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Citation

Droogendyk L, Wright SC. PLoS One 2014; 9(11): e112365.

Affiliation

Department of Psychology, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2014, Public Library of Science)

DOI

10.1371/journal.pone.0112365

PMID

25419567

Abstract

The social identity approach makes a distinction between behavior motivated by intergroup versus interpersonal identities, which may be relevant to victim blaming in the case of rape. Using a mock jury paradigm, we examined the impact of defining rape as an act of interpersonal violence (personal assault) versus intergroup violence (a "hate crime"), crossed with a manipulation describing the attacker as either an acquaintance or stranger. Defining rape in intergroup terms led to less victim blame than when it was defined in interpersonal terms, and participants blamed the victim more when she was assaulted by an acquaintance than a stranger.


Language: en

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