@article{ref1,
title="The emotional male victim: effects of presentation mode on judged credibility",
journal="Scandinavian journal of psychology",
year="2014",
author="Landström, Sara and Ask, Karl and Sommar, Charlotte",
volume="56",
number="1",
pages="99-104",
abstract="The emotional victim effect (EVE, i.e., that the emotionality of a victim's demeanor affects perceived credibility) is a robust research finding for female victims of rape but much less explored for other types of victims and crimes. In this article, we investigate the EVE with a male assault complainant. In addition, we vary the presentation mode via which the complainant is shown to the assessors. A sample of law students (N = 81) participated in an experiment where they viewed and assessed credibility of a male complainant who appeared either live or on video. The complainant behaved either in an emotional or a neutral manner. Result showed that the presentation mode but not the EVE affected the assessors' credibility assessments: The complainant was perceived as more truthful when communicating live, as opposed to via video. Practical implications, as well as the generality of the EVE, are discussed.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0036-5564",
doi="10.1111/sjop.12176",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/sjop.12176"
}