Running head: MEN’S PERPETRATION OF IPV IN VIETNAM 1 Men’s Perpetration of Intimate Partner Violence in Vietnam: Gendered Social Learning and the Challenges of Masculinity Kathryn M. Yount a,b , Eilidh Higgins a , Kristin E. VanderEnde c , Hoang Tu Anh d,e , Tran Hung Minh d , Sidney Ruth Schuler f a Hubert Department of Global Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, 1518 Clifton Road NE, Atlanta, GA 30322 b Department of Sociology, Emory University, 201 Dowman Drive, Atlanta, GA 30322 c Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, 1518 Clifton Rd. NE, Atlanta, GA 30322 d Center for Creative Initiatives in Health and Population (CCIHP), No. 48, Lane 251/8 To 39 Khang Nguyen, Cau Giay District, Ha Noi, Vietnam e Institute for Social Sciences Research University of Amsterdam f FHI 360, 1825 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20009 Acknowledgments: *Correspondence concerning this manuscript should be addressed to Kathryn M. Yount, Hubert Department of Global Health, Emory University, 1518 Clifton Road NE, Atlanta, GA 30322. Email: kyount@emory.edu. Tel: 404-727-8511. This work was supported by the National Institutes of Health [5R21HD067834-01/02 (PIs Yount and Schuler)] and the Hubert Department of Global Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University. We thank the Center for Creative Initiatives in Health and Population (CCIHP) and the local health authority of My Hao district for their outstanding partnerships; CCIHP collaborators Dr. Vu Song Ha and Ms. Quach Trang, and all of the study participants for their time, effort, and dedication to this project.