RT Article
T1 Validation of the Greek acceptance of modern myths about sexual aggression (AMMSA) scale: examining its relationships with sexist and conservative political beliefs
JF International journal of conflict and violence
VO 9
IS 1
SP 121
OP 133
A1 Hantzi, Alexandra
A1 Lampridis, Efthymios
A1 Tsantila, Katerina
A1 Bohner, Gerd 1959-
A2 Lampridis, Efthymios
A2 Tsantila, Katerina
A2 Bohner, Gerd 1959-
LA English
YR 2015
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1555245919
AB The Acceptance of Modern Myths about Sexual Aggression scale measures contemporary beliefs about sexual aggression that tend to blame victims and exonerate perpetrators. A Greek version of the thirty-item AMMSA scale was administered to two diverse convenience samples, one in Greece and one in Cyprus. Convergent and discriminant construct validity were assessed via correlations with other constructs that were hypothesized to be strongly related to AMMSA (Illinois Rape Myth Acceptance; hostile sexism) or moderately related (benevolent sexism; social dominance orientation; right-wing authoritarianism). It was found that the Greek AMMSA was unidimensional, highly internally consistent, normally distributed, and showed good construct validity. When sociodemographic data were analyzed, age, gender, and nationality turned out to be significant predictors of AMMSA, with a U-shaped trend for age, higher scores for men than women, and higher scores for Cypriots than Greeks. In sum, the Greek AMMSA scale provides a highly useful instrument for further research on sexual aggression myths, their correlates, and effects on judgment and behavior.
K1 Sexual aggression
K1 Rape myths
K1 Sexism
K1 Scale validation
DO 10.4119/UNIBI/ijcv.498