Definitions of and Beliefs About Wife Abuse Among Undergraduate Students of Social Work

@article{HajYahia2007DefinitionsOA,
  title={Definitions of and Beliefs About Wife Abuse Among Undergraduate Students of Social Work},
  author={Muhammad M. Haj-Yahia and Miriam Schiff},
  journal={International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology},
  year={2007},
  volume={51},
  pages={170 - 190}
}
  • M. Haj-Yahia, M. Schiff
  • Published 1 April 2007
  • Psychology
  • International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology
The article focuses on definitions of and beliefs about wife abuse among undergraduate social work students in Israel. Data were collected through self-administered questionnaires. The vast majority of students in Study 1 acknowledged acts thought to constitute wife assault and disapproved of a husband's use of force against his wife. The majority of students in Study 2 did not justify wife abuse nor tend to believe that battered women benefit from beating, although they tended to blame the… 
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