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Ambivalent sexism, empathy and law enforcement attitudes towards partner violence against women among male police officers

2013

Police attitudes towards partner violence against women (PVAW) can play an important role in their evaluation and responses to this type of violence. The present study aims to examine ambivalent sexism and empathy as determinants of male police officers' law enforcement attitudes towards PVAW. The study sample was composed by 404 male police officers. Results suggested that male police officers scoring low in benevolent sexism expressed a general preference for unconditional law enforcement (i.e. regardless of the victim's willingness to press charges against the offender), whereas those scoring high in benevolent sexism expressed a preference for conditional law enforcement (i.e. depending…

media_common.quotation_subjectLaw enforcementPoison controlHuman factors and ergonomicsEmpathySuicide preventionPreferencePathology and Forensic MedicineAmbivalent sexismInjury preventionPsychologyLawSocial psychologyGeneral Psychologymedia_commonPsychology, Crime & Law
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Measuring Acceptability of Intimate Partner Violence Against Women: Development and Validation of the A-IPVAW Scale

2018

Abstract: Intimate partner violence against women (IPVAW) is a major social and public health problem of global proportions. Public attitudes toward IPVAW shape the social environment in which such violence takes place, and attitudes of acceptability of IPVAW are considered a risk factor to actual IPVAW. The aim of this study was to develop and validate a scale measuring acceptability of IPVAW (A-IPVAW). To this end, a sample of 1,800 respondents was recruited via social media. A second sample of 50 IPVAW offenders was used for concurrent validity analyses. Following a cross-validation approach and using item response theory analyses, we found that the latent structure of the scale was one-…

medicine.medical_specialtyItem Response TheoryPopulationConcurrent validity050109 social psychologyAcceptabilityItem response theorymedicine0501 psychology and cognitive scienceseducationApplied PsychologyMeasurementeducation.field_of_studyPublic health05 social sciencesSocial environmentViolence against womenIntimate partner violenceAmbivalent sexismAttitudesScale (social sciences)Domestic violencePsychologyLaw050104 developmental & child psychologyClinical psychologyThe European Journal of Psychology Applied to Legal Context
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Assessing Victim-Blaming Attitudes in Cases of Intimate Partner Violence against Women: Development and Validation of the VB-IPVAW Scale

2018

ABSTRACT Intimate partner violence against women (IPVAW) is the most common form of violence suffered by women and constitutes a serious public health problem of global proportions. Public attitudes towards IPVAW are key to understanding the social context in which this type of violence occurs. Victim-blaming attitudes are among those that reflect public tolerance and acceptability of IPVAW and are often used to explain or justify IPVAW. In this study we develop and validate a new instrument to assess victim-blaming attitudes in cases of IPVAW. A sample of 1,800 participants was recruited through social media and a second sample of 50 IPVAW offenders was used for validation purposes. Throug…

medicine.medical_specialtySocial PsychologyPopulationlcsh:BF1-990Victim blaming050109 social psychologyItem response theoryItem response theoryDevelopmental and Educational Psychologymedicine0501 psychology and cognitive sciencesLatent structureeducationApplied Psychologyeducation.field_of_studyMeasurementPublic health05 social sciencesViolence against womenIntimate partner violenceAmbivalent sexismlcsh:PsychologyScale (social sciences)AttitudesDomestic violenceVictim blamingPsychology050104 developmental & child psychologyClinical psychologyPsychosocial Intervention
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