ERIC Number: EJ879245
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2010
Pages: 15
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Personal and Perceived Peer Attitudes Supporting Sexual Aggression as Predictors of Male College Students' Willingness to Intervene against Sexual Aggression
Brown, Amy L.; Messman-Moore, Terri L.
Journal of Interpersonal Violence, v25 n3 p503-517 2010
Male college students (N = 395) completed anonymous surveys to report personal attitudes supporting sexual aggression and estimated the attitudes of their peers. Participants also indicated their willingness to intervene against a peer if they witnessed sexual aggression. Although both personal and peer attitudes were correlated with willingness to intervene, in regression analyses only perceived peer attitudes emerged as a significant predictor of willingness to intervene. Results suggest that personal attitudes supporting sexual aggression are not as relevant to men's willingness to intervene against sexual aggression as are perceived peer norms regarding sexual aggression. Findings are relevant to sexual assault prevention education with men, suggesting that attempts to encourage bystander intervention may be best presented in the context of challenging perceived norms. (Contains 2 notes and 3 tables.)
Descriptors: College Students, Norms, Males, Rape, Surveys, Student Attitudes, Aggression, Correlation, Predictor Variables, Sexual Abuse, Prevention, Social Behavior, Regression (Statistics)
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