Parent as both perpetrator and victim: blame and punishment in a case of child neglect

Attributions of responsibility typically increase as outcome severity increases. In defensiveattributions, similar others are assigned less responsibility in more severe instances. Thecurrent study utilized a child neglect paradigm to explore defensive attributions when theactor may be perceived as...

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Authors: Hanson, Bridget L. (Author) ; Terrance, Cheryl A. (Author) ; Plumm, Karyn M. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2015
In: Applied psychology in criminal justice
Year: 2015, Volume: 11, Issue: 3, Pages: 162-184
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Keywords:
Blame
defensive attributions
Empathy
parenting role
Responsibility
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Summary:Attributions of responsibility typically increase as outcome severity increases. In defensiveattributions, similar others are assigned less responsibility in more severe instances. Thecurrent study utilized a child neglect paradigm to explore defensive attributions when theactor may be perceived as both perpetrator and victim. Participants read a newspaper articlein which a parent left a child unattended in a hot car, with details based on participants'random assignment to one of four experimental conditions (outcome severity: mild vssevere; actor gender: male vs female). Results failed to support the defensive attributionhypothesis for attributions of controllability, responsibility, and blame. However, groupdifferences based on actor-observer similarity of gender and parenting status were foundfor empathy, and empathy predicted social punishment.
Item Description:Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 178-180
ISSN:1550-4409