TY - JOUR A1 - Romero-Sanchez, Monica A1 - Krahe, Barbara A1 - Moya, Miguel A1 - Megías, Jesús L T1 - Alcohol-Related Victim Behavior and Rape Myth Acceptance as Predictors of Victim Blame in Sexual Assault Cases JF - Violence Against Women N2 - Two studies analyzed the influence of victim behavior, drink type, and observer rape myth acceptance (RMA) on attributions of blame to victims of sexual assault. In Study 1, people higher in RMA blamed the victim more when she accepted rather than rejected the aggressor’s invitation to buy her a drink. In Study 2, we analyzed if the effects depended on who offered the invitation for a drink (a friend or aggressor). RMA was more closely related to victim blame when she accepted (vs. rejected) the offer of a drink from the aggressor. In both studies, drink type (alcoholic vs. nonalcoholic) did not interact with the other variables. KW - victim blame KW - alcohol KW - rape myth acceptance Y1 - 2018 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1177/1077801217727372 SN - 1077-8012 SN - 1552-8448 VL - 24 IS - 9 SP - 1052 EP - 1069 PB - Sage Publ. CY - Thousand Oaks ER - TY - GEN A1 - Romero-Sánchez, Mónica A1 - Megías, Jesús L A1 - Krahé, Barbara T1 - The role of alcohol and victim sexual interest in Spanish students' perceptions of sexual assault N2 - Two studies investigated the effects of information related to rape myths on Spanish college students’ perceptions of sexual assault. In Study 1, 92 participants read a vignette about a nonconsensual sexual encounter and rated whether it was a sexual assault and how much the woman was to blame. In the scenario, the man either used physical force or offered alcohol to the woman to overcome her resistance. Rape myth acceptance (RMA) was measured as an individual difference variable. Participants were more convinced that the incident was a sexual assault and blamed the woman less when the man had used force rather than offering her alcohol. In Study 2, 164 college students read a scenario in which the woman rejected a man’s sexual advances after having either accepted or turned down his offer of alcohol. In addition, the woman was either portrayed as being sexually attracted to him or there was no mention of her sexual interest. Participants’ RMA was again included. High RMA participants blamed the victim more than low RMA participants and were less certain that the incident was a sexual assault, especially when the victim had accepted alcohol and was described as being sexually attracted to the man. The findings are discussed in terms of their implications for the prevention and legal prosecution of sexual assault. T3 - Zweitveröffentlichungen der Universität Potsdam : Humanwissenschaftliche Reihe - 371 KW - sexual assault KW - rape myth acceptance KW - alcohol KW - victim blame KW - token resistance Y1 - 2017 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-403230 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Bieneck, Steffen A1 - Krahé, Barbara T1 - Blaming the victim and exonerating the perpetrator in cases of rape and robbery: is there a double standard? N2 - Research in legal decision making has demonstrated the tendency to blame the victim and exonerate the perpetrator of sexual assault. This study examined the hypothesis of a special leniency bias in rape cases by comparing them to cases of robbery. N = 288 participants received descriptions of rape and robbery of a female victim by a male perpetrator and made ratings of victim and perpetrator blame. Case scenarios varied with respect to the prior relationship (strangers, acquaintances, ex-partners) and coercive strategy (force vs. exploiting victim intoxication). More blame was attributed to the victim and less blame was attributed to the perpetrator for rape than for robbery. Information about a prior relationship between victim and perpetrator increased ratings of victim blame and decreased perceptions of perpetrator blame in the rape cases, but not in the robbery cases. The findings support the notion of a special leniency bias in sexual assault cases. T3 - Zweitveröffentlichungen der Universität Potsdam : Humanwissenschaftliche Reihe - 365 KW - criminology KW - leniency bias KW - rape KW - robbery KW - victim blame Y1 - 2017 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-402907 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Bieneck, Steffen A1 - Krahé, Barbara T1 - Blaming the victim and exonerating the perpetrator in cases of rape and robbery is there a double standard? JF - Journal of interpersonal violence : concerned with the study and treatment of victims and perpetrators of physical and sexual violence N2 - Research in legal decision making has demonstrated the tendency to blame the victim and exonerate the perpetrator of sexual assault. This study examined the hypothesis of a special leniency bias in rape cases by comparing them to cases of robbery. N = 288 participants received descriptions of rape and robbery of a female victim by a male perpetrator and made ratings of victim and perpetrator blame. Case scenarios varied with respect to the prior relationship (strangers, acquaintances, ex-partners) and coercive strategy (force vs. exploiting victim intoxication). More blame was attributed to the victim and less blame was attributed to the perpetrator for rape than for robbery. Information about a prior relationship between victim and perpetrator increased ratings of victim blame and decreased perceptions of perpetrator blame in the rape cases, but not in the robbery cases. The findings support the notion of a special leniency bias in sexual assault cases. KW - criminology KW - leniency bias KW - rape KW - robbery KW - victim blame Y1 - 2011 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1177/0886260510372945 SN - 0886-2605 VL - 26 IS - 9 SP - 1785 EP - 1797 PB - Sage Publ. CY - Thousand Oaks ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Romero-Sanchez, Monica A1 - Megias, Jesus L. A1 - Krahé, Barbara T1 - The role of alcohol and victim sexual interest in spanish students' perceptions of sexual assault JF - Journal of interpersonal violence : concerned with the study and treatment of victims and perpetrators of physical and sexual violence N2 - Two studies investigated the effects of information related to rape myths on Spanish college students' perceptions of sexual assault. In Study 1, 92 participants read a vignette about a nonconsensual sexual encounter and rated whether it was a sexual assault and how much the woman was to blame. In the scenario, the man either used physical force or offered alcohol to the woman to overcome her resistance. Rape myth acceptance (RMA) was measured as an individual difference variable. Participants were more convinced that the incident was a sexual assault and blamed the woman less when the man had used force rather than offering her alcohol. In Study 2, 164 college students read a scenario in which the woman rejected a man's sexual advances after having either accepted or turned down his offer of alcohol. In addition, the woman was either portrayed as being sexually attracted to him or there was no mention of her sexual interest. Participants' RMA was again included. High RMA participants blamed the victim more than low RMA participants and were less certain that the incident was a sexual assault, especially when the victim had accepted alcohol and was described as being sexually attracted to the man. The findings are discussed in terms of their implications for the prevention and legal prosecution of sexual assault. KW - sexual assault KW - rape myth acceptance KW - alcohol KW - victim blame KW - token resistance Y1 - 2012 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1177/0886260511432149 SN - 0886-2605 VL - 27 IS - 11 SP - 2230 EP - 2258 PB - Sage Publ. CY - Thousand Oaks ER -