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Lampley, Linda Lee; Shaw, Donald L. – Journalism Quarterly, 1977
Finds that student journalists reacted differently to--and wrote different stories about--a woman news source who spoke about a rape crisis center, depending on whether they had been told that the woman was herself a rape victim. (GW)
Descriptors: Attitudes, College Students, Information Sources, Journalism
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Muehlenhard, Charlene L.; And Others – Psychology of Women Quarterly, 1985
Examined justifiability of date rape under various circumstances among male undergraduates. Rape was rated as significantly more justifiable if the couple went to the man's apartment rather than to a religious function, if the woman asked the man out, and if the man paid all the dating expenses. Differences between traditional and nontraditional…
Descriptors: College Students, Dating (Social), Higher Education, Males
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Jacobson, Marsha B.; Popovich, Paula M. – Psychology of Women Quarterly, 1983
Examined the effects of victim and defendent attractiveness on the judgments of 96 students responding to an account of a rape. Results showed subjects tended to be biased against the attractive victim but biased in favor of the attractive defendent. (JAC)
Descriptors: College Students, Higher Education, Rape, Social Bias
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Koss, Mary P. – Psychology of Women Quarterly, 1985
Describes victimization experienced by rape victims and determines whether any psychological variables were related to victimization status. Psychological variables examined included personality, attitudinal, and situational characteristics relevant to the three major models of rape victimization: social control, victim precipitation, and…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Environmental Influences, Females, Personality Traits
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Myers, Mary Beth; And Others – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1984
Assessed vulnerability to rape as a function of deficits in coping mechanisms. Comparison of 72 rape victims and 72 controls showed victims were characterized by low levels of psychosocial competency and higher scores on external locus of control. Drug abuse, psychiatric hospitalization, and suicidal thoughts also added to vulnerability. (JAC)
Descriptors: Coping, Drug Abuse, Females, Predictor Variables
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Gray, Susan H. – Social Problems, 1982
Reviews research since 1970 on the effects of pornography on men's treatment of, and underlying attitudes toward, women. Holds that anger is a greater social problem than pornography, particularly in men who are unable to resolve that anger and to distinguish it from sexual arousal and control over women. (Author/GC)
Descriptors: Aggression, Attitudes, Emotional Response, Females
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Koss, Mary P. Oros, Cheryl J. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1982
Developed a survey capable of reflecting hidden cases of rape and of documenting a dimensional view of sexual aggression/sexual victimization. The survey was administered to 3,862 university students. Results supported a dimensional view. Discusses the viability of a survey approach to sample selection for future rape research. (Author)
Descriptors: Aggression, College Students, Higher Education, Rape
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Vera, Hernan; And Others – Criminal Justice and Behavior, 1980
Establishes distinct patterns of characteristics differentiating nonsexually violent, sexually violent, and sexually nonviolent offenders. The data add to the evidence of a link between violence and alcohol. The defendants' high rate of suicide attempts is a manifestation of a general pattern of aggressive acting out. (Author/CS)
Descriptors: Alcoholism, Antisocial Behavior, Classification, Criminals
Sterling, Joanne W. – Offender Rehabilitation, 1976
Describes the Positive Approaches for Sex Offenders (PASO) program which attempts to provide a treatment alternative to incarceration for sex offenders. (Author)
Descriptors: Antisocial Behavior, Correctional Rehabilitation, Counseling Services, Prisoners
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Hickman, Susan E.; Muehlenhard, Charlene L. – Psychology of Women Quarterly, 1997
Studied the fears, beliefs, and behaviors of 139 college women about acquaintance and stranger rape. Women were more afraid of stranger rape and took more precautions against it but paradoxically believed that acquaintance rape was more common. Precautionary behaviors were best predicted by level of fear. Theoretical and educational implications…
Descriptors: College Students, Fear, Females, Higher Education
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Ullman, Sarah E. – Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, 1997
Examined how sexual assault history and attributions of blame were related to measures of recovery from, and cognitive adaptation to, trauma in a convenience sample of sexual assault victims (N=155). Results indicate that attributions of blame were related to assumptions about self and world but were unrelated to self-rated recovery. (RJM)
Descriptors: Adults, Females, Rape, Self Concept
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Choate, Laura Hensley – Journal of College Counseling, 2003
Article describes an exploratory evaluation of a rape prevention program targeted toward fraternity members. The program is based on the Mean Against Violence model, which emphasizes the association between male role socialization and sexual aggression. Implications for college counselors who conduct rape prevention programs are provided.…
Descriptors: Aggression, College Students, Counseling Services, Counselor Role
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Hensley, Laura G. – Journal of Mental Health Counseling, 2002
Reviews treatment issues in counseling survivors of rape, including sociocultural influences on a woman's response to rape, a survivor's history of victimization, the specific nature of the assault, and a survivor's experiences with victim-blame. A multimodal treatment approach for women who experience chronic symptoms of posttraumatic stress…
Descriptors: Counseling Techniques, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Rape, Social Influences
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Wright, Doris J. – National Association of Student Affairs Professionals Journal, 1999
Examines how men and women judge the presence of risk factors in a scripted acquaintance rape scenario and if alcohol was a significant factor in assessing risk. Significant differences were found in African American and Caucasian participants' attitudes toward rape and risk appraisal. There was a negative correlation between risk appraisal and…
Descriptors: College Students, Drinking, Racial Differences, Rape
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Stevenson, Howard C.; And Others – Journal of Offender Counseling, Services & Rehabilitation, 1989
Urges use of familial context of adolescent sex offender as necessary direction to take when treating denial suppression among offenders and their families. Notes that families can contribute to or refuse to support denial of adolescents. Discusses some reasons for denial in the adolescent and his family and presents some transcripts of case…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Coping, Counseling Techniques, Delinquency
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