Sarah Harsey, PhD and Jennifer Freyd, PhD

Condensed Scholarly Summary based on Sarah Harsey and Jennifer Freyd. By permission from the authors. Abstract DARVO—Deny, Attack, and Reverse Victim and Offender—is a documented behavioral pattern in which perpetrators of interpersonal violence deflect responsibility by denying wrongdoing, attacking the victim’s credibility, and presenting themselves as the “true” victim. Across two experimental studies with university…