Citation

Sorenson SB, Taylor CA. Psychol. Women Q. 2005; 29(1): 78-96.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2005, Society for the Psychology of Women, Division 35, American Psychological Association, Publisher SAGE Publications)

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Abstract

We investigated the effect of assailant gender on injunctive social norms (i.e., beliefs about what ought to happen) regarding violence toward an intimate heterosexual partner. In a random-digit-dialed survey conducted in four languages, 3,769 community-residing adults were presented with five vignettes in which we experimentally manipulated characteristics of the assailant, victim, and incident. We examined the vignette variables and measured respondent characteristics using multivariate logistic regressions. Judgments about women's violence against male intimates (vs. men's violence against female intimates) were less harsh and took contextual factors more fully into account. The type of violence and the presence of a weapon played a central role in respondent judgments. Respondent demographic characteristics were largely unrelated to their judgments. (Abstract Adapted from Source: Psychology of Women Quarterly, 2003. Copyright © 2003 by Blackwell Publishers)

Adult Female
Adult Perceptions
Adult Offender
Adult Violence
Adult Victim
Adult Male
Female Offender
Female Violence
Female Victim
Male Offender
Male Violence
Male Victim
Domestic Violence Effects
Domestic Violence Victim
Domestic Violence Perceptions
Domestic Violence Offender
Spouse Abuse Offender
Spouse Abuse Perceptions
Spouse Abuse Effects
Partner Violence
Violence Against Women
Perceptions About Offender
Perceptions About Victim