Citation

Witte TH, Mulla MM. Violence Vict. 2013; 28(6): 959-967.

Affiliation

University of Alabama-Birmingham, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2013, Springer Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

24547674

Abstract

This study investigated perceived descriptive norms (i.e., perceived prevalence) for intimate partner violence (IPV) among college students. Male and female college students were asked to estimate the prevalence of IPV for same-sex "typical students" on their campus. Perpetrators of IPV made higher estimates than nonperpetrators. Both perpetrators and nonperpetrators overestimated the prevalence of IPV when compared to actual prevalence rates. Findings lend support for using social-norms-based prevention programs on college campuses.

Language: en