Title
Bring the subjective back in : resource and husband-to-wife physical assault among Chinese couples in Hong Kong
Document Type
Journal article
Source Publication
Violence Against Women
Publication Date
12-1-2014
Volume
20
Issue
12
First Page
1428
Last Page
1446
Keywords
Chinese society, resource theory, spousal violence, subjective indicators
Abstract
Resource theory constitutes important explanations of spousal violence in culturally diverse societies. This article extends the theory by adding several subjective indicators: husband's financial strain and the couple's appraisal of each other's financial and nonfinancial contributions to family. We examined the role of these subjective dimensions of resource in spousal violence against the backdrop of other predictors, including the husband's absolute socioeconomic resources, the wife's economic dependence, and relative resource differences between the husband and wife. The findings not only partly support absolute and relative resource theories but also suggest the salient role of subjective indicators of resources on husband-to-wife physical assault.
DOI
10.1177/1077801214558950
Print ISSN
10778012
E-ISSN
15528448
Publisher Statement
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Full-text Version
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Language
English
Recommended Citation
Choi, S. Y.-P., Cheung, A. K.-L., Cheung, Y.-W., & David, Roman (2014). Bring the subjective back in: Resource and husband-to-wife physical assault among Chinese couples in Hong Kong. Violence Against Women, 20(12), 1428-1446. doi: 10.1177/1077801214558950
