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Stereotype transgression and sexist beliefs: attribution of guilt, morality and credibility in a sexual assault
The Questionnaire of Intention to Help in VAW Cases (QIHVC): Development and preliminary results
Introduction: Violence against women (VAW) is a worldwide social and health
problem of epidemic proportions. This violence is preventable, and bystander
programs are one of the possible preventative strategies. The main purpose of
this research was to develop a tool that, by applying a contrastive methodology
for its application in different forms of violence (forms of gender-based violence,
such as intimate partner VAW, sexual harassment at work, and street harassment,
and common violence, such as a robbery), would allow measuring the probability
of occurrence of bystander response in the face of these types of violence with
good evidence of content validity.
Method: Firstly (Study 1), an initial version of a measure tool, the Questionnaire
of Intention to Help in VAW Cases (QIHVC), was developed; secondly (Study 2), a
Delphi (modified) study was carried out to obtain valid, content-based evidence;
and finally (Study 3), a pilot study was carried out to evaluate the appropriate
functioning of the QIHVC and, if required, to make any necessary adjustments.
Results and discussion: The main result is the development of a set of case
scenarios and a questionnaire related to its content which constitutes the QIHVC
and, in its initial approximation, seems to constitute an adequate and sensible tool
to capture the differences between the characterizations of common violence
and VAW and in the possible response of bystanders in the face of such violenc