Which Tactics of Sexual Violence Predict Leaving the Relationship? The Role of Dependence towards Partner

Intimate partner sexual violence has countless consequences for women suffering it. This research analyse the effect of the type of sexual coercion tactic and partner dependence on both the attribution of responsibility and the probability of leaving a relationship. In Study 1, six scenarios for dif...

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Main Authors: Marta Garrido-Macías, Inmaculada Valor-Segura, Francisca Expósito
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedad Española de Psicología Jurídica y Forense 2020-06-01
Series:European Journal of Psychology Applied to Legal Context
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Online Access: https://journals.copmadrid.org/ejpalc/art/ejpalc2020a6
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spelling doaj-b3c3c3bb015b481b86c0b31c1c50fa362020-11-25T02:35:59ZengSociedad Española de Psicología Jurídica y ForenseEuropean Journal of Psychology Applied to Legal Context1889-18611989-40072020-06-01122536010.5093/ejpalc2020a611320559Which Tactics of Sexual Violence Predict Leaving the Relationship? The Role of Dependence towards PartnerMarta Garrido-Macías0Inmaculada Valor-Segura1Francisca Expósito2University of Granada, Spain, Mind, Brain and Behavioral Research Center, University of Granada, SpainUniversity of Granada, Spain, Mind, Brain and Behavioral Research Center, University of Granada, SpainUniversity of Granada, Spain, Mind, Brain and Behavioral Research Center, University of Granada, SpainIntimate partner sexual violence has countless consequences for women suffering it. This research analyse the effect of the type of sexual coercion tactic and partner dependence on both the attribution of responsibility and the probability of leaving a relationship. In Study 1, six scenarios for different sexual tactics were presented (coaxing, coercion, and aggression) to 5 experts in order to select those with better evidence of content validity regarding the construct evaluated. In Study 2, the three selected scenarios were presented to 304 Spanish participants from the general population, analysing the effect of the type of tactic and dependence on attributed responsibility and the probability of leaving a relationship. Results showed that in the sexual aggression scenario, participants assigned the highest responsibility to the aggressorand showed the strongest likelihood of leaving the relationship. Further, results revealed that in the coaxing scenario, dependence had an indirect effect on the probability of leaving the relationship through a lower responsibility attributed to the aggressor. As a conclusion, this study emphasises the importance of the sexual tactic used by aggressors in individuals’ perception about sexual coercion, contributing to increasing the visibility of this unacceptable action, especially in its more subtle and normalised form. https://journals.copmadrid.org/ejpalc/art/ejpalc2020a6 dependenceprobability of leaving a relationshipattributed responsibilitysexual violence
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author Marta Garrido-Macías
Inmaculada Valor-Segura
Francisca Expósito
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Inmaculada Valor-Segura
Francisca Expósito
Which Tactics of Sexual Violence Predict Leaving the Relationship? The Role of Dependence towards Partner
European Journal of Psychology Applied to Legal Context
dependence
probability of leaving a relationship
attributed responsibility
sexual violence
author_facet Marta Garrido-Macías
Inmaculada Valor-Segura
Francisca Expósito
author_sort Marta Garrido-Macías
title Which Tactics of Sexual Violence Predict Leaving the Relationship? The Role of Dependence towards Partner
title_short Which Tactics of Sexual Violence Predict Leaving the Relationship? The Role of Dependence towards Partner
title_full Which Tactics of Sexual Violence Predict Leaving the Relationship? The Role of Dependence towards Partner
title_fullStr Which Tactics of Sexual Violence Predict Leaving the Relationship? The Role of Dependence towards Partner
title_full_unstemmed Which Tactics of Sexual Violence Predict Leaving the Relationship? The Role of Dependence towards Partner
title_sort which tactics of sexual violence predict leaving the relationship? the role of dependence towards partner
publisher Sociedad Española de Psicología Jurídica y Forense
series European Journal of Psychology Applied to Legal Context
issn 1889-1861
1989-4007
publishDate 2020-06-01
description Intimate partner sexual violence has countless consequences for women suffering it. This research analyse the effect of the type of sexual coercion tactic and partner dependence on both the attribution of responsibility and the probability of leaving a relationship. In Study 1, six scenarios for different sexual tactics were presented (coaxing, coercion, and aggression) to 5 experts in order to select those with better evidence of content validity regarding the construct evaluated. In Study 2, the three selected scenarios were presented to 304 Spanish participants from the general population, analysing the effect of the type of tactic and dependence on attributed responsibility and the probability of leaving a relationship. Results showed that in the sexual aggression scenario, participants assigned the highest responsibility to the aggressorand showed the strongest likelihood of leaving the relationship. Further, results revealed that in the coaxing scenario, dependence had an indirect effect on the probability of leaving the relationship through a lower responsibility attributed to the aggressor. As a conclusion, this study emphasises the importance of the sexual tactic used by aggressors in individuals’ perception about sexual coercion, contributing to increasing the visibility of this unacceptable action, especially in its more subtle and normalised form.
topic dependence
probability of leaving a relationship
attributed responsibility
sexual violence
url https://journals.copmadrid.org/ejpalc/art/ejpalc2020a6
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