성격 및 폭력태도 특성에 따른 남성의 유형화와 데이트폭력 차이 분석: 잠재 프로파일 분석을 활용하여

Using the data on Dating Violence Survey 2015 collected by the Korean Institute of Criminology and Justice, this study attempts to classify adult single males based on personality characteristics and attitudes toward violence, and examines whether the level of dating violence varies over latent groups in the observed data. As a result, four latent types were identified - stable relationship, violence-suppressed, violence-tolerant, and violence-oriented type. The stable relationship type shows positive personality characteristics and negative attitudes toward violent behavior; the violence-suppressed type shows personality characteristics that negatively affected relationships but not friendly to violence; the violence-tolerant type has similar personality characteristics to the violence-suppressed type, while it shows relatively tolerant toward violence; and lastly, the violence-oriented type shows much more permissive on violence than the violence-tolerant type. The one-way ANOVA is then used to determine whether there are any statistically significant differences in the level of dating violence among latent groups: The violence-oriented type shows the highest level in all aspects of behavioral control, emotional violence, physical violence, and sexual violence. The result that the violence-suppressed type shows a significantly lower level of dating violence than the violence-tolerant type suggests that an unpermissive attitude toward violence may moderate the expression of dating violence. The results of the study are expected to be used for implementing policies such as the development of the education or treatment program to establish a correct attitude on violence.