ICPS

2021 APS Virtual Convention · 2021

Country-Level Educational Attainment Indicators Predict Intimate Partner Violence Against Women

Virtual · May 2021

Posters · Social Psychology

  • Chelsea Wessel Sloan
    Fielding Graduate University
  • Caitlyn Cowen
    Fielding Graduate University
  • Diana Kundrotaite
    Fielding Graduate University
  • Kristine Jacquin
    Fielding Graduate University

Abstract

This study examines the relationship between educational attainment indicators and intimate partner violence (IPV) against women. United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime archival data from 197 countries were analyzed. Results indicate that IPV rates against women increase as educational attainment rates increase.

Criminal Justice