What Are the Saudi Community Attitudes Towards Domestic Violence Against Women? A Cross-Sectional Study From Riyadh.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Selim, Abeer; Omar, Abeer; Almubayi, Nada; Alayed, Aseel; AlQahtani, Jamilah; Almutairi, Anwar
- Source
- Journal of Transcultural Nursing. Jul2022, Vol. 33 Issue 4, p475-483. 9p.
- Subject
- *PILOT projects
*CONFIDENCE intervals
*ATTITUDE (Psychology)
*CROSS-sectional method
*SOCIAL norms
*RESEARCH methodology
*SELF-evaluation
*STAKEHOLDER analysis
*EFFECT sizes (Statistics)
*DOMESTIC violence
*CONSUMER attitudes
*WORLD health
*INTERVIEWING
*SOCIOECONOMIC factors
*PEARSON correlation (Statistics)
*SURVEYS
*SEX distribution
*PSYCHOLOGY of women
*DESCRIPTIVE statistics
*CHI-squared test
*SOCIAL attitudes
*CULTURAL prejudices
*SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC factors
*ODDS ratio
*STATISTICAL sampling
*DATA analysis software
*LOGISTIC regression analysis
*EDUCATIONAL attainment
- Language
- ISSN
- 1043-6596
Introduction: Culture and social norms shape attitudes towards domestic violence against women (DVAW). Attitudes accepting DVAW contribute to violence. There is scarce evidence about community attitudes towards DVAW in Saudi Arabia. The study explores the Saudi community attitudes towards DVAW. Methods: The study utilized a descriptive cross-sectional design using a self-report structured questionnaire to collect socio-demographic data and participants' attitudes towards DVAW. Results: The study sample included 831 Saudi participants, 414 females and 417 males, between 18 and 79 years old. The majority of participants (69.5%) showed rejection of DVAW. Women were five times more likely to reject DVAW than men (OR = 5.19, 95% CI [3.6–7.4]). Participants with pre-university education and lower living standards reported rejection of DVAW compared to their counterparts. Discussion: The results can help stakeholders develop strategies and awareness campaigns targeting different educational and living levels to minimize DVAW. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]