Scientific Information System Network of Scientific Journals from Latin America, the Caribbean, Spain and Portugal Inmaculada Valor-Segura, Francisca Expósito, Miguel Moya Victim Blaming and Exoneration of the Perpetrator in Domestic Violence: The Role of Beliefs in a Just World and Ambivalent Sexism The Spanish Journal of Psychology, vol. 14, núm. 1, 2011, pp. 195-206, Universidad Complutense de Madrid España Available in: http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=17217456017 The Spanish Journal of Psychology, ISSN (Printed Version): 1138-7416
[email protected] Universidad Complutense de Madrid España How to cite Complete issue More information about this article Journal's homepage www.redalyc.org Non-Profit Academic Project, developed under the Open Acces Initiative The Spanish Journal of Psychology Copyright 2011 by The Spanish Journal of Psychology 2011, Vol. 14 No. 1, 195-206 ISSN 1138-7416 doi:10.5209/rev_SJOP.2011.v14.n1.17 Victim Blaming and Exoneration of the Perpetrator in Domestic Violence: The Role of Beliefs in a Just World and Ambivalent Sexism Inmaculada Valor-Segura, Francisca Expósito, and Miguel Moya Universidad de Granada (Spain) The existence of domestic violence is closely linked to several ideological factors that include sexism and other beliefs about society in general, namely the belief in a just world. In this study, which involved 485 people of both sexes aged between 18 and 70 years, we analyzed the influence of these ideological variables of the perceivers and characteristics of the situation on judgments of a gender aggression – blaming the victim and exonerating the perpetrator. Results showed differences in the reactions of observers depending on the cause that triggered the aggression.