Attitudes Towards Male Victims of Domestic Violence in Same-sex and Opposite-sex Relationships

O'Loughlin, Claire (2023) Attitudes Towards Male Victims of Domestic Violence in Same-sex and Opposite-sex Relationships. Undergraduate thesis, Dublin, National College of Ireland.

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Aims: This paper investigated the attitudes to male victims of domestic violence and whether it differed depending on 1) age of respondent and 2) gender of the respondent. This paper also examined whether there is a change in police intervention recommendation and perceived empathy levels toward male victims of domestic violence in same-sex relationships, in comparison to male victims of domestic violence in opposite-sex relationships. Method: A questionnaire was distributed through social media channels (n = 68). For part B of the questionnaire the group was divided into two groups, each group viewed a Vignette describing domestic violence with a male victim and either a female or male abuser, police intervention recommendation was measured in this section. The difference in perceived empathy levels for each group was tested, this scale was based on the Interpersonal Reactivity Index (IRI) (Davis, 1980). Results: The data collected indicated no statically significant difference in attitudes toward male victims of domestic violence for male and female respondents. There was a slight variation in attitudes toward male victims of domestic violence depending on the age of the respondent, but not enough to be statistically significant. There was no difference in empathy levels and police intervention recommendation for the group that viewed the same-sex vignette compared to the group that viewed the opposite-sex vignette. Conclusion: There was no difference in all the variables examined, however a larger sample size was needed to provide statistically significant data. More research needs to be conducted using a nationally representative sample.

Item Type:	Thesis (Undergraduate)
Supervisors:	Name Email Fox, Robert UNSPECIFIED
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > Psychology H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman > Domestic Violence H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman > Gender H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman > Sexual life > Sexual minorities
Divisions:	School of Business > BA (Honours) in Psychology
Depositing User:	Tamara Malone
Date Deposited:	02 Jan 2024 17:22
Last Modified:	02 Jan 2024 17:22
URI:	https://norma.ncirl.ie/id/eprint/6899

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