Victim blaming and exoneration of the perpetrator in domestic violence: The role of beliefs in a just world and ambivalent sexism

Spanish Journal of Psychology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 195-206

  Valor Segura, Inmaculada ^a   Expósito, Francisca ^a   Moya, Miguel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ambivalent sexism; Domestic violence; Just world beliefs

Indexed keywords

EID: 79954465050     PISSN: 11387416     EISSN: 19882904     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5209/rev_SJOP.2011.v14.n1.17     Document Type: Article

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