TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2012//
TI  - Who Gets Blamed for Intimate Partner Violence? The Relative Contributions of Perpetrator Sex Category, Victim Confrontation, and Observer Attitudes
JO  - Journal of interpersonal violence
A1  - Stewart, Cindy
A1  - Moore, Todd
A1  - Crone, Travis
A1  - Defreitas, Stacie Craft
A1  - Rhatigan, Deborah
SP  - 3739
EP  - 3754
VL  - 27
IS  - 18
N2  - The present study examined the effects of perpetrator sex category, victim confrontation, observer sex category, and observer attitudes on attributions of blame and behavioral stability for partner violence. Data were collected from 728 college-aged students enrolled at 2 universities in the United States. Results demonstrated that males and females attributed less blame and behavioral stability to female perpetrators than male perpetrators, especially if the perpetrator was provoked. Moreover, attitudes toward women and violence were important for predicting attributions, and some of the evidence for observer effects was reduced to nonsignificance once these variables were added to the model.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0886-2605
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0886260512447571
ID  - ref1
ER  -