Sexual assaults are a social problem in Iran; however, psychological factors that predict perceptions of sexual assault remain largely unexamined. Here, we examine the relationship between moral concerns, culture-specific gender roles, and victim blaming in sexual assault scenarios in Iranian culture. Relying on Moral Foundations Theory and recent theoretical developments in moral psychology in the Iranian context, we examined the correlations between five moral foundations (Care, Fairness, Loyalty, Authority, and Purity), a culture-specific set of values called Qeirat (which includes guarding and [over]protectiveness of female kin, romantic partners, broader family, and country), and victim blaming. In a community sample of Iranians (N = 411), we found Qeirat values to be highly correlated with victim blaming, and that this link was mediated by a number of culture-specific proscriptions about women’s roles and dress code (i.e., Haya). In a regression analysis with all moral foundations, Qeirat values, Haya, and religiosity as predictors of victim blaming, only Haya, religiosity, high Authority values, and low Care values were found to predict how strongly Iranian participants blamed victims of sexual assault scenarios.

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伊朗的 Qeirat 价值观和受害者指责：特定文化性别角色的中介效应

性侵犯是伊朗的一个社会问题；然而，预测对性侵犯的看法的心理因素在很大程度上仍未得到检验。在这里，我们研究了伊朗文化中性侵犯场景中的道德关注、特定文化的性别角色和受害者指责之间的关系。依靠道德基础理论和伊朗背景下道德心理学的最新理论发展，我们研究了五个道德基础（关怀、公平、忠诚、权威和纯洁）之间的相关性，一组特定于文化的价值观称为 Qeirat （包括对女性亲属、浪漫伴侣、更广泛的家庭和国家的保护和 [过度] 保护），以及对受害者的责备。在伊朗人的社区样本中（N= 411)，我们发现 Qeirat 价值观与受害者指责高度相关，并且这种联系是由许多关于女性角色和着装规范的特定文化禁令（即Haya）介导的。在以所有道德基础、Qeirat 价值观、Haya 和宗教信仰作为受害者指责的预测因素的回归分析中，发现只有 Haya、宗教信仰、高权威价值观和低关怀价值观可以预测伊朗参与者对性侵犯场景的受害者的强烈指责。