. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 May 1.

Published in final edited form as: Violence Against Women. 2010 Mar 3;16(4):370–386. doi: 10.1177/1077801210363608

Table 2.

Means and Standard Deviations for Perceived Norms and Normative Misperceptions

Norm	Perceived Norm (%)		Actual Norm (% from NVAWS)	Normative Misperception
Norm	M	SD	Actual Norm (% from NVAWS)	Normative Misperception
Thrown something at partner to hurt (11.85)	27.55	22.98	11.85	15.70
Punched, grabbed, or shoved partner (22.67)	35.26	25.45	22.67	12.64
Slapped or hit partner (20.67)	26.56	21.78	20.67	5.89
Choked partner (6.50)	16.06	17.24	6.50	9.56
Beat up partner (8.98)	16.28	17.28	8.98	7.30
Threatened partner with a gun (3.83)	8.69	13.09	3.83	4.86
Made partner have sex when they did not want to (7.93)	23.57	25.34	7.93	15.70

Note: NVAWS = National Violence Against Women Survey. For the transformed normative misperception variable “threatened partner with a gun” used in the correlation analysis M = 1.69, SD = 1.03.