Adaptation and validation of the victim-blaming attitudes in cases of intimate partner violence against women (Vb-ipvaw) scale in ecuadorian population

Abstract

Intimate partner violence against women (IPVAW) is a major public health problem with serious consequences for women’s physical and psychological health. Victim-blaming attitudes can shape a social climate of acceptance where IPVAW can be perceived as normative, affecting the responses of individuals, communities, and institutions to this problem. Ecuador is one of the countries with the highest prevalence of IPVAW in Latin America, and research addressing this issue is still scarce. The aim of this study is to adapt and validate the Spanish Scale of Victim-Blaming.