Peer education and its effects on the beliefs of rape myths

Research has found that there is a relationship between men's acceptance of rape myths and violence against women (Malamuth, 1989). These stereotypical ideas about rape, rape victims, and rapists, perpetuate rape. Peer education may play a beneficial part in teaching students about rape, and is the primary focus of this study. The hypothesis of this study was that the rape myth prevention intervention would reduce the beliefs in myths about rape. The intervention, or informative lecture that was given to the experimental group was a derivative of material geared towards high school students. In summary, this research study succeeded to statistically indicate that the intervention had an affect on the beliefs of rape myths. Further, the research study indicated statistically that female participants held weaker rape-supportive attitudes before and after any intervention. Although the intervention deemed significance, further research is necessary to reevaluate whether peer education interventions are effective for reducing rape myths and subsequent rape.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Social Work (MSW)

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Social Work

Grantor dc:publisher

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Year

2001

Author dc:creator

• Marmer, Allison

Contributors dc:contributor

• Lisa Rapp-Paglicci

Statement dc:rights

• IN COPYRIGHT. For more information about this rights statement, please visit http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Language dc:language

English

Identifier

https://oasis.library.unlv.edu/rtds/1254

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:oasis.library.unlv.edu:rtds-2253