Psychological adjustment and victim-blaming among intimate partner violence offenders: The role of social support and stressful life events

IF 7.6 1区社会学 Q1 LAW

European Journal of Psychology Applied To Legal Context Pub Date : 2013-07-01 DOI:10.5093/ejpalc2013a4

Marisol Lila, Enrique Gracia, Sergio Murgui

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Abstract

Intimate partner violence offenders often use victim-blaming attributions to explain their own violent behavior. These attributions represent an important challenge for intervention programs for intimatepartner violence offenders. The main objectives of this study were to analyze both the influence of social support and stressful life events on the psychological adjustment (self-esteem and depressive symptomatology) of intimate partner violence offenders and the relationship between offenders’ psychological adjustment and their victim-blaming attributions. The sample consists of 314 men convicted of intimate partner violence who were referred to a community-based intervention program. Results from a structural equation model showed that social support and stressful life events were related to psychological adjustment. Psychological adjustment also was related to victim-blaming attributions among intimate partner violence offenders. A better understanding of the relationships between psychological adjustment of intimate partner violence offenders and its determinants, as well as its impact on victimblaming attributions, may provide support to new intervention strategies. Implications of these results for improving the effectiveness of intervention programs are discussed.

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亲密伴侣暴力施暴者的心理调适与受害者责备:社会支持与生活压力事件的作用

亲密伴侣暴力犯罪者经常使用指责受害者的归因来解释自己的暴力行为。这些归因是对亲密接触者暴力罪犯干预计划的一个重要挑战。本研究的主要目的是分析社会支持和压力生活事件对亲密伴侣暴力犯罪者心理调整（自尊和抑郁症状）的影响，以及犯罪者的心理调整与其指责受害者归因之间的关系。样本包括314名因亲密伴侣暴力而被定罪的男性，他们被转介到社区干预计划。结构方程模型的结果表明，社会支持和压力生活事件与心理调整有关。亲密伴侣暴力犯罪者的心理调适也与受害者指责归因有关。更好地了解亲密伴侣暴力罪犯的心理调节与其决定因素之间的关系，以及其对受害者归因的影响，可以为新的干预策略提供支持。讨论了这些结果对提高干预计划有效性的影响。

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European Journal of Psychology Applied To Legal Context Multiple-

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14.60

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9.50%

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审稿时长

12 weeks

期刊介绍： The European Journal of Psychology Applied to Legal Context, the official journal of the Sociedad Española de Psicología Jurídica y Forense [Spanish Society of Forensic Psychology] and the Asociación Iberoamericana de Justicia Terapéutica [Latin-American Association of Therapeutic Jurisprudence], publishes empirical articles and meta-analytic reviews of topics dealing with psychology and law (e.g., legal decision making, eyewitness). The journal is aimed at researchers, academics and professionals in Psychology, Law, Social Work, Forensic Sciences, Educators and, in general, people related with Social Sciences and the Law.