Departamento de Psicología, Universidad Loyola Andalucía, 41704 Sevilla, Spain.
Department of Psychology and Anthropology, Education Faculty, University of Extremadura, 06006 Badajoz, Spain.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 Jul 1;17(13):4747. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17134747.
Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) is a public health problem with harsh consequences for women's well-being. Social attitudes towards victims of IPV have a big impact on the perpetuation of this phenomenon. Moreover, specific problems such as the abuse of alcohol and drugs by IPV victims could have an effect on blame attributions towards them. The aim of this study was to evaluate whether the external perception (Study 1) and self-perception (Study 2) of blame were influenced by the victims' use and abuse of alcohol or by the victims' use of psychotropic prescription drugs. Results of the first study (N = 136 participants) showed a significantly higher blame attribution towards female victims with alcohol abuse compared to those without it. No significant differences were found on blame attributed to those with psychotropic prescription drugs abuse and the control group. Results of the second study (N = 195 female victims of interpersonal violence) showed that alcohol consumption is associated with higher self-blame and self-blame cognitions among IPV victims. However, results did not show significant differences on self-blame associated to the victims' use of psychotropic prescription drugs. Our findings indicate that alcohol consumption, but not prescription drugs use, plays a relevant role in the attribution of blame by general population and self-blame by victims of IPV.
亲密伴侣暴力 (IPV) 是一个公共卫生问题，对女性的健康福祉有着严重的影响。社会对 IPV 受害者的态度对这一现象的持续存在有很大的影响。此外，IPV 受害者滥用酒精和毒品等特定问题可能会影响对他们的指责归因。本研究旨在评估受害者使用和滥用酒精或使用精神类处方药物是否会影响外部感知（研究 1）和自我感知（研究 2）中的指责。第一项研究（N = 136 名参与者）的结果表明，与没有滥用酒精的女性受害者相比，滥用酒精的女性受害者受到的指责明显更高。对滥用精神类处方药物的受害者与对照组之间没有发现明显的差异。第二项研究（N = 195 名人际暴力的女性受害者）的结果表明，酒精消费与 IPV 受害者的自我指责和自我指责认知有关。然而，结果并没有显示出与受害者使用精神类处方药物相关的自我指责的显著差异。我们的研究结果表明，酒精消费，而不是处方药物的使用，在一般人群对指责的归因和 IPV 受害者的自我指责中起着重要作用。
