Intimate partner violence and its association with self-determination needs and gender-power constructs among rural South African women
Date
2019Author
Mpondo, Feziwe
Ruiter, Robert A. C.
Reddy, Priscilla S.
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This study aimed to identify psychosocial correlates of intimate partner
violence (IPV) by using constructs derived from the self-determination
theory (SDT) and gender-power scales. Cross-sectional data (N = 238)
were collected from women in the Eastern Cape, South Africa, and were
used to test a structural equation model (SEM). The majority (87%) of the
participants reported having sexual partners in the past 3 months, and in
terms of IPV victimization, 36% and 26% of women had ever experienced
verbal and physical abuse, respectively. Bivariate correlations showed that
autonomy and beliefs about gender equality (BGE) were strongly associated
with IPV.