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THE ROLE OF ACCULTURATION IN ASIAN AMERICANS’ ATTITUDES
TOWARDS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND OF MALE PRIVILEGE AS A
MEDIATOR IN PLACING BLAME
by
Jane Y. Yang
____________________________________________________________________
A Dissertation Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE GRADUATE SCHOOL
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
EDUCATION (COUNSELING PSYCHOLOGY)
December 2006
Copyright 2006 Jane Y. Yang
Object Description
| Title | The role of acculturation in Asian Americans' attitudes towards domestic violence and of male privilege as a mediator in placing blame |
| Author | Yang, Jane Y. |
| Author email | janey38@hotmail.com |
| Degree | Doctor of Philosophy |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Education (Counseling Psychology) |
| School | Rossier School of Education |
| Date defended/completed | 2006-07-11 |
| Restricted until | Unrestricted |
| Date published | 2006-09-28 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Chung, Ruth H. |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Goodyear, Rodney K. Iwamura, Jane |
| Abstract | The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships between acculturation, attitudes towards domestic violence, and attribution of responsibility for domestic violence among Asian Americans. This study proposed that the value of male privilege serves as a mediator of values acculturation to Asian culture and attribution of responsibility to the male aggressor or to the female victim for domestic violence situations. This study was also unique in examining acculturation using an orthogonal model when evaluating Asian Americans' general attitudes towards domestic violence. The entire sample of participants (N=552) included 330 Asian Americans who were recruited to complete an online survey via listservs, websites, web mailings, and announcements from professors in one southern California university. The survey consisted of demographic information, The Revised Attitudes Toward Wife Abuse Scale (RAWA), A Vignette: Who is Responsible for the Violence?, The Asian Values Scale (AVS), and the Asian American Multidimensional Acculturation Scale (AAMAS). Results indicated that male privilege serves as a complete mediator of values acculturation to Asian culture and attribution of responsibility to the male aggressor, while male privilege serves as a partial mediator of values acculturation to Asian culture and attribution of responsibility to the female victim. Additionally, values acculturation to Asian culture was the most relevant predictor of attitudes towards domestic violence in three domains, while attitudes towards domestic violence were the most salient predictors of attribution of responsibility for domestic violence. Results suggested the importance of differentiating between behavioral acculturation and values acculturation when assessing Asian Americans' attitudes towards domestic violence.; Results also indicated that a particular value of salience (e.g., male privilege) may serve as the mechanism by which adherence to traditional Asian cultural values influences attribution of responsibility for domestic violence. Implications for theory, research, and practice were discussed. |
| Keyword | Asian American domestic violence attitudes; Asian American relationship violence attitudes; Asian American intimate partner violence attitudes; Asian culture, patriarchal ideology, and domestic violence; Asian American Acculturation and domestic violence attitudes; Asian American acculturation and intimate partner violence attitudes; Asian American acculturation, patriarchal ideology, and domestic violence attitudes; Acculturation and domestic violence; Acculturation and relationship violence |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m51 |
| Rights | Yang, Jane Y. |
| Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
| Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
| Repository email | http://www.usc.edu/isd/libraries/services/ask_a_librarian/email/ |
| Filename | etd-Yang-20060928 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume17/etd-Yang-20060928.pdf |
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| Full text | THE ROLE OF ACCULTURATION IN ASIAN AMERICANS’ ATTITUDES TOWARDS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND OF MALE PRIVILEGE AS A MEDIATOR IN PLACING BLAME by Jane Y. Yang ____________________________________________________________________ A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE GRADUATE SCHOOL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY EDUCATION (COUNSELING PSYCHOLOGY) December 2006 Copyright 2006 Jane Y. Yang |
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