Citation

Andrews B, Brewin CR. J. Marriage Fam. 1990; 52(3): 757-767.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1990, National Council on Family Relations, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

A sample of 70 women who had experienced marital violence were studied to assess degree of placing blame on self and on partner for violence. It was hypothesized that the focus of blame would change with marital circumstances and that different types of attributions for violence while in the violent relationship would be associated with different antecedent and outcome factors. Women currently living with violent partners reported the highest rate of self-blame, and women no longer living with such a partner reported a significant change from past self-blame to current partner-blame. Attributions while in the relationship fell into four categories; characterological self- and partner-blame, behavioral self-blame, and partners' situational response. Characterological self-blame was shown to be most highly associated with repeated physical or sexual abuse in childhood, lack of social support concerning the violence, and a high rate of depression once out of the relationship. (Abstract Adapted from Source: Journal of Marriage and the Family, 1990. Copyright © 1990 by the National Council on Family Relations)

Domestic Violence Perceptions
Domestic Violence Victim
Spouse Abuse Perceptions
Spouse Abuse Victim
Victim Perceptions
Violence Against Women
Partner Violence
Adult Female
Adult Perceptions
Adult Victim
Female Perceptions
Female Victim
Self Blaming
Offender Blaming
Offender Responsibility
10-03