Journal
VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
Volume 23, Issue 14, Pages 1790-1810Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.1177/1077801216666724
Keywords
Domestic Violence Myth Acceptance Scale; intimate partner violence; victim blame; aggressor exoneration; ambivalent sexism; social dominance orientation
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- National Funds by FCT-Foundation for Science and Technology [UID/SOC/04020/2013]
- Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia [UID/SOC/04020/2013] Funding Source: FCT
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The Domestic Violence Myth Acceptance Scale was adapted to Portuguese (PDVMAS). The PDVMAS displayed reasonable fit indices (Study 1); was positively correlated with right-wing authoritarianism, social dominance orientation, belief in a just world (Study 2), and ambivalent sexism (Study 3); and negatively correlated with empathetic tendencies (Study 4). PDVMAS significantly predicted victim blame and aggressor exoneration in scenarios of coercion (Study 5) and physical assault (Study 6). Victims and non-victims of domestic violence equally endorsed domestic violence myths. Globally, the PDVMAS is a reliable instrument, and domestic violence myths are pervasive and alter the perception of intimate partner violence.
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