Prof. CHEUNG Yuet-WahChoi, Susanne Yuk-PingSusanne Yuk-PingChoiCheung, Adam Ka-LokAdam Ka-LokCheung2018-01-062018-01-062014Violence Against Women, Dec 2014, vol. 20(12), pp. 1428-1446.1077-8012http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11861/4909Resource 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.enPeer Reviewed Journal Article10.1177/1077801214558950