The Effect of Prescription Drugs and Alcohol Consumption on Intimate Partner Violence Victim Blaming

Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) is a public health problem with harsh consequences for women’s well-being. Social attitudes towards victims of IPV have a big impact on the perpetuation of this phenomenon. Moreover, specific problems such as the abuse of alcohol and drugs by IPV victims could have an...

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Autores: Sáez Díaz, Gemma, Ruiz, Manuel J., Delclós-López, Gabriel, Expósito Jiménez, Francisca, Fernández Artamendi, Sergio
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:España
Institución:Universidad Loyola Andalucía
Repositorio:Brújula
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Palabra clave:Alcohol
Attitudes
Intimate partner violence
Prescription-drug
Victim blaming
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spelling The Effect of Prescription Drugs and Alcohol Consumption on Intimate Partner Violence Victim BlamingSáez Díaz, GemmaRuiz, Manuel J.Delclós-López, GabrielExpósito Jiménez, FranciscaFernández Artamendi, SergioAlcoholAttitudesIntimate partner violencePrescription-drugVictim blamingIntimate Partner Violence (IPV) is a public health problem with harsh consequences for women’s well-being. Social attitudes towards victims of IPV have a big impact on the perpetuation of this phenomenon. Moreover, specific problems such as the abuse of alcohol and drugs by IPV victims could have an effect on blame attributions towards them. The aim of this study was to evaluate whether the external perception (Study 1) and self-perception (Study 2) of blame were influenced by the victims’ use and abuse of alcohol or by the victims’ use of psychotropic prescription drugs. Results of the first study (N = 136 participants) showed a significantly higher blame attribution towards female victims with alcohol abuse compared to those without it. No significant differences were found on blame attributed to those with psychotropic prescription drugs abuse and the control group. Results of the second study (N = 195 female victims of interpersonal violence) showed that alcohol consumption is associated with higher self-blame and self-blame cognitions among IPV victims. However, results did not show significant differences on self-blame associated to the victims’ use of psychotropic prescription drugs. Our findings indicate that alcohol consumption, but not prescription drugs use, plays a relevant role in the attribution of blame by general population and self-blame by victims of IPV.2020info:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12412/4606reponame:Brújulainstname:Universidad Loyola AndalucíaIngléshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:repositorio.uloyola.es:20.500.12412/46062026-06-24T12:48:37Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv The Effect of Prescription Drugs and Alcohol Consumption on Intimate Partner Violence Victim Blaming
title The Effect of Prescription Drugs and Alcohol Consumption on Intimate Partner Violence Victim Blaming
spellingShingle The Effect of Prescription Drugs and Alcohol Consumption on Intimate Partner Violence Victim Blaming
Sáez Díaz, Gemma
Alcohol
Attitudes
Intimate partner violence
Prescription-drug
Victim blaming
title_short The Effect of Prescription Drugs and Alcohol Consumption on Intimate Partner Violence Victim Blaming
title_full The Effect of Prescription Drugs and Alcohol Consumption on Intimate Partner Violence Victim Blaming
title_fullStr The Effect of Prescription Drugs and Alcohol Consumption on Intimate Partner Violence Victim Blaming
title_full_unstemmed The Effect of Prescription Drugs and Alcohol Consumption on Intimate Partner Violence Victim Blaming
title_sort The Effect of Prescription Drugs and Alcohol Consumption on Intimate Partner Violence Victim Blaming
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Sáez Díaz, Gemma
Ruiz, Manuel J.
Delclós-López, Gabriel
Expósito Jiménez, Francisca
Fernández Artamendi, Sergio
author Sáez Díaz, Gemma
author_facet Sáez Díaz, Gemma
Ruiz, Manuel J.
Delclós-López, Gabriel
Expósito Jiménez, Francisca
Fernández Artamendi, Sergio
author_role author
author2 Ruiz, Manuel J.
Delclós-López, Gabriel
Expósito Jiménez, Francisca
Fernández Artamendi, Sergio
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author
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Alcohol
Attitudes
Intimate partner violence
Prescription-drug
Victim blaming
topic Alcohol
Attitudes
Intimate partner violence
Prescription-drug
Victim blaming
description Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) is a public health problem with harsh consequences for women’s well-being. Social attitudes towards victims of IPV have a big impact on the perpetuation of this phenomenon. Moreover, specific problems such as the abuse of alcohol and drugs by IPV victims could have an effect on blame attributions towards them. The aim of this study was to evaluate whether the external perception (Study 1) and self-perception (Study 2) of blame were influenced by the victims’ use and abuse of alcohol or by the victims’ use of psychotropic prescription drugs. Results of the first study (N = 136 participants) showed a significantly higher blame attribution towards female victims with alcohol abuse compared to those without it. No significant differences were found on blame attributed to those with psychotropic prescription drugs abuse and the control group. Results of the second study (N = 195 female victims of interpersonal violence) showed that alcohol consumption is associated with higher self-blame and self-blame cognitions among IPV victims. However, results did not show significant differences on self-blame associated to the victims’ use of psychotropic prescription drugs. Our findings indicate that alcohol consumption, but not prescription drugs use, plays a relevant role in the attribution of blame by general population and self-blame by victims of IPV.
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