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Walsh, Kate; DiLillo, David; Messman-Moore, Terri L. – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2012
The present study examined whether and which facets of emotion dysregulation serve an intervening role in the association between prior victimization and risk perception in an analogue sexual assault vignette. Participants were 714 university women who completed self-report measures of sexual victimization, emotion dysregulation, and a…
Descriptors: Rape, Risk, Self Control, Adolescents
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Brown, Amy L.; Messman-Moore, Terri L. – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 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…
Descriptors: College Students, Norms, Males, Rape
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Messman-Moore, Terri L.; Walsh, Kate L.; DiLillo, David – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2010
Objective: The current study examined emotion dysregulation as a mechanism underlying risky sexual behavior and sexual revictimization among adult victims of child sexual abuse (CSA) and child physical abuse (CPA). Methods: Participants were 752 college women. Victimization history, emotion dysregulation, and risky sexual behavior were assessed…
Descriptors: Contraception, Rape, Child Abuse, Risk
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Messman-Moore, Terri L.; Ward, Rose Marie; Brown, Amy L. – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2009
The present study utilized a mixed retrospective and prospective design with an 8-month follow-up period to test a model of revictimization that included multiple childhood (i.e., child sexual, physical, and emotional abuse) and situational variables (i.e., substance use, sexual behavior) for predicting rape among 276 college women. It was of…
Descriptors: Rape, Antisocial Behavior, Females, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
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Messman-Moore, Terri L.; Coates, Aubrey A.; Gaffey, Kathryn J.; Johnson, Carrie F. – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2008
An 8-month prospective study examined behavioral, personality, and psychological variables thought to increase vulnerability for college women's experience of rape and verbal sexual coercion. Participants were 276 college women who completed self-report surveys. During 1 academic year, 9.5% of women were raped and 11.7% reported verbal sexual…
Descriptors: Intervention, Rape, Females, At Risk Persons
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Messman-Moore, Terri L.; Brown, Amy L. – Psychology of Women Quarterly, 2006
Risk perception was examined in relation to sexual victimization among 262 college women. Participants were presented with written vignettes that described hypothetical situations with a stranger and with an acquaintance. Participants' hypothetical decision to leave a potentially risky situation with an acquaintance predicted rape and…
Descriptors: Females, Rape, Victims of Crime, Risk