On the Relationship Between Automatic Attitudes and Self-Reported Sexual Assault in Men.

Research and theory suggest rape supportive attitudes are important predictors of sexual assault; yet, to date, rape supportive attitudes have been assessed through self-report measures that are methodologically and theoretically limited. To address these limitations, the objectives of the current p...

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Publicado en:Archives of Sexual Behavior Vol. 42; no. 5; pp. 813 - 824
Autores principales: Widman, Laura, Olson, Michael
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Springer Nature Jul2013
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        Sexual assault
        Rape & psychology
        Attitudes toward rape
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        Hostility
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        Attitude-behavior relations
        Implicit social cognition
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