Desensitization and resensitization to violence against women

Effects of exposure to sexually violent films on judgments of domestic violence victims

Dados Bibliográficos

ID6202974
AutoresCharles R Mullin (California Department of Education), Daniel Linz
Ano1995
Volume69
Fascículo3
Páginas449-459
Data de publicação1995-01-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of Personality and Social Psychology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0022-3514 • E-ISSN: 1939-1315
EditoraAmerican Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1037/0022-3514.69.3.449
PMID7562390
OpenAlexW1990975606
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas34
Referências citadas14

An experiment was conducted to examine the effects of repeated exposure to sexually violent films on emotional desensitization and callousness toward domestic abuse victims. Results indicated that emotional response, self-reported physiological arousal, and ratings of the extent to which the films were sexually violent all diminished with repeated film exposure. Three days following exposure to the final film, experimental participants expressed significantly less sympathy for domestic violence victims, and rated their injuries as less severe, than did a no-exposure comparison group. Five days after the final film exposure, their level of sensitivity to the domestic violence victims had rebounded to baseline levels established by the comparison group. Emotional responsiveness at the final film exposure was correlated with levels of sensitivity to the domestic violence victims 3 days later but not at subsequent observation points

Arousal · Desensitization (medicine) · Domestic violence · Injury prevention · Medical emergency · Occupational safety and health · Poison control · Suicide prevention · Clinical Psychology · Gender, Feminism, and Media · Human Factors and Ergonomics · Internal Medicine · Intimate Partner and Family Violence · Medicine · Psychology · Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies · Social Psychology