Agents of Socialization, Anxiety, College Women, and Fear of Rape

This paper examines the impact of messages about sexual danger women receive from parents, peers, media, school officials, and past victimization on fear of stranger and acquaintance rape. Analyzing survey data for 630 undergraduate women, we find that parental warnings, internalized mean world view...

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VerfasserInnen: Pryor, Douglas W. (VerfasserIn) ; Hughes, Marion R. (VerfasserIn) ; Langdon, Jennifer J. (VerfasserIn)
Medienart: Elektronisch Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 2024
In: Violence against women
Jahr: 2024, Band: 30, Heft: 3/4, Seiten: 691-721
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college women
Anxiety
Sexual Victimization
Socialization
fear of rape
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Zusammenfassung:This paper examines the impact of messages about sexual danger women receive from parents, peers, media, school officials, and past victimization on fear of stranger and acquaintance rape. Analyzing survey data for 630 undergraduate women, we find that parental warnings, internalized mean world view, university crime alerts, and being more prone to anxiety are significant predictors of fear of rape across models, while effects of media and victimization are limited. When high and low proneness to anxiety subgroups are considered separately, numerous differences emerge. Results suggest the need to include formal measures of anxiety in future fear of crime research.
ISSN:1552-8448
DOI:10.1177/10778012231172703