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Showing 1 to 20 of 41 for “"myth acceptance"”.
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Schematic effects of rape myth acceptance
… the type of influence exerted by rape myth acceptance (RMA). Rape myths may be defined as "beliefs about rape (i.e., about its causes, context, consequences, perpetrators, victims, and their interaction) that serve to deny, downplay or justify male sexual aggression against women" …
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Rape myth acceptance in college students
… between variables that may be related to rape myth acceptance in college students. Identifying variables that may be related to rape myth acceptance is essential for improving rape prevention programming. The setting chosen to examine these variables consisted of 349 students enrolled in …
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Impact of Social Identity on Rape Legitimacy and Myth Acceptance
… on trivialization, cognitive dissonance, rape myth acceptance, or decision to vote for that candidate, and if explicitly “debunking” the statement made by this politician further impacted these variables. Participants were randomly assigned to read a statement made by a Republican or Democratic …
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Completing the Puzzle: Exploring Possible Antecedents to Rape Myth Acceptance
<p>Rape myths are commonly accepted, but usually false, attitudes and beliefs about the act of rape, the perpetrators, and most often the victims (Aronowitz, Lambert, & Davidoff, 2012). Studies have shown that the endorsement of rape myth attitudes influences not only the likelihood of a sexual …
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Rape myth acceptance and fear of sexual victimization on college campuses
… and beliefs about rape, including rape myths have been under-explored. The current study adds to existing literature by examining the influence of male rape myth acceptance (MRMA) on fear of sexual assault among a college student sample while controlling for individual demographics. …
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Exploring rape myth acceptance among general medical practitioners in South Africa
Rape myths have several negative effects on society, and can affect those who come into contact with victims of sexual assault on a professional level. One group of professionals that assist victims are general medical practitioners and in a country like South Africa, that has a high rate of rape, …
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Attachment Anxiety, Rape Myth Acceptance, and Sexual Compliance: A Replication and Extension
… that attachment anxiety (AA) and rape myth acceptance (RMA) influence perceptions of unwanted sex and influence individual experiences of sexual compliance. The researchers found women who scored high on the AA scale were less likely to endorse confrontation of an offender and were also …
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Female pornographic consumption, rape myth acceptance, and ethnicity: Is there a relationship?
… among female pornographic consumption, rape myth acceptance, and ethnicity. The investigator predicted that there would be a positive relationship between female pornographic consumption and rape myth acceptance; this was partially supported. The second hypothesis predicted that when women of …
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Sexism and how it mediates the relationship between gender and rape myth acceptance
… mediate the relationship between gender and rape myth acceptance. It was hypothesized that ambivalent sexism (AS) when divided into its four separate concepts: hostile (HS), protective paternalism (PP), complementary gender differentiation (CGD), and heterosexual intimacy (HI), that each would …
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Authoritarianism, Hostility Toward Women, Attitudes Toward Violence, Rape Myth Acceptance, and Sexual Aggression
… women, attitudes toward violence, and rape myth acceptance, as related sexual aggression in undergraduate men It was projected that authoritarianism, hostility toward women, attitudes toward violence, and rape myth acceptance would significantly and positively predict all dimensions of …
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Dating Violence Myth Acceptance and Victim Blame Among College Students: Does Gender Matter?
… the present study was to examine dating violence myths and victim blaming depending on severity of violence among male and female college students. A sample of 927 male (<em>n</em> = 222) and female (<em>n</em> = 705) psychology undergraduate college students were randomly assigned to receive one …
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Women's reactions to a realistic rape portrayal and the influence of feminst identity and rape myth acceptance
… examined if either feminist identity or rape myth acceptance was related to these reactions. Sixty college females enrolled at the University of Missouri were exposed to either a neutral film clip or one depicting a date/acquaintance rape. Anger, negative affect, and disempowerment were …
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Perceptions of male rape victims: Examining rape myth acceptance and victim blaming attitudes among a sample of college students
… and Struckman-Johnson’s (1992) male rape myth scale were significant within the logistic regression models.
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The Relationship Between Attitudes Toward Women, Rape Myth Acceptance, and Sexual Coercive Experiences of Male and Female Students at Religious and Public Colleges
… coercion, attitudes toward women, and rape myth acceptance of men and women on Seventh-day Adventist and public college campuses.</p> <p>Method. Three scales furnished scores for sexual coercive experiences, attitudes toward women, and rape myth acceptance. Multiple- and step-wise regression …
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Examining Factors that Influence Reactions to Human Trafficking
… of belief in a just world and human trafficking myth acceptance attribute greater blame to victims than individuals low on these constructs. The results of the present study suggest that belief in a just world, ethical ideologies, and human trafficking myth acceptance are significant predictors …
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Rape Definitions and Perceptions Among Korean Women: Application of a Sociocultural Framework
… with sociocultural factors including rape myth acceptance and childhood residence. In the rape perception study, the proposed path model of Rape Perceptions was a good fit of the data and supported the associations among sociocultural factors and its relations to rape perceptions. …
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Walk like a man: a content analysis of anti-sexual violence websites for men
… answer was whether these sites perpetuate rape myth acceptance. The study began with a literature review of rape myth acceptance theory and anti-sexual assault campaigns. One important theme from the literature is that holding stereotypical or traditional gender role beliefs is the number on …
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College Students' Perceptions Of An Uncomfortable Sexual Experience
… regarding belief in a just world, rape myth acceptance, and sex role stereotyping.</p> <p> Findings indicated that participants who were more accepting of rape myths were less likely to acknowledge the incident as rape and more likely to blame the victim than those who were less …
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