Dating violence is manifested in different forms between romantic partners. Psychological violence, the most common form of dating violence, is more likely to affect women, eliciting feelings such as shame and guilt. The robust relationship of sexism to psychological dating violence victimization (PDVV) is well-documented but whether PDVV serves as a mechanism linking sexism to guilt and shame remains unexplored. This study, therefore, investigated the potential mediating role of PDVV in the association between sexist attitudes and feelings of guilt and shame. Dating college women (N = 219) from Turkey, an honor culture in which one’s self-worth lies on one’s evaluation as well as the assessment of what others think, participated in the study. High rates of PDVV were found in this culture, and structural equation modeling revealed that PDVV mediated the relationship between sexism and feelings of guilt and shame. These findings are discussed in terms of their implications for future research and how sexist attitudes might be challenged to reduce the adverse emotional effects experienced by women who are victims of psychological dating violence.

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对大学女性的心理约会暴力受害感到内疚和羞耻: 性别歧视的进一步作用

约会暴力在恋人之间以不同的形式表现出来。心理暴力是最常见的约会暴力形式，更容易影响女性，引发羞耻和内疚等感觉。性别歧视与心理约会暴力受害 (PDVV) 之间的密切关系已得到充分证明，但 PDVV 是否作为一种将性别歧视与内疚和羞耻联系起来的机制仍有待探索。因此，本研究调查了 PDVV 在性别歧视态度与内疚和羞耻感之间的潜在中介作用。约会大学女性 ( N= 219) 来自土耳其的荣誉文化，其中一个人的自我价值取决于一个人的评价以及对他人想法的评估，参与了这项研究。在这种文化中发现了高比例的 PDVV，结构方程模型显示 PDVV 调节了性别歧视与内疚和羞耻感之间的关系。讨论了这些发现对未来研究的影响，以及如何挑战性别歧视态度以减少心理约会暴力受害者所经历的不利情绪影响。