Talking about "Victims", “survivors”, and “battered women”: How labels affect the perception of women who experienced intimate partner violence

Two studies addressed effects of the labels ‘victim’, ‘battered woman’ and ‘survivor’ on the perception of women who have experienced intimate partner violence (IPV). Spanish undergraduates provided free associations (Study 1; N = 54) and completed semantic differentials (Study 2; N = 142) regarding...

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Autores: Romero Sánchez, Mónica, Skowronski, Marika, Bohner, Gerd, L. Megías, Jesús
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Granada (UGR)
Repositorio:Digibug. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Granada
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:digibug.ugr.es:10481/68046
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10481/68046
https://dx.doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1080/02134748.2020.1840232
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Intimate partner violence
Violencia de pareja
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spelling Talking about "Victims", “survivors”, and “battered women”: How labels affect the perception of women who experienced intimate partner violenceVíctimas’, ‘supervivientes’ y ‘mujeres maltratadas’: cómo influyen las etiquetas en la percepción de las mujeres que han sufrido violencia por parte de sus parejas)Romero Sánchez, MónicaSkowronski, MarikaBohner, GerdL. Megías, JesúsIntimate partner violenceViolencia de parejaTwo studies addressed effects of the labels ‘victim’, ‘battered woman’ and ‘survivor’ on the perception of women who have experienced intimate partner violence (IPV). Spanish undergraduates provided free associations (Study 1; N = 54) and completed semantic differentials (Study 2; N = 142) regarding the labels. Results showed that the term ‘survivor’ evoked more positive associations and ratings than both ‘victim’ and ‘battered woman’, which did not differ from each other. At the same time, however, when asked directly, participants rated ‘survivor’ as the least appropriate term. These seemingly opposing findings replicate research on the terms’ use in sexual aggression. Results were independent of individuals’ acceptance of myths about IPV or knowing a woman who has experienced IPV. Implications for the use of specific language when communicating about IPV are discussed.En dos estudios distintos se abordan los efectos de las etiquetas “víctima”, “mujer maltratada” y “superviviente” en la percepción de las mujeres que han sufrido violencia de pareja (IPV, intimate partner violence). Una muestra de estudiantes universitarios españoles completaron tareas de asociación libre (Estudio 1, N = 54) y diferencial semántico (Estudio 2, N = 142) sobre estas etiquetas. Los resultados revelan que el término “superviviente” evoca asociaciones y valoraciones más positivas que “víctima” y “mujer maltratada”, que no mostraron diferencias entre ellos. No obstante, cuando se les preguntó directamente, los participantes valoraron el término “superviviente” como el menos apropiado. Estos hallazgos aparentemente contradictorios corroboran los de investigaciones previas sobre los términos utilizados en agresiones sexuales. Los resultados fueron independientes del nivel de aceptación de los participantes de los mitos sobre la violencia de pareja o de haber conocido personalmente a alguna mujer que la hubiese sufrido. Por último se discuten las implicaciones del uso del lenguaje cuando se comunican informaciones sobre violencia de pareja.Spanish Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad under Grant PSI2016-79812-P (State Research Agency/10.13039/501100011033)Junta de Andalucía and University of Granada through the FEDER 2018/Consejería de Economía y Conocimiento, Program B-SEJ- 135-UGR18.International Journal of Social Psychology20202020-01-01journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501SMURhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_71e4c1898caa6e32info:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttp://hdl.handle.net/10481/68046https://dx.doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1080/02134748.2020.1840232reponame:Digibug. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Granadainstname:Universidad de Granada (UGR)Inglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Atribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas 3.0 Españahttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:digibug.ugr.es:10481/680462025-07-12T12:40:41Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Talking about "Victims", “survivors”, and “battered women”: How labels affect the perception of women who experienced intimate partner violence
Víctimas’, ‘supervivientes’ y ‘mujeres maltratadas’: cómo influyen las etiquetas en la percepción de las mujeres que han sufrido violencia por parte de sus parejas)
title Talking about "Victims", “survivors”, and “battered women”: How labels affect the perception of women who experienced intimate partner violence
spellingShingle Talking about "Victims", “survivors”, and “battered women”: How labels affect the perception of women who experienced intimate partner violence
Romero Sánchez, Mónica
Intimate partner violence
Violencia de pareja
title_short Talking about "Victims", “survivors”, and “battered women”: How labels affect the perception of women who experienced intimate partner violence
title_full Talking about "Victims", “survivors”, and “battered women”: How labels affect the perception of women who experienced intimate partner violence
title_fullStr Talking about "Victims", “survivors”, and “battered women”: How labels affect the perception of women who experienced intimate partner violence
title_full_unstemmed Talking about "Victims", “survivors”, and “battered women”: How labels affect the perception of women who experienced intimate partner violence
title_sort Talking about "Victims", “survivors”, and “battered women”: How labels affect the perception of women who experienced intimate partner violence
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Romero Sánchez, Mónica
Skowronski, Marika
Bohner, Gerd
L. Megías, Jesús
author Romero Sánchez, Mónica
author_facet Romero Sánchez, Mónica
Skowronski, Marika
Bohner, Gerd
L. Megías, Jesús
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Bohner, Gerd
L. Megías, Jesús
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author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Intimate partner violence
Violencia de pareja
topic Intimate partner violence
Violencia de pareja
description Two studies addressed effects of the labels ‘victim’, ‘battered woman’ and ‘survivor’ on the perception of women who have experienced intimate partner violence (IPV). Spanish undergraduates provided free associations (Study 1; N = 54) and completed semantic differentials (Study 2; N = 142) regarding the labels. Results showed that the term ‘survivor’ evoked more positive associations and ratings than both ‘victim’ and ‘battered woman’, which did not differ from each other. At the same time, however, when asked directly, participants rated ‘survivor’ as the least appropriate term. These seemingly opposing findings replicate research on the terms’ use in sexual aggression. Results were independent of individuals’ acceptance of myths about IPV or knowing a woman who has experienced IPV. Implications for the use of specific language when communicating about IPV are discussed.
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