Background

Although the victimization experiences of male college students in dating relationships are gaining increasing scholarly attention, there is still limited empirical evidence and theoretical understanding of the mechanism through which male victims of domestic violence experience subsequent dating violence.

Objective

This study aims to gain a deeper understanding of the specific mechanisms through which male victimization of domestic violence during childhood transmits to dating violence experience in adulthood. Whether the intergenerational transmission of violence may be explained by gendered pathways or by male participants' identification with the victim's position will be tested.

Participants and setting

Participants included 526 South Korean male college students in Seoul.

Methods

Child abuse, witnessing interparental violence, and beliefs justifying and accepting violence were divided based on the gender of the offender and victim to assess distinct effects. Structural equation modeling (SEM) was used to evaluate the relationships between dating violence victimization and child abuse/witnessing interparental violence and the mediation effect of beliefs justifying violence in the relationships between the variables.

Results

Both paternal and maternal abuse have significant direct relationships with male dating violence victimization. Witnessing mother-to-father violence had a significant and direct relationship with male victimization while witnessing father-to-mother violence did not. The mediation effect of justification of female-to-male violence was confirmed between witnessing mother-initiated violence and male victimization, whereas justification of male-to-female violence did not show a mediating effect between witnessing father-initiated violence and male victimization.

Conclusion

Both role and gender associations were confirmed. The results imply that there are different ways through which children learn about violence. More specific targets should be addressed in education programs to break the vicious cycle of violence.

中文翻译：

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童年时期家庭暴力与约会暴力之间的性别和角色关联：通过暴力辩护信念介导的男大学生受害

背景

尽管男性大学生在约会关系中的受害经历越来越受到学术界的关注，但对于男性家庭暴力受害者经历后续约会暴力的机制的实证证据和理论理解仍然有限。

客观的

本研究旨在更深入地了解男性在童年时期遭受家庭暴力的具体机制是如何传递到成年后的约会暴力经历的。将检验暴力的代际传递是否可以用性别途径或男性参与者对受害者地位的认同来解释。

参与者和设置

参与者包括首尔的 526 名韩国男大学生。

方法

虐待儿童、目睹父母间暴力以及为暴力辩护和接受暴力的信念根据犯罪者和受害者的性别进行划分，以评估不同的影响。结构方程模型 (SEM) 用于评估约会暴力受害与虐待儿童/目睹父母间暴力之间的关系，以及为暴力辩护的信念在变量之间的关系中的中介作用。

结果

父亲虐待和母亲虐待都与男性约会暴力受害有显着的直接关系。目睹母亲对父亲的暴力与男性受害有显着而直接的关系，而目睹父亲对母亲的暴力则没有。证实了女性对男性暴力正当化在目睹母亲发起的暴力和男性受害之间的中介作用，而男性对女性暴力的正当化在目睹父亲发起的暴力和男性受害之间没有显示出中介作用。

结论

角色和性别关联均得到确认。结果表明，儿童通过不同的方式了解暴力。应该在教育计划中提出更具体的目标，以打破暴力的恶性循环。