Papers by Cantyo Dannisworo
Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2024
Previous research shows that victims of intimate partner violence (IPV) often justify violence, w... more Previous research shows that victims of intimate partner violence (IPV) often justify violence, which can play a role in the persistence of violence. The present studies examined whether the victim’s justification of violence negatively affects third parties’ evaluative responses toward the victim (general evaluation of the victim, victim blaming, and evaluation of the victim’s response toward the violence) and negatively affects third parties’ willingness to support and take action. We also examined whether this would occur especially when the violence had happened frequently in the past. In two experimental studies (one in the Netherlands, Study 1, N = 220; one in Indonesia, Study 2, N = 231), participants watched a video depicting IPV. After watching the video, we manipulated the victim’s justification of violence (high vs. low justification of violence) as well as the frequency of violence experienced by the victim in the past (high vs. low past frequency). Consistent across the two studies, the results showed that when they justified violence (as compared to when they did not justify violence), victims were evaluated more negatively. There were no effects on victim blaming, willingness to support, and willingness to take action. We also found the effects of past frequency of violence on victim evaluation and willingness to take action. We discuss how the current findings extend previous research on the consequences of justification of violence as well as on third-party responses toward victims.
Social Psychological and Personality Science, 2023
When intimate partner violence occurs, both victims and perpetrators may justify the violence. Ho... more When intimate partner violence occurs, both victims and perpetrators may justify the violence. However, efforts to understand justifying violence typically rely on written descriptions of violent acts or are assessed well after the violence has occurred. Do victims and perpetrators justify violence even while they see it happening? A novel paradigm addressed this question in two cross-sectional studies (Study 1, N = 535 and Study 2, N = 480). Using this paradigm, participants in the violent and non-violent relationships gave in-the-moment and continuous justification ratings (using a slider) as they watched video clip(s), each depicting a couple having a heated and violent fight. The results showed that participants who previously had experienced victimization or perpetration were more likely to justify the violence, both during and after watching the violent clips. This research provides new insights into the nature of violence justification and offers a novel paradigm for future studies.
Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Intervention and Applied Psychology (ICIAP 2018), 2019
Boredom has been shown to be associated with a variety of untoward individual subjective feelings... more Boredom has been shown to be associated with a variety of untoward individual subjective feelings including worthlessness, having nothing to do, feeling that time is going slowly, dissatisfaction, hopelessness, fretfulness, stress and feeling trapped. These feelings can be caused by situations outside the individual that are repetitive or unstimulating or by the tendency of the individual to find ordinary situations boring. This condition in individuals is thought to be related to maladaptive sensation-seeking behavior such as drug abuse as a form of fulfillment of the need for stimulation through novel and intense stimulus. This present study attempted to examine the relationship between boredom proneness and sensationseeking among adolescent and adult former drug users. Participants in this study were 68 males (32 adolescents 16-25 years old and 36 adults 30-59 years old), collect through non-probability sampling. Participants were former drug users who were in rehabilitation at Balai Besar Rehabilitasi Badan Narkotika Nasional, Indonesia. Using quantitative research and a correlational research strategy, this study found a positive and significant relationship between boredom proneness and sensation-seeking among former drug users (r total = 0.248, p = 0.021, significant with level 0.05 one-tailed). Correlations show a significant relationship among adolescent participants (r = 0.371, p = 0.018, significant in level 0.05 one-tailed) but no significant relationship among adult participants (r = 0.177, p = 0.151, coefficient value is not significant in level 0.05 one-tailed). Our major conclusion is that a higher level of boredom proneness is associated with higher levels of sensationseeking behavior and vice versa.
Jurnal Psikologi, 2021
The Rorschach test is one of the psychological tests widely used in various assessment settings, ... more The Rorschach test is one of the psychological tests widely used in various assessment settings, including in studies related to sexual offenses. However, such research is scarce, although the level of sexual violence in Indonesia increases yearly. Sexual violence is often associated with the sexual drives that humans have in themselves. In this case, Rorschach can provide an overview of the individual's drives, ideas, and social relationships. The current study aims to find the personality profiles of sex offenders. Therefore, this study collected Rorschach data from 46 male sex offenders over 11 years in Depok City, Indonesia. Based on content analysis, this study found several prominent characteristics of sex offenders, such as exhibited difficulties in adaptation due to low intellectual capacity, poor emotional regulation, and empathy that other causes difficulty to build strong relationships with others. They also suppress sexual urges, but they were more likely to express ...
Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Intervention and Applied Psychology (ICIAP 2018), 2019
Stressful life events brought on by the demands of academic and social life are possibly a factor... more Stressful life events brought on by the demands of academic and social life are possibly a factor engendering various negative emotional symptoms, such as depression, anxiety, and stress, in college students. Furthermore, failure to obtain positive feedback may possibly provoke self-criticism in them. These conditions, if not handled properly, will develop maladaptive behavior. Previous studies have found that negative emotional symptoms and self-criticism correlate with self-injury. However, these studies did not explain the impact of variables on self-injury. This study aims to find out how the impact of negative emotional symptoms and selfcriticism acts on the urge to self-injure. It was a cross-sectional study populated by 118 college students with the following criteria: aged 18-30 years old, having engaged in self-injury at least once in the past year, having undiagnosed clinical disorders, and not currently undergoing psychotherapy. The result revealed that negative emotional symptoms and self-criticism, as predictors, had a strong correlation (r = 0.744, p = 0.000). Furthermore, both predictors had a moderate correlation with the urge to self-injury (r > 0.400, p = 0.000) and simultaneously impacted on the urge to self-injure by 32 percent (R = 0.564, R 2 = 0.318, Std = 5.209, p = 0.000). According to these results, negative emotional symptoms and selfcriticism tendencies were significant factors that contributed to psychological vulnerability in college students. The higher the level of negative emotional symptoms and self-criticism, the higher the urge to self-injure in college students. These findings supported the idea that self-injury is an emotional coping mechanism to release psychological distress. Self-injury is a student's attempt to escape from the pain due to unbearable psychological stress. The high contribution of these variables makes them an issue that must be considered in interventions to deal with self-injury.
HUMANITAS: Indonesian Psychological Journal, 2020
Psychological Research on Urban Society, 2019
There is a high rate of intimate partner violence (IPV) in urban settings. Previous research has ... more There is a high rate of intimate partner violence (IPV) in urban settings. Previous research has found that masculine gender role stress (MGRS) and anger predict IPV. This study aimed to examine the moderating role of anger on the relationship between MGRS and IPV. The sample included 366 urban male college students across Java, who completed an online questionnaire. Measures used were the MGRS-A, BPAQ, and CTS2. Using Hayes’ moderation analysis, the model obtained a significant fit (R2 = .1039, F (3,362) = 13.994, p = .000). Both MGRS (p = .0264) and trait anger (p = .000) predicted IPV. The interaction between MGRS and anger was not significant (p = .0797). However, examination of the conditional effects revealed that there was a significant association between MGRS and IPV at moderate (p = .0264) and high levels of trait anger (p = .0058), but not at low levels of anger. Future studies should investigate the roles of anger expression, control behavior, and anger rumination.
Jurnal Psikologi, 2019
This study aimed to examine the role of psychological well-being, gender ideology, time spent tog... more This study aimed to examine the role of psychological well-being, gender ideology, time spent together with children, and time spent at work in predicting father involvement. This study was conducted on fathers with at least one child aged 0-12 years old, who resided in Jakarta, Bogor, Depok, Tangerang, Bekasi (Jabodetabek). Data was collected from 371 fathers through online questionnaires. Results from multiple regression analysis suggest that psychological well-being (β = 0.322; p < 0.01), gender ideology (β =0.104; p < 0.05), and time spent with children (β = 0.126; p < 0.05) significantly predicted father involvement (R 2 = 0.145). Time spent at work (β = 0.014) however, did not predict father involvement. Though, there are other factors that need to be considered when we are going to predict father involvement, such as father’s factors, mother’s factors, child’s factors, and contextual factors.
5th Annual International Conference on Cognitive and Behavioral Psychology (CBP 2016), 2016
Partner Abuse, 2022
In the last few years, a new form of dating violence has been increasingly studied, namely cyber ... more In the last few years, a new form of dating violence has been increasingly studied, namely cyber dating abuse. The present study is focused on testing the investment model consisting of relationship satisfaction, quality of alternatives, and investment to predict commitment levels in cyber dating abuse victims. This study aims to observe the correlation between victimization and perpetration in cyber dating abuse. Participants were 86 women aged 18–24 years who have been in a relationship for at least 6 months and are categorized as cyber dating abuse victims. Measurements on relationship satisfaction, quality of alternatives, investment, and commitment, used an Indonesian adaptation of the Investment Model Scale (IMS). Through multiple regression analysis, the proposed model was found to be statistically significant. Relationship satisfaction and relationship investment were able to predict commitment levels among cyber dating abuse victims, but quality of alternatives was unable t...
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