TY  - JOUR
A1  - Romero-Sanchez, Monica
A1  - Skowronski, Marika
A1  - Bohner, Gerd
A1  - Megias, Jesus L.
T1  - Talking about ‘victims’, ‘survivors’ and ‘battered women’
BT  - how labels affect the perception of women who have 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)
JF  - International Journal of Social Psychology : Revista de Psicología Social
N2  - 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.
KW  - intimate partner violence
KW  - labelling
KW  - social judgement
KW  - survivor
KW  - victim
Y1  - 2020
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1080/02134748.2020.1840232
SN  - 0213-4748
SN  - 1579-3680
VL  - 36
IS  - 1
SP  - 30
EP  - 60
PB  - Taylor & Francis Group
CY  - Routledge
ER  -