TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2014//
TI  - Attributions of blame to battered women when they are perceived as feminists or as "difficult to deal with"
JO  - Spanish journal of psychology
A1  - Vidal-Fernández, Ana
A1  - Megías, Jesús L.
SP  - E21
EP  - E21
VL  - 17
IS  - 
N2  - 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 "difficult to deal with" 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 1138-7416
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/sjp.2014.26
ID  - ref1
ER  -