Responsibility Attribution for Violence against Women: A Study of Chinese Public Service Professionals

Autor/inn/en	Tang, Catherine So-kum; Pun, Shuk Han; Cheung, Fanny Mui-ching
Titel	Responsibility Attribution for Violence against Women: A Study of Chinese Public Service Professionals
Quelle	In: Psychology of Women Quarterly, 26 (2002) 3, S.175-185 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0361-6843
DOI	10.1111/1471-6402.00057
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Violence; Responsibility; Victims of Crime; Females; Attitudes; Educational Attainment; Gender Differences; Age Differences; Professional Personnel; Human Services; Psychologists; Caseworkers; Social Work; Nurses; Physicians; Police; Lawyers; Hong Kong; Attitudes Toward Women Scale + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Gewalt; Verantwortungsübernahme; Zuständigkeit; Victim; Victims; Crime; Opfer; Verbrechen; Weibliches Geschlecht; Attitude; Einstellung; Verhalten; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Geschlechterkonflikt; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Personalbestand; Humanitäre Hilfe; Psychologist; Psychologe; Psychologin; Soziale Arbeit; Physician; Doctor; Arzt; Lawyer; Rechtsanwalt; Hongkong
Abstract	This study examined how Chinese public service professionals attributed responsibility to victims and perpetrators of violence against women (VAW). A total of 2,308 Chinese public service professionals in Hong Kong completed questionnaires on attitudes toward women, VAW-related perceptions, and assignment of responsibility to actors in written VAW vignettes. Compared to agency professionals consisting of medical doctors, lawyers, and police officers, communal professionals consisting of psychologists, social workers, and nurses attributed a higher level of responsibility to VAW victims and perpetrators. For both professional groups, attitudes toward women and educational attainment were the most salient predictors of responsibility attribution to VAW victims and perpetrators. Perceived VAW effects on victims were also a robust predictor of responsibility attribution to perpetrators. With regard to group differences, gender was predictive of responsibility attribution for communal but not for agency professionals. Except for perpetrator responsibility attribution for agency professionals, age was also predictive of how professionals assigned responsibility to VAW victims and perpetrators. (Contains 2 tables and 1 note.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10