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ERIC Number: EJ899702
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2010-Nov
Pages: 18
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-0886-2605
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Rape Myth Acceptance, Sexual Trauma History, and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Baugher, Shannon N.; Elhai, Jon D.; Monroe, James R.; Gray, Matt J.
Journal of Interpersonal Violence, v25 n11 p2036-2053 Nov 2010
The prediction of false rape-related beliefs (rape myth acceptance [RMA]) was examined using the Illinois Rape Myth Acceptance Scale (Payne, Lonsway, & Fitzgerald, 1999) among a nonclinical sample of 258 male and female college students. Predictor variables included measures of attitudes toward women, gender role identity (GRI), sexual trauma history, and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptom severity. Using linear regression and testing interaction effects, negative attitudes toward women significantly predicted greater RMA for individuals without a sexual trauma history. However, neither attitudes toward women nor GRI were significant predictors of RMA for individuals with a sexual trauma history. PTSD did not moderate RMA's relationship with attitudes toward women and GRI. This study has clinical implications for treatment as well as for the development of rape myth-dispelling programs. (Contains 3 tables.)
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Attitudes Toward Women Scale
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