How Can Men Convicted of Violence Against Women Feel Moral While Holding Sexist and Violent Attitudes? A Homeostatic Moral Model Based on Self-Deception

A moral model is proposed to understand how men convicted of violence against the partner can feel moral in spite of their past violent behavior and their current violent and sexist attitudes. Because of its appeal to the role of self-deception and its relationship to psychological well-being, it wa...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: María L. Vecina
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2018-09-01
Series:American Journal of Men's Health
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/1557988318774218