1. Objectifs

Intentions :
« The concluding discussion at the symposium identified fundamental conceptual and methodological issues that need to be addressed in conducting transnational and cross-cultural research and raised directions for future research on family violence. This article summarizes those issues and directions, drawing not only from the discussions throughout the symposium but also from the research articles presented in the special issues of Violence Against Women devoted to this topic. » (p. 937)

2. Méthode

Type de traitement des données :
Recension des écrits / Compte rendu de colloque

3. Résumé

« This article summarizes issues and priorities for prevalence surveys and intervention studies raised by researchers and practitioners at an international symposium on transnational and cross-cultural research on family violence, convened near Montreal, Canada, in June 2003. The major conceptual questions were ’What is meant by transnational or cross-cultural research?’ and ’What should be included in the definition of family violence?’. The major methodological questions were What level of standardization of measurement is needed to reliably make comparisons across nations and cultures? and Should the measures be of ’acts’ of abuse and violence or the ’effects’ of those acts? » (résumé, p. 935)