Abstract
Country and gender differences were examined in the acceptance of three
very different forms of violence. Attitudes about war, penal code violence,
and corporal punishment of children were investigated, using items taken
from the Revised Attitudes toward Violence scale (RATVS). The survey
was administered to 1336 college-aged participants (age<30) from Japan,
China, South Korea, and the United States. Significant country-level
differences in acceptance of violence were observed for all three forms of
violence. For violence in war, China and the United States were the most
accepting. For penal code violence, Japan and South Korea were the most
accepting. For corporal punishment of children, Japan (for women) and
Japan and South Korea (for men) were the most accepting. Significant
gender differences were also observed such that men were more accepting
than women of all three forms of violence. Significant gender by country
interactions were not observed. Differences observed between countries
and genders as well as implications and limitations of the research are
discussed in terms of nation-level indicators and previous psychological
research.
Jessica Cheng, Irene H. Friez, Manyu Li. (2014) Institutional and Individual forms of Instrumental Violence: Variations across Culture and Gender, Journal of Arts and Social sciences, Volume 1, Issue 2.
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