O'Connor Julia
University of Central Florida, Violence Against Women Cluster, School of Social Work.
Psychol Men Masc. 2021;22(2):321-330. doi: 10.1037/men0000324.
Both rape myth acceptance (RMA) and rape proclivity are associated with acts of sexual aggression. Although this relationship is assumed to be unidirectional with RMA contributing to rape proclivity, no studies have examined the possibility of a predictive relationship, with proclivity to perpetrate also impacting RMA. This is important to consider in a longitudinal context, as both constructs may increase risk of sexual assault perpetration and support each other over time, further escalating the risk of a sexual assault. Using longitudinal data with a sample of 488 college men, this study employed cross-lagged panel analysis to investigate these relationships across four time points according to two models: autoregressive effects of RMA and rape proclivity, meaning each construct predicts itself over time, and RMA and rape proclivity predicting each other over time. The results of this study indicate that causality exists for RMA and rape proclivity. These findings have implications for prevention efforts directed towards modifying attitudes associated with sexual assault perpetration-particularly for men who are at high-risk of perpetrating sexual assault, including those with high rates of RMA and rape proclivity.
对强奸谬见的认同（RMA）和强奸倾向都与性侵犯行为有关。尽管这种关系被认为是单向的，即RMA导致强奸倾向，但尚无研究探讨是否存在一种预测关系，即实施性侵犯的倾向也会影响RMA。在纵向研究中考虑这一点很重要，因为这两种因素都可能增加实施性侵犯的风险，并且随着时间的推移相互影响，进一步加剧性侵犯的风险。本研究使用了488名大学男性样本的纵向数据，根据两个模型，采用交叉滞后面板分析在四个时间点研究这些关系：RMA和强奸倾向的自回归效应，即每个因素随时间预测自身，以及RMA和强奸倾向随时间相互预测。本研究结果表明，RMA和强奸倾向之间存在因果关系。这些发现对于旨在改变与性侵犯行为相关态度的预防工作具有启示意义，特别是对于那些实施性侵犯风险较高的男性，包括那些RMA和强奸倾向率较高的男性。
