Influence of roup Membership Moral alues and Belief in a ust orld in Blamin the ictim

Abstract

This study investigated the relationship between the victim's group membership and secondary victimization she suff ers, moderated by Moral Values and Belief in a Just World (BJW). The victim of the ingroup was blamed more for the sexual violence she suff ered (Study 1, N = 250). In turn, that relationship was moderated by binding values (Study 2, N = 117) and by BJW (Study 3, N = 258). Together, the results suggest that the victim blaming is greater when she belongs to the ingroup; and that this relationship is predicted by high adherence to binding values and low adherence to BJW. This research contributes to the extent that it demonstrates that the relationship between adherence to binding values and victim derogation does not occur exclusively at the cognitive level, as information processing in which high adherence to these values would produce greater secondary victimization regardless of group membership of the victim. Additionally, it highlights the importance of considering the psychosocial processes underlying violence against women in order to promote more eff ective discussions and actions.

Blaming the Black Victim: the Victim’s Skin Color and Belief in a Just World

“…These results indicated that, in all the experimental conditions, men with high adherence to BJW blamed more than women did, and in the condition of black women, the level of blame was even higher. This result can be explained by the fact that women are judging victims from their own group (ingroup), as shown by several studies that analyze BJW in the context of intergroup relations (Albuquerque et al, 2019;Correia et al, 2015), showing that participants are more concerned with justice when confronted with victims from the ingroup than with victims from the outgroup.…”

“…Research has shown that BJW is associated with legitimizing inequality between social groups and intensifies discriminatory behavior against blacks (da Costa Silva et al, 2018;Halabi et al, 2015). Similarly, various studies have shown that BJW is a strong predictor of blaming the victim of sexual violence (Albuquerque et al, 2019;Landström et al, 2016) and that men with high BJW tend to blame the victims more than women do (Strömwall et al, 2013). Despite these findings, we point out that no studies were found in the literature that analyzed the effect of the interaction between the victim's skin color, participant's gender, and their BJW, on blaming the victim of sexual violence.…”

Psicologia Social: Temas e Teorias

“…O estudo de Albuquerque, Torres, Estramiana e Luque (2019) evidencia, então, que a alta adesão aos valores vinculativos produz uma maior vitimização secundária, independente de pertença grupal da vítima (variável psicossocial). Ademais, verificaram que a alta adesão aos valores vinculativos leva a uma maior culpa da vítima do grupo interno em comparação com a vítima do grupo externo (Albuquerque, Torres, Estramiana, & Luque, 2019). Assim, independente das características da vítima ou dela fazer parte ou não do grupo de quem a avalia (interno ou externo), ela é mais culpabilizada quando o avaliador adere a esses valores.…”