Citation

Donde SD. Violence Against Women 2017; 23(14): 1671-1688.

Affiliation

The University of Texas at Austin, TX, USA sapanadonde@gmail.com.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/1077801216665481

PMID

27580982

Abstract

The present study investigated in a sample of college women (N = 154) (a) assignment of self-blame, perpetrator blame, personal responsibility, and perpetrator responsibility for sexual assault; (b) differences in how women assigned blame versus responsibility toward themselves and the perpetrator; (c) significant correlations between blame and responsibility of self and the perpetrator and positive and negative post-assault outcomes; and (d) the underlying factors that explained different forms of blame and responsibility. The present study suggests a need for future sexual assault research to delineate and further examine the constructs of blame and responsibility. Implications for practice are also discussed.

© The Author(s) 2016.

Language: en