Escala de Actitud Favorable a la Violación

Spanish Validation of the Acceptance of Modern Myths about Sexual Aggression Scale (AMMSA)

“…Similarly, such low mean scores as are often obtained with traditional measures of rape myths can mask, because of a possible floor effect, the potential impact of interventions designed to change raperelated attitudes. The RSAS scale (Lottes, 1991), which was recently validated in Spanish by Sierra et al (2007), is affected by the same problems derived from a biased distribution of scores. It is thus possible that the Spanish version of the AMMSA is currently the only Spanish-language scale that allows for these difficulties to be avoided.…”

“…As far as we know, in Spanish, only Burt's (1980) scale has been used to measure rape myths (Frese et al, 2004), which implies all the methodological problems with traditional measures of myths discussed above. Nonetheless, Lottes's (1991) Rape Supportive Attitude Scale (RSAS) was recently adapted into Spanish by Sierra, Rojas, Ortega, and Martín (2007). As described in a study by Sierra et al (2007), the distribution of Spanish college students' scores on the RSAS continues to be biased toward the lower end of the scale, with mean scores ranging from 1.30 to 2.97 on a Likerttype scale (1 = totally disagree; 5 = absolutely agree), even though its mid-point is 3.…”

“…Nonetheless, Lottes's (1991) Rape Supportive Attitude Scale (RSAS) was recently adapted into Spanish by Sierra, Rojas, Ortega, and Martín (2007). As described in a study by Sierra et al (2007), the distribution of Spanish college students' scores on the RSAS continues to be biased toward the lower end of the scale, with mean scores ranging from 1.30 to 2.97 on a Likerttype scale (1 = totally disagree; 5 = absolutely agree), even though its mid-point is 3. In fact, the percentage of participants who expressed some degree of agreement with the content of the majority of the items did not exceed 10%.…”