NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 3 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Eyssel, Friederike; Bohner, Gerd – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2011
Two experiments (N = 330) examined conditions that facilitate biasing effects of rape myth acceptance (RMA) on judgments of blame in rape cases. In both experiments, participants read a short vignette depicting a rape case. In Experiment 1, the amount of case-irrelevant information about defendant and plaintiff was varied. As predicted, high-RMA…
Descriptors: Rape, Prediction, Anxiety, Psychological Patterns
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Yeater, Elizabeth A.; McFall, Richard M.; Viken, Richard J. – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2011
This study evaluated the effects of a sexual victimization history and the contextual features of sexual activity and alcohol use on the effectiveness of women's responses to 44 written vignettes describing diverse dating and social situations. One hundred and one undergraduate women reported their history of sexual victimization and provided…
Descriptors: Violence, Sexual Harassment, Sexual Abuse, Females
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
McMullan, Elizabeth C.; Carlan, Philip E.; Nored, Lisa S. – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2010
This study compares perceptions of domestic violence for college students planning to work in law enforcement with students aspiring to careers in social work and non-law-enforcement criminal justice (N = 491). The study involves students attending four public universities across one Southern state who completed a survey (spring of 2006) measuring…
Descriptors: African American Students, Graduate Students, Family Violence, Gender Differences