TY - JOUR
T1 - Blaming Drunk Victims
T2 - Is It Just World or Sex Role Violation?
AU - Hammock, Georgina S.
AU - Richardson, Deborah R.
PY - 1993/10
Y1 - 1993/10
N2 - Richardson and Campbell (1980, 1982), in studying attributions of blame and responsibility for violent interactions, found that intoxicated victims were blamed more and held more responsible for their victimization than their sober counterparts. Two alternative explanations were proposed to account for this finding: the just world hypothesis and the effects of sex role violation. The present study was designed to test these explanations. One hundred twenty‐nine males and 93 females read scenarios that varied the sex of the victim and the level of intoxication of the victim and the aggressor. Participants rated the responsibility of the aggressor, victim, and situation for the action and evaluated the aggressor and victim. Although strong support for neither of the hypotheses was demonstrated, more support was found for the effect of sex role violation than for the just world hypothesis.
AB - Richardson and Campbell (1980, 1982), in studying attributions of blame and responsibility for violent interactions, found that intoxicated victims were blamed more and held more responsible for their victimization than their sober counterparts. Two alternative explanations were proposed to account for this finding: the just world hypothesis and the effects of sex role violation. The present study was designed to test these explanations. One hundred twenty‐nine males and 93 females read scenarios that varied the sex of the victim and the level of intoxication of the victim and the aggressor. Participants rated the responsibility of the aggressor, victim, and situation for the action and evaluated the aggressor and victim. Although strong support for neither of the hypotheses was demonstrated, more support was found for the effect of sex role violation than for the just world hypothesis.
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1559-1816.1993.tb01048.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1559-1816.1993.tb01048.x
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84991127037
SN - 0021-9029
VL - 23
SP - 1574
EP - 1586
JO - Journal of Applied Social Psychology
JF - Journal of Applied Social Psychology
IS - 19
ER -