Abstract:Honor killing, which most frequently involves male family members killing a female relative, has a long history all over the world. Across two studies, we investigated the role of gender, culture, and moral beliefs in the perception of honor killing. In the first study, we compared the perception of honor killing in Iran (N = 146) and England (N = 144) conducting a mixed ANOVA. According to our findings in Study 1, Iranian participants, regardless of gender, attribute more responsibility to the victim, less re… Show more
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