@article{ref1,
title="Adaptation of the Domestic Violence Myth Acceptance Scale to Portuguese and tests of its convergent, divergent, and predictive validities",
journal="Violence against women",
year="2017",
author="Giger, Jean-Christophe and Gonçalves, Gabriela and Almeida, Ana Susana",
volume="23",
number="14",
pages="1790-1810",
abstract="The Domestic Violence Myth Acceptance Scale was adapted to Portuguese (PDVMAS). The PDVMAS displayed reasonable fit indices (Study 1); was positively correlated with right-wing authoritarianism, social dominance orientation, belief in a just world (Study 2), and ambivalent sexism (Study 3); and negatively correlated with empathetic tendencies (Study 4). PDVMAS significantly predicted victim blame and aggressor exoneration in scenarios of coercion (Study 5) and physical assault (Study 6). Victims and non-victims of domestic violence equally endorsed domestic violence myths. Globally, the PDVMAS is a reliable instrument, and domestic violence myths are pervasive and alter the perception of intimate partner violence.<br><br>© The Author(s) 2016.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1077-8012",
doi="10.1177/1077801216666724",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1077801216666724"
}