RT Article
T1 Community-based Norms about Intimate Partner Violence: Putting Attributions of Fault and Responsibility into Context
JF Sex roles
A1 Sorenson, Susan B
A2 Taylor, Catherine A
LA English
YR 2005
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1865838713
AB Fault and responsibility are key concepts in understanding how victims and assailants are, or are not, held accountable by society. We used a fractional factorial vignette design with a community-residing sample of 3,679 adults to examine judgments about intimate partner violence (IPV). Although fault, or causal responsibility, was assigned most often to assailants (69%), respondents assigned solution responsibility most often to both persons (52%) or to the victim alone (31%): interpersonal communication for couples (38%) and self-protective actions for victims (i.e., engaging formal authorities [12%] and/or leaving the assailant [11%]) were the most frequent suggestions. Potential injury to the victim and gender/relationship-based norms had the greatest impact on judgments. Findings may inform strategies to alter social norms regarding IPV
DO 10.1007/s11199-005-7143-7