu.edu
Nursing Research
|November 18, 2009
Summary
Korean women
Area of Science:
- Sociology
- Psychology
- Cultural Studies
Background:
- Increasing recognition of domestic violence among Korean women.
- Growing intolerance towards abuse and desire to leave abusive relationships.
Purpose of the Study:
- To test a model of Korean women's propensity to leave abusive relationships.
- Utilizing sociostructural and psychological-relational power (PRP) frameworks.
Main Methods:
- Multigroup structural equation modeling.
- Analysis of 184 married Korean women reporting abuse (physical, psychological, sexual, financial).
Main Results:
- Education significantly moderates abuse intolerance and marriage termination.
- For low-education women, abuse and Hwa-Byung (Korean women's anger) linked to intolerance.
- For high-education women, power, Hwa-Byung, and abuse intolerance were related.
Conclusions:
- A model of abuse intolerance was supported, particularly for low-education women.
- Hwa-Byung mediated abuse intolerance in low-education women.
- Intervention programs should be tailored to age, education, and resource availability for Korean women experiencing abuse.
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