@article{ref1,
title="Attributions of blame to battered women when they are perceived as feminists or as "difficult to deal with"",
journal="Spanish journal of psychology",
year="2014",
author="Vidal-Fernández, Ana and Megías, Jesús L.",
volume="17",
number="",
pages="E21-E21",
abstract="This study aimed to analyze the influence of victim-related and observer-related factors in victim blaming of battered women. Two hundred and forty six college students participated. They were asked to read a scenario describing a hypothetical case of physical violence perpetrated by a man against his partner. Depending on the experimental condition, the victim was described either as a feminist and/or as exhibiting difficulties in her relationship with others or not. A hierarchical regression analysis was performed with victim blaming as dependent variable. Participants' hostile sexism positively predicted victim blaming when the victim was described as a feminist and as a &quot;difficult to deal with&quot; woman (p <.001). In addition, men, but not women, high in hostile sexist attitudes placed more blame on the victim when she was presented as a feminist woman (p <.001). These results underscore the importance of victim-related and observer-related factors, and of their interaction, in blaming the victim of gender-based violence.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1138-7416",
doi="10.1017/sjp.2014.26",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/sjp.2014.26"
}