Savage Matthew W, Scarduzio Jennifer A, Harris Kate Lockwood, Carlyle Kellie E
Violence Vict. 2017 Oct 1;32(5):897-918. doi: 10.1891/0886-6708.VV-D-16-00100. Epub 2017 Aug 15.
This study employed a mixed method approach to examine the effects of participant sex, perpetrator sex, and severity of violence on perceptions of intimate partner violence (IPV) perpetrators. Quantitative participants (n = 449) completed a survey and qualitative participants (n = 31) participated in a focus group or an interview. Participants believed that it was more likely male perpetrators had prior involvement in IPV. Participants rated stories of female perpetrators as more abnormal than stories of male perpetrators. Participants in the weak severity of violence condition had lower evaluations of responsibility than the strong or fatal severity of violence conditions and only women were discerning about perpetrator sex in their ratings of responsibility. Theoretical implications extend intimate terrorism and defensive attribution theory.
本研究采用混合方法来考察参与者性别、施暴者性别以及暴力严重程度对亲密伴侣暴力（IPV）施暴者认知的影响。定量研究的参与者（n = 449）完成了一项调查，定性研究的参与者（n = 31）参加了焦点小组或访谈。参与者认为男性施暴者更有可能曾有过亲密伴侣暴力行为。与男性施暴者的故事相比，参与者认为女性施暴者的故事更不正常。暴力程度较轻条件下的参与者对责任的评价低于暴力程度较强或致命条件下的参与者，并且只有女性在责任评级中对施暴者性别有辨别力。理论意义扩展了亲密恐怖主义和防御性归因理论。
