Empathy Is Not Enough: The Inhibiting Effects of Rape Myth Acceptance on the Relation Between Empathy and Bystander Intervention

Many bystander training programs aim to build empathy and decrease false and often prejudicial beliefs about rape and its occurrence (i.e., rape myth acceptance) to encourage prosocial bystander intervention. However, little empirical research has examined the association between these constructs. T...

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1. VerfasserIn: Leone, Ruschelle M. (VerfasserIn)
Beteiligte: Oyler, Kristen N. ; Parrott, Dominic J.
Medienart: Elektronisch Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 2021
In: Journal of interpersonal violence
Jahr: 2021, Band: 36, Heft: 23/24, Seiten: 11532-11552
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