RESUMO
This study employed a mixed method approach to examine the effects of participant sex, perpetrator sex, and severity of violence on perceptions of intimate partner violence (IPV) perpetrators. Quantitative participants (n = 449) completed a survey and qualitative participants (n = 31) participated in a focus group or an interview. Participants believed that it was more likely male perpetrators had prior involvement in IPV. Participants rated stories of female perpetrators as more abnormal than stories of male perpetrators. Participants in the weak severity of violence condition had lower evaluations of responsibility than the strong or fatal severity of violence conditions and only women were discerning about perpetrator sex in their ratings of responsibility. Theoretical implications extend intimate terrorism and defensive attribution theory.
Assuntos
Vítimas de Crime/psicologia , Criminosos/psicologia , Relações Interpessoais , Violência por Parceiro Íntimo/psicologia , Parceiros Sexuais/psicologia , Percepção Social , Adulto , Análise de Variância , Atitude , Feminino , Grupos Focais , Humanos , Masculino , Distribuição Aleatória , Distribuição por Sexo , Comportamento Social , Estudantes , Inquéritos e Questionários , Estados Unidos , Universidades , Adulto JovemRESUMO
The current study is concerned with the different types of gender stereotypes that participants may draw upon when exposed to news stories about intimate partner violence (IPV). We qualitatively analyzed open-ended responses examining four types of gender stereotypes-aggression, emotional, power and control, and acceptability of violence. We offer theoretical implications that extend past research on intimate terrorism and situational couple violence, the gender symmetry debate, and how stereotypes are formed. We also discuss practical implications for journalists who write stories about IPV and individuals who provide services to victims and perpetrators.