Legitimizing Intimate Partner Violence: Moral Evaluations, Attribution of Responsibility, and (Reduced) Helping Intentions
| Autor: | Ilaria Giovannelli, Maria Giuseppina Pacilli, Federica Spaccatini, Valeria Amata Giannella, Stefano Pagliaro, Anna Costanza Baldry |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Pagliaro, S, Pacilli, M, Giannella, V, Giovannelli, I, Spaccatini, F, Baldry, A |
| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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intimate partner violence
media_common.quotation_subject bystanders’ intervention Intention Violence attribution of responsibility moral evaluations Clinical Psychology Applied Psychology Morals Newspaper Humans 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Practical implications Competence (human resources) media_common 050901 criminology 05 social sciences Morality Settore M-PSI/05 - PSICOLOGIA SOCIALE Social Perception moral evaluation Domestic violence Female 0509 other social sciences Attribution Psychology Social psychology 050104 developmental & child psychology |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Interpersonal Violence. 36:2929-2941 |
| ISSN: | 1552-6518 0886-2605 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/0886260518760611 |
| Popis: | This article examines the influence of moral evaluations and attribution of responsibility on individuals’ willingness to provide help if witnessing an intimate partner violence (IPV) episode. A total of 121 undergraduates read a fictitious article from a newspaper, allegedly describing an IPV episode. According to the experimental condition, participants read that the victim had either admitted infidelity or denied it. After reading the newspaper article, participants evaluated the victim on several dimensions (i.e., morality, competence, and sociability), rated the extent to which they deemed her responsible for the violence (i.e., the internal attribution of what happened), and expressed their willingness to provide help and support to the victim herself. In the admission condition, the victim was evaluated as less moral and more responsible for the episode of IPV. These evaluations, in turn, lowered the willingness to provide help to the victim. This study confirmed the role of moral evaluations and internal attribution on bystanders’ reaction, and we present practical implications for intervention in a field, IPV, in constant need of updated validated evidence for efficient prevention strategies. |
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