Attributions of Blame to Battered Women when they are perceived as
                    Feminists or as “Difficult to Deal With”

Vidal-Fernández, Ana; Megías, Jesús L.

doi:10.1017/sjp.2014.26

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“…Secondly, the comparison by gender in each of the IBIPV and IPDMV subscales showed a gender gap, as expected [ 19 , 23 – 27 , 29 , 31 , 43 ]. Thus, women expressed a stronger rejection towards IPVAW in all cases, which is consistent with previous research [ 16 , 43 , 47 , 50 , 60 , 61 , 63 , 64 ].…”

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Measurement of supportive attitudes towards intimate partner violence against women among a Spanish-speaker sample

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Intimate partner violence is the most common type of violence against women. Attitudes towards this violence are increasingly recognized as key to understanding this social and public health problem because a social environment that accepts or even supports it creates a climate that breeds further violence and encourages their perpetration. The evidence available shows that these attitudes are influenced by different individual, organizational and community factors, and that the supportive attitudes are generally more common among males, and among older and less educated people. This paper presents two cross-sectional studies which aim to obtain a deeper understanding of supportive attitudes towards intimate partner violence against women in a Spanish-speakers context. Results obtained show that the two questionnaires used may be useful for evaluating supporting attitudes towards this violence in Spanish-speaking samples. Thus, the Inventory of Distorted Thoughts about Women and Violence (IPDMV), one of the one of the most widely used tools to this aim among Spanish-speakers, includes information regarding the minimization of this violence and the responsibility of perpetrators, and it seems better able to capture the effect of previous training, which would be consistent with the fact that it was initially designed to detect the effects of interventions; and the Inventory of Beliefs about Intimate Partner Violence (IBIPV), a new tool recently designed to this aim, is more focused on supportive attitudes and seems more effective for capturing differences between men and women in blaming victims and exonerating perpetrators. Additionally, the results obtained allow us to complement previous studies on the effects that factors such as gender, age, or previous training have on supportive attitudes towards intimate partner violence against women.

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Measurement of supportive attitudes towards intimate partner violence against women among a Spanish-speaker sample

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“…With regard to gender differences, our findings show that female respondents tend to present lower victim-blaming attitudes towards IPVAW than males, which is in line with previous research (Bryant & Spencer, 2003;Flood & Pease, 2009;Langhinrichsen-Rohling, Shlien-Dellinger, Huss, & Kramer, 2004;Scott & Strauss, 2007;Vidal-Fernández & Megías, 2014). In addition, we also found that male IPVAW offenders tend to show higher levels of victim-blaming attitudes than men from the general sample (Gracia, Rodriguez, & Lila, 2015;.…”

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“…We also found a strong relationship between victim-blaming attitudes and both hostile and benevolent sexism. In this line, previous studies have also found that individuals showing sexist attitudes are more likely to blame victims for IPVAW (Capezza & Arriaga, 2008;De Judicibus & McCabe, 2001;Scott & Strauss 2007;Valor-Segura et al, 2011;Vidal-Fernández & Megías, 2014).…”

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Assessing Victim-Blaming Attitudes in Cases of Intimate Partner Violence against Women: Development and Validation of the VB-IPVAW Scale

Martín-Fernández

Gracia

Lila

2018

Psychosocial Intervention

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IPVAW "is a complex phenomenon that needs to be understood within the wider social context and within the social and cultural norms that permeate it. Public attitudes and responses regarding violence against women reflect these norms and play an important role in shaping the social climate in which the violence occurs" (p. 13). Researchers increasingly acknowledge the importance of paying attention to attitudes towards IPVAW, as they are linked, for example, to IPVAW incidence, victims' help-seeking behavior, or public and law enforcement responses (

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“…Despite the apparent relevance of attitudes toward gender equality in the reduction of IPVAW highlighted by international organizations, such as the World Health Organization (WHO, 2012), we have not found many studies that examine this relation. Some authors have related a liberal feminist ideology (Morgan, 1996) to the perception of IPVAW (Vidal-Fernández & Megías, 2014). And gender inequality justification (known as gender-specific system justification) has been positively associated with adherence to rape myths (Chapleau & Oswald, 2014).…”

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Gender-Related Ideological and Structural Macrosocial Factors Associated With Intimate Partner Violence Against European Women

Zapata-Calvente

Megías

Moya

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Psychology of Women Quarterly

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Intimate partner violence against women (IPVAW) is investigated mostly at the individual level, which ignores the role of macrosocial variables and possible interactions between them. We explored how two ideological gender-related macrosocial factors (traditional gender role beliefs and attitudes toward gender equality) and one structural gender-related macrosocial factor (the economic Gender Equality Index) are associated with physical, psychological, and sexual IPVAW in Europe. We examined their interactions with individual-level factors in predicting IPVAW. Secondary analysis ( N = 30,284 heterosexual women) of the 2015 European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights’ Violence Against Women survey revealed that 26.1% of women in Europe reported at least one act of physical, psychological, or sexual violence. Generalized linear mixed models analysis revealed that individual-level factors (women’s education, childhood victimization, equal say about income, partner’s alcohol consumption, and an aggressive partner) were associated with IPVAW. Adding the Eurobarometer of Gender Equality ( N = 28 countries) and the Gender Equality Index ( N = 28 countries), attitudes more favorable to gender equality were related to lower rates of psychological victimization; more traditional gender role beliefs predicted higher rates of sexual victimization. Ideological gender-related macrofactors played an important role in cross-level interactions with individual-level factors. To reduce the rates of IPVAW victimization, clinicians, educators, and policy makers need to focus on individual predictors and macrofactors to promote societal attitudes toward equality and change traditional gender role socialization. Additional online materials for this article are available on PWQ’s website at http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/suppl/10.1177/0361684319839367

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Attributions of Blame to Battered Women when they are perceived as Feminists or as “Difficult to Deal With”

Cited by 20 publications

References 44 publications

Measurement of supportive attitudes towards intimate partner violence against women among a Spanish-speaker sample

Measurement of supportive attitudes towards intimate partner violence against women among a Spanish-speaker sample

Assessing Victim-Blaming Attitudes in Cases of Intimate Partner Violence against Women: Development and Validation of the VB-IPVAW Scale

Gender-Related Ideological and Structural Macrosocial Factors Associated With Intimate Partner Violence Against European Women

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