Document Type
Article
Publication Date
11-24-2014
Keywords
interpersonal violence, intergroup violence, sexual assault
Abstract
The social identity approach makes a distinction between behavior motivated by intergroup versus interpersonal identities, which may be relevant to victim blaming in the case of rape. Using a mock jury paradigm, we examined the impact of defining rape as an act of interpersonal violence (personal assault) versus intergroup violence (a ‘‘hate crime’’), crossed with a manipulation describing the attacker as either an acquaintance or stranger. Defining rape in intergroup terms led to less victim blame than when it was defined in interpersonal terms, and participants blamed the victim more when she was assaulted by an acquaintance than a stranger.
Faculty
Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences
School
School of Social and Life Sciences
Journal
PLoS ONE
Version
Publisher's version
Peer Reviewed/Refereed Publication
yes
Terms of Use
Terms of Use for Works posted in SOURCE.
Copyright
Copyright: © 2014 Droogendyk, Wright. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.
Original Publication Citation
Droogendyk, L., & Wright, S.C. (2014). Perceptions of interpersonal versus intergroup aggression: The case of sexual assault. PLoS ONE, 9(11):e112365. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0112365
SOURCE Citation
Droogendyk, Lisa and Wright, Stephen C., "Perceptions of Interpersonal Versus Intergroup Violence: The Case of Sexual Assault" (2014). Faculty Publications and Scholarship. 2.
https://source.sheridancollege.ca/fhass_soci_publ/2
Comments
02 November 2016: At the time of publication, Sheridan College author Lisa Droogendyk was associated with Simon Fraser University.