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General versus specific victim blaming.

Lee M Johnson1, Rehan Mullick, Charles L Mulford

  • 1Department of Sociology, Iowa State University, USA. Mike.Johnson@valpo.edu

The Journal of Social Psychology
|May 10, 2002
PubMed
Summary

Victim blaming can be a general trait or specific to the victim. This study found general and specific victim blaming scales are reliable and valid, impacting social distance and discrimination.

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Area of Science:

  • Social Psychology
  • Attribution Theory

Background:

  • Victim blaming is a complex phenomenon.
  • Its generalizability across different victim types requires investigation.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To determine if victim blaming is a general personality trait or context-dependent.
  • To evaluate psychometric properties of general and specific victim blaming scales.
  • To examine the relationship between victim blaming and societal attitudes towards victims, particularly those with AIDS.

Main Methods:

  • Development and evaluation of scales for general victim blaming, societal blaming, specific victim blaming (AIDS victims), and societal blaming (AIDS victims).
  • Assessment of scale reliability and construct validity using multiple regression analyses.
  • Examination of correlations between blaming variables and measures of social distance, social responsibility, and discrimination.

Main Results:

  • General and specific victim blaming scales demonstrated favorable psychometric properties, including reliability.
  • General and specific victim blaming were positively correlated.
  • Victim blaming and societal blaming were not significantly correlated.
  • All blaming variables were significantly related to social distance, social responsibility, and discrimination towards AIDS victims.

Conclusions:

  • Both general and specific victim blaming scales offer valid and reliable measures.
  • Victim blaming tendencies are related to broader social attitudes and discriminatory behaviors, especially concerning vulnerable groups like AIDS patients.

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