Influence of Ethnicity and Male Peer Support on Men’s Use of Violent Acts Against Women

  • Garcia, Elizabeth
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Publication date
October 2007
Publisher
e-Publications@Marquette

Abstract

This exploratory study examined the role that ethnicity and male peer support for the use of violent acts have on African American college men’s use of violent acts against women. One hundred and fifty African American college men from two Midwestern universities participated in the study. Results indicated that more than half of the participants reported using at least one persuasive, coercive, or violent act against a woman in order to obtain sexual activity in the past 12 months with more participants identifying with the use of verbal and psychological acts than the use of physical acts of violence. The majority of participants reported a strong understanding of and a sense of belonging to their ethnic identity. Results of the simultane...

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