Citation

Sjöberg M, Sarwar F. J. Interpers. Violence 2017; ePub(ePub): 886260517703371.

Affiliation

Lund University, Sweden.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/0886260517703371

PMID

29294715

Abstract

This study examines the influence of the victim's immigration status, perpetrator's immigration status, and participant's immigration status on victim and perpetrator blame attributions. In addition, comparisons between men and women were made. Participants read a rape vignette in the form of a newspaper article and subsequently attributed victim and perpetrator blame. A 2 (victim's immigration status) × 2 (perpetrator's immigration status) × 2 (participant's immigration status) × 2 (gender of participant) between-subjects design was used. Measures of blame attributions toward the victim and perpetrator were used as dependent variables. The main results showed that participants with an immigrant background and native males attributed significantly more victim and less perpetrator blame. An interaction involving victim and perpetrator immigration status emerged for female participants and were subsequently discussed, as well as suggestions for future research.

Language: en

Keywords

blame attributions; immigration status; perpetrator; rape; victim; victim blaming