Psychosocial Correlates of Attitudes Toward Male Sexual Violence in a Sample of Financial Crime, Property Crime, General Violent, and Homicide Offenders

Debowska, Agata; Boduszek, Daniel; Willmott, Dominic

doi:10.1177/1079063217691966

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“…However, these results contradict Burt's (1980) original analysis of RMA, which reported no significant effect of early victimization on RMA. Familial and social confounds may explain mixed findings regarding victimization experiences and their association with RMA (Bleecker & Murnen, 2005;Debowska et al, 2018;Forbes et al, 2006).…”

Section: Rape Myth Acceptancementioning

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Examining the Relationship Between Victimization, Psychopathy, and the Acceptance of Rape Myths

Cooke

Lewis

Hayes

et al. 2020

J Interpers Violence

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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 ( N = 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.

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Section: Rape Myth Acceptancementioning

confidence: 99%

Examining the Relationship Between Victimization, Psychopathy, and the Acceptance of Rape Myths

Cooke

Lewis

Hayes

et al. 2020

J Interpers Violence

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“…In this particular analysis, however, violence exposure and victimization across different settings (at home, school, and in the neighborhood) were included as a single variable (Debowska, Boduszek, Dhingra, Kola, & Meller-Prunska, 2015). More recently, Debowska, Boduszek, and Willmott (2018) found a statistically significant association between attitudes toward male sexual violence and child sexual abuse within a sample of 1,123 male prisoners. Similar research exploring the formation of attitudes toward physical violence against women is currently missing.…”

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Gender-Based Violence-Supportive Cognitions in Adolescent Girls and Boys: The Function of Violence Exposure and Victimization

Debowska

Boduszek

Jones

et al. 2017

J Interpers Violence

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Violence against women and girls is widespread in the Caribbean, which may be due to heightened acceptance of such acts in this specific social context. In spite of this, studies investigating attitudes towards violence and their correlates among participants drawn from the region are missing. In order to address this void in the literature, we examined associations between violence exposure and victimisation and two gender-based violence-related cognitions (attitudes towards male physical domestic violence and social norms regarding physical violence against girls) as well as general beliefs about violence, using structural equation modelling. Participants were a sample of adolescent girls (n = 661; M age = 13.15) and boys (n = 639; M age = 13.22) from two Eastern Caribbean countries, Barbados and Grenada, recruited from 10 primary schools, nine secondary schools, and two youth offender centres. In considering that girls and boys were previously demonstrated to differ in their experiences as well as tolerance of violence, structural models were specified and tested separately for the two sexes. Results indicated that violence victimisation was positively strongly associated with attitudes towards male physical domestic violence and social norms regarding physical violence against girls among boys. Increased violence victimisation among girls, in turn, correlated with increased acceptance of social norms regarding physical violence against girls, but this relationship was weak. Violence exposure did not have any significant associations with any of the attitudinal variables included in the study. We discuss the importance of these findings for the development of appropriate gender-based violence prevention strategies for youths from the Eastern Caribbean.

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“…There is an ancient Thai proverb, “If you love your cow, tie it up; if you love your child, beat them.” The proverb exemplifies the cultural beliefs and values that encourage physical abuse and preserve its use in Thai culture. Child abuse affects not only the child's psychological, somatic, and social well-being, but also affects the later adult development leading to many negative long-term psychological and emotional consequences for victim, which leads to the increased likelihood of the abused becoming the abusers and finally contributes to negative behaviors and life outcomes [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8].…”

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Prevention of child physical and verbal abuse from traditional child discipline methods in rural Thailand

Rerkswattavorn

Chanprasertpinyo

2019

Heliyon

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Background: In rural areas of Thailand, physical and verbal abuse are accepted as child discipline strategies due to the strong influence of religious beliefs and social norms. Objective: To investigate the effects of a nonviolent parenting program on subject's knowledge and attitudes regarding physical and verbal abuse in child discipline. Participant: This randomized controlled trial enrolled the villagers who had children under care in a rural area of Thailand. Methods: This study was scheduled in the following three stages with 3-month intervals: before the program (P0); 3 months after the program (P1); and 6 months after the program (P2). We compared knowledge and attitude scores of subjects at each stage. Results: A total of 85 subjects were enrolled in this study: 50.6% (n ¼ 43) in the control group and 49.4% (n ¼ 42) in the intervention group. In the intervention group, the knowledge score increased after the intervention (P1), decreased 3 months later (P2), but was still higher than the score at P0 (p ¼ < 0.001). The attitude score increased after the intervention at P1 and was maintained at P2 (p ¼ < 0.001). In the control group, data did not demonstrate any difference regarding knowledge and attitude toward child discipline. Conclusions: The nonviolent parenting program was effective in increasing knowledge and changing attitudes in this study. The intervention can be applied effectively in rural communities because of its simplicity, ease of use, and no required technology.

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Psychosocial Correlates of Attitudes Toward Male Sexual Violence in a Sample of Financial Crime, Property Crime, General Violent, and Homicide Offenders

Cited by 31 publications

References 71 publications

Examining the Relationship Between Victimization, Psychopathy, and the Acceptance of Rape Myths

Examining the Relationship Between Victimization, Psychopathy, and the Acceptance of Rape Myths

Gender-Based Violence-Supportive Cognitions in Adolescent Girls and Boys: The Function of Violence Exposure and Victimization

Prevention of child physical and verbal abuse from traditional child discipline methods in rural Thailand

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