Disclosure Recipients' Social Reactions to Victims' Disclosures of Intimate Partner Violence
Disclosure Recipients' Social Reactions to Victims' Disclosures of Intimate Partner Violence
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DOI：
10.1177/0886260516681155
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发表时间：
2020-01-01
影响因子：
2.5
通讯作者：
Dardis, Christina M.
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作者：
Edwards, Katie M.;Dardis, Christina M.
先前的研究表明，亲密伴侣暴力（IPV）的受害者最有可能向非正式支持（例如，朋友，家人），IPV披露往往会遇到双方的积极（例如，移情支持）和消极（例如，受害者责备）反应。然而，关于披露的社会反应的研究在很大程度上忽视了披露接受者的观点。在归因框架的指导下，本研究通过评估因素（即，具体情况，个人，关系，归因，情绪反应）相关的积极和消极的反应，从披露接收者的角度（N = 743大学生）。线性回归分析表明，积极的社会反应与受害者是女性，受害者的IPV受害频率较高，披露接受者的IPV受害频率较高，对IPV的接受态度较低，与受害者的关系较密切，与肇事者的关系较不密切，对受害者责任的认识较低，对受害者的同情心较高，以及在披露期间披露接受者经历的更多的情绪困扰。负面的社会反应与更多的接受态度IPV，IPV受害披露收件人的频率更高，与受害者的关系不太密切，更高的受害者责任的看法，和更多的情绪困扰的披露收件人经历。结果表明，改善受害者披露的反应的方案应侧重于减少IPV支持的态度，增加同理心，并协助披露收件人有效地管理困难的情绪反应。
Prior research indicates that victims of intimate partner violence (IPV) are most likely to disclose their victimization experiences to an informal support (e.g., friend, family), and that IPV disclosures are often met with both positive (e.g., empathic support) and negative (e.g., victim blame) reactions. However, research on social reactions to disclosure largely has neglected the perspectives of disclosure recipients. Guided by the attribution framework, the current study extends prior research by assessing factors (i.e., situation-specific, individual, relational, attributional, and emotional response) related to positive and negative reactions from the perspective of disclosure recipients (N = 743 college students). Linear regression analyses indicated that positive social reactions were related to the victim being a woman, greater frequency of IPV victimization by the victim, greater frequency of IPV victimization by the disclosure recipient, less accepting attitudes toward IPV, a closer relationship with the victim, a less close relationship with the perpetrator, lower perceptions of victim responsibility, more empathy for the victim, and more emotional distress experienced by the disclosure recipient during the disclosure. Negative social reactions were associated with more accepting attitudes toward IPV, greater frequency of IPV victimization by the disclosure recipient, a less close relationship with the victim, higher perceptions of victim responsibility, and more emotional distress experienced by the disclosure recipient. Results suggest that programs to improve responses to victim disclosure should focus on decreasing IPV-supportive attitudes, increasing empathy, and assisting disclosure recipients in managing difficult emotional responses effectively.