Citation

Ozcakir A, Bayram N, Ergin N, Selimoglu K, Bilgel N. J. Fam. Violence 2008; 23(7): 631-638.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2008, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/s10896-008-9185-4

PMID

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Abstract

The objectives of this cross-sectional, descriptive, questionnaire study were to explore men’s attitudes toward wife beating and examine the possible predictors. A total of 1,150 married men aged 18 and up, who had received primary health care in a defined period were the participants. The lifetime prevalence of wife beating was 29.0%. Of the men studied, 42.7% were themselves victims of physical violence during childhood. About 17.9% of the participants thought that they had the right to beat their wives. Significant predictors in logistic regression analysis included women’s low education (OR = 2.8; 95%CI = 1.26–6.46), number of children (OR = 2.4; 95%CI = 1.34–4.51), childhood beatings (OR = 1.6; 95%CI = 1.25–2.16) and alcohol intake (OR = 1.9; 95%CI = 1.49–2.63).Wife beating is a problem in Turkey. To change male attitudes, alcohol abuse control interventions and child abuse prevention should be implemented.