Cooke Eric M, Lewis Richard H, Hayes Brittany E, Bouffard Leana A, Boisvert Danielle L, Wells Jessica, Kavish Nicholas, Woeckener Matthias, Armstrong Todd A
Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX, USA.
University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Little Rock, AR, USA.
J Interpers Violence. 2022 May;37(9-10):NP6384-NP6404. doi: 10.1177/0886260520966669. Epub 2020 Oct 18.
Rape myths are attitudes that implicitly and explicitly blame victims for their own sexual victimization. Greater adherence to rape myths is linked to several negative outcomes, including the neutralization of gender-based violence and the perpetration of sexual violence. Few studies have considered how previous life experiences and individual-level traits influence the development and greater adherence to rape myths. The current study examines how traits associated with the three-factor model of psychopathy (i.e., egocentric, callous, and antisocial dimensions) and adherence to traditional gender roles mediate the relationship between prior childhood/adolescent victimization and the acceptance of rape myths in a sample of college men and women ( = 789). Path modeling indicates that experiences of psychological victimization (before age 16) increased egocentric psychopathic traits, which then increased the acceptance of rape myths in men. In women, however, sexual victimization (before age 16) increased the acceptance of traditional gender roles, which then influenced the acceptance of rape myths. Additionally, the egocentric facet of psychopathy exerted indirect effects on the acceptance of rape myths through traditional views on gender roles in both men and women. These findings highlight the need to continue to examine egocentric personality traits in relation to the development of rape myths in adolescent and young adult populations. Directions for collegiate programming are discussed.
强奸谬见是指那些或明或暗地将性侵犯的责任归咎于受害者自身的态度。对强奸谬见的更多认同与若干负面后果相关，包括对基于性别的暴力行为的姑息以及性暴力的实施。很少有研究探讨过以往的生活经历和个人特质如何影响强奸谬见的形成以及对其更强的认同。本研究考察了与精神病态三因素模型相关的特质（即自我中心、冷酷和反社会维度）以及对传统性别角色的认同如何在一个由789名男女大学生组成的样本中介导童年/青少年时期的既往受害经历与对强奸谬见的接受之间的关系。路径模型表明，（16岁之前的）心理受害经历增加了自我中心的精神病态特质，进而增加了男性对强奸谬见的接受。然而，在女性中，（16岁之前的）性受害经历增加了对传统性别角色的接受，进而影响了对强奸谬见的接受。此外，精神病态的自我中心方面通过男女对性别角色的传统观念对强奸谬见的接受产生间接影响。这些发现凸显了继续研究青少年和青年人群中与强奸谬见形成相关的自我中心人格特质的必要性。文中还讨论了大学相关项目的指导方向。
