caa a22 4500 463198697 CHVBK 20180406164930.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170326e20071101xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10896-007-9121-z doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10896-007-9121-z Attributions in a Hypothetical Child Sexual Abuse Case: Roles of Abuse Type, Family Response and Respondent Gender [Elektronische Daten] [Lisa Graham, Paul Rogers, Michelle Davies] The present study examines the impact abuse type, family response, and respondent gender have on attributions of blame in a hypothetical child sexual abuse (CSA) case. Three hundred and ninety three respondents read a hypothetical CSA scenario describing the sexual assault of a 14year old girl by a 25-year-old man and completed 14 attribution items. Overall, the assault was deemed more serious, the perpetrator more culpable, and the family less culpable when CSA involved (vaginal) penetration. Contrary to expectations, respondents were more negative towards a family who denied the abuse took place versus one which blamed or supported the victim. Finally, male respondents deemed the abuse to be less serious, were more negative towards the victim and their families, and more positive towards perpetrators than were female respondents. The role these factors play in CSA attributions, together with ideas for future research, are discussed. Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 2007 Child sexual abuse nationallicence Blame attributions nationallicence Severity nationallicence Family reaction nationallicence Graham Lisa Department of Psychology, University of Central Lancashire, PR1 2HE, Preston Lancashire, UK aut Rogers Paul Department of Psychology, University of Central Lancashire, PR1 2HE, Preston Lancashire, UK aut Davies Michelle Department of Psychology, University of Central Lancashire, PR1 2HE, Preston Lancashire, UK aut Journal of Family Violence Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 22/8(2007-11-01), 733-745 0885-7482 22:8<733 2007 22 10896 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10896-007-9121-z text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10896-007-9121-z text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Graham Lisa Department of Psychology, University of Central Lancashire, PR1 2HE, Preston Lancashire, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Rogers Paul Department of Psychology, University of Central Lancashire, PR1 2HE, Preston Lancashire, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Davies Michelle Department of Psychology, University of Central Lancashire, PR1 2HE, Preston Lancashire, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of Family Violence Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 22/8(2007-11-01), 733-745 0885-7482 22:8<733 2007 22 10896 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer